The skills I've learned from guys such as yourself, Billy Berger, Backyard Bower, Thad Beckum, Dave Canterbury and the likes are simply awesome! I can't thank you guys enough for sharing your Passion to help and grow others as well...God Bless you guys and I'll see you in Nature
Awesome video! Very clean and simple. Good work on those arrows. What kind of feathers did you use? The first arrow looks like it's fletched with turkey tail feathers.
We inuit used seal blood as glue instead of hide glue, in the cold of winter you don’t want to waste precious oil to burn lamps and boil glue. We also used primarily ivory/bone or slate arrowheads in some regions, as copper is hard to come by on the land. Inuit hav also used iron for centuries, in the west there were iron deposits in the Cape York meteors, and for a long time we traded ivory from walrus and narwhale to scandinavians in return for iron. After the age of vikings was over we went back to using stone and organic tools, also copper in some cases.
Sean, this was just plan awesome! I really enjoyed this video and these are my favorite types to watch. You made it look really easy and I'll have to give this a try sometime soon! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Great video. Although I would have enjoyed seeing you harvest the materials for the arrow, such as native copper and making the shafts from scratch. Cheers, PyroJoe.
hey shawn do you have any tips on how to make compound arrows without using a flint drill. also do you have any suggestions on dvd's or videos on making a bow and arrow sets with semi modern tools ie draw knives and such
I've been curious about how a 2 feathered shaft flies compared to what I've been taught about 3 or 4 feathers.. Do you have any vids of some of these 2 feathers in flight ??
I used to only shoot two feather arrows. If there's enough twist it will stabilize quickly and shoot extremely accurately. That's my own experience but I moved to three feathers now because I like the look.
A regular one would work. Or you can hammer a large nail through a board then hammer the point flat. You now have fixed drill that you can spin the arrow shaft on.
The copper arrowhead didn't really look that sharp.. and it probably took more time to make than any regular flint/obsidian arrow head, and I'm guessing that the obsidian ones were wayyy sharper than that. So I'm wondering, why did they use copper ones?
flint and obsidian isn't really found in the arctic. The inuit used shale knifes a lot of the time. They been know to cold hammer iron when available but they were so far removed from the trade routes they couldn't get a hold of obsidian.
@@jackson15williams intresting. Very intresting. However, do you have any reason for tribes that used metal arrowheads even though they lived near flint/ obsidian?
@@aguywithahand502 Some tribes switched over to iron arrowheads when they could get iron from traders. I know the Comanches did this. They would travel down to Mexico or near Mexico at least and trade for iron/steel from Mexican traders and forge their own arrowheads in mass before heading north again to continue their war with the Americans. You would think that they preferred guns by then since they did have them. But Comanches considered bows to be excellent weapons. They knew how to shoot them very fast and some preferred them over guns. The reason they would switch to metal is probably because it's more durable and not easily broken like a stone point.
Nice! I've seen some people when using copper to make blades and such have to work harden the edge by hammering it. Do you know if the Inuit did this as well? or did they like the point malleable like our bullets are today so they would mushroom upon impact?
What about the the work hardening of the edge by hammering any info on that? I know they do it on copper axes and knives sees like if they did it on the arrow point they would get the added benefits of having a more durable cutting edge.
Landon Ashby It wouldn't have needed to be done, since it would harden enough as part of the smelting and forging processes. Deliberate hardening would also make it brittle, which is very undesirable, especially in below-zero temperatures.
I have a question about the nock on these primitive arrows : Why aren't they deeper than more modern arrows ? By the way, great videos and very informative too!
A lot of primitive arrow string nocks are shallow and wide because of the natural bowstring material such as plant fiber and rawhide, not to mention sinew that was used. Natural strings are usually thicker, especially plant fiber like Indian Hemp and Basswood inner bark.
The skills I've learned from guys such as yourself, Billy Berger, Backyard Bower, Thad Beckum, Dave Canterbury and the likes are simply awesome! I can't thank you guys enough for sharing your Passion to help and grow others as well...God Bless you guys and I'll see you in Nature
Awesome video! Very clean and simple. Good work on those arrows. What kind of feathers did you use? The first arrow looks like it's fletched with turkey tail feathers.
To me, it looks like either goose or turkey feathers
@@joeroganofficial5433 most likely goose since it’s a Canadian style arrow
We inuit used seal blood as glue instead of hide glue, in the cold of winter you don’t want to waste precious oil to burn lamps and boil glue. We also used primarily ivory/bone or slate arrowheads in some regions, as copper is hard to come by on the land. Inuit hav also used iron for centuries, in the west there were iron deposits in the Cape York meteors, and for a long time we traded ivory from walrus and narwhale to scandinavians in return for iron. After the age of vikings was over we went back to using stone and organic tools, also copper in some cases.
Another job well done, always impressed.
Jason
Sean, this was just plan awesome! I really enjoyed this video and these are my favorite types to watch. You made it look really easy and I'll have to give this a try sometime soon! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Great video. Although I would have enjoyed seeing you harvest the materials for the arrow, such as native copper and making the shafts from scratch. Cheers, PyroJoe.
Great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Great work shawn. I've really enjoyed all your videos.
very nice video pure artwork yet functional
Really good video love the arrow feathers
Eskimo Arrows are generally slightly sharper and pointier then Aleut, Amerindian, And European arrows
Awesome! Great job tanks so much for sharing it
How did they make the holes for rivets or ties in the copper/bronze stuff? Would stone drills work?
That'll kill anything walking this continent, with the right shot. Mondo-impressive !
hey shawn do you have any tips on how to make compound arrows without using a flint drill. also do you have any suggestions on dvd's or videos on making a bow and arrow sets with semi modern tools ie draw knives and such
Very nice video and good tutorial bro.
how on earth did the inuit get a hold of native copper? I had no idea that stuff was common enough there to be used.
Another great vid. Thax
That was GREAT!
I didn't know the Inuits had copper
Another awesome video!!
Thanks for sharing . Shawn
are foreshafts used so the shock of impact is absorbed?
ive seen in books two full feather fletches as eskimo fletches. . thats also a eastern woodlands fletch type.
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I can make like that in just an hour. THANKS!
Awesome!
nice
Woah, thanks for sharing that; it was cool! How would the antler have been worked to that shape back then though?
How did the Inuit drill the hole?
using a sharp bone shard probably
Perhaps a bow and drill set for the hole for the rivet?
I've been curious about how a 2 feathered shaft flies compared to what I've been taught about 3 or 4 feathers.. Do you have any vids of some of these 2 feathers in flight ??
I used to only shoot two feather arrows. If there's enough twist it will stabilize quickly and shoot extremely accurately. That's my own experience but I moved to three feathers now because I like the look.
how can someone make a compound/ footed arrow without a flint drill. would a regular drill bit work for this?
A regular one would work. Or you can hammer a large nail through a board then hammer the point flat. You now have fixed drill that you can spin the arrow shaft on.
The copper arrowhead didn't really look that sharp.. and it probably took more time to make than any regular flint/obsidian arrow head, and I'm guessing that the obsidian ones were wayyy sharper than that. So I'm wondering, why did they use copper ones?
flint and obsidian isn't really found in the arctic. The inuit used shale knifes a lot of the time. They been know to cold hammer iron when available but they were so far removed from the trade routes they couldn't get a hold of obsidian.
@@jackson15williams intresting. Very intresting. However, do you have any reason for tribes that used metal arrowheads even though they lived near flint/ obsidian?
@@aguywithahand502 Some tribes switched over to iron arrowheads when they could get iron from traders. I know the Comanches did this. They would travel down to Mexico or near Mexico at least and trade for iron/steel from Mexican traders and forge their own arrowheads in mass before heading north again to continue their war with the Americans.
You would think that they preferred guns by then since they did have them. But Comanches considered bows to be excellent weapons. They knew how to shoot them very fast and some preferred them over guns.
The reason they would switch to metal is probably because it's more durable and not easily broken like a stone point.
Nice! I've seen some people when using copper to make blades and such have to work harden the edge by hammering it. Do you know if the Inuit did this as well? or did they like the point malleable like our bullets are today so they would mushroom upon impact?
You would never want an arrow tip to mushroom like a bullets. Arrows don't have near the energy a bullet has
What about the the work hardening of the edge by hammering any info on that? I know they do it on copper axes and knives sees like if they did it on the arrow point they would get the added benefits of having a more durable cutting edge.
Landon Ashby
It wouldn't have needed to be done, since it would harden enough as part of the smelting and forging processes. Deliberate hardening would also make it brittle, which is very undesirable, especially in below-zero temperatures.
I have a question about the nock on these primitive arrows :
Why aren't they deeper than more modern arrows ?
By the way, great videos and very informative too!
Many (not all) indigenous peoples used variations of the pinch grip. I use it and use very shallow nocks, works very well.
A lot of primitive arrow string nocks are shallow and wide because of the natural bowstring material such as plant fiber and rawhide, not to mention sinew that was used. Natural strings are usually thicker, especially plant fiber like Indian Hemp and Basswood inner bark.
Very nice Shawn where did you find out about this arrow
Awesome! Will you make an inuit bow??
Although the arrowhead isn't pointy enaugh to penetrate anything!
Makes me wonder how the foreshaft wasn't lost when the arrow was used.
Can you show me how to make a stone knife?
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Great vid but it would be better if u didn't say Eskimo
the time is near when you can't afford to grind away all that excess material
Thanks for sharing . Shawn