Making a Primitive Bow and Arrow in 1 day - No talking (Part 2)
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I made this self bow and arrows using only natural found materials and a knife. Let's take it into the woods and destroy stuff! This skill might save your life some day. Almost 2 yrs after I posted Part 1 and this bow still lives on and is going on a new journey..stay tuned to this channel to see what adventure this bow goes on next. Bow is 51 inches long. The stave was cut from a white oak tree (Quercus alba) using a knife. Limbs were shaped, carved and tapered all with same knife, bow is wider at handle and narrows as it approaches tips. The handle is about 5 inches long about 1 inch by 1 inch in thickness. The string was made from 4 thin long continuous strips of pre-stretched animal rawhide. The strips were cut from a large hide by cutting all along the edge which produces long curled strips. I then stretched them until they were mostly straight and then put them in warm water to make pliable. I then twisted them all into one strong cordage, hung it with weight to stretch it even more while it dried. This produced a very strong bowstring of perfect diameter. Arrows were made from a variety of woods from poplar to redbud tree and were fletched with found wild turkey feathers. The feather was cut into sections to make better use of limited materials, no glue was used only animal sinew to bind them to shaft. Notch in one end for string and carved to a point on other. The point was fire hardened for only a short period of time, shafts were straightened with heat and held perfectly. Tips recurved using steam, coffee bean dye, cedar bark handle and covered in grease. I then took the bow out into the woods for field practice and at ranges from 5 20 yds could hit just about everything I shot at. The arrows with only fire hardened tips stuck in or blasted through stumps, with minimal damage to the arrows. The bow or bowstring has not showed any weakness even after several hundred shots. These if made properly can still shoot very fast. A short bow is easier to find straight clean material for including string, and straight shoots for arrows. A shorter bow is easier to pack and move through and hunt in thick cover. With a crown shape to the back of the bow, leaving the back alone and wide pyramid type limbs of a flat bow you are sure to have success. The whole process is a lot easier than you think I encourage all to give it a try. This skill is beneficial to all and will never let you down. I have been teaching this basic bow course and advanced bow making courses for years, Complete 2 HR TUTORIAL plus Bonus Bamboo Bush Bow TO TRAIN WITH ME NOW ONLINE HERE
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I seen a video that showed the Comanche only notching one side of bow to slide the string up on. Appreciate your videos very informative and thank you sir
Awesome video! I’ll be trying to make my own bow tomorrow!
What grease do you use for coating? Will animal fat work?
Skills! Enjoyed both part 1 and 2, thanks for sharing. Looking at the course too for further inspiration!
Real good shooting bow! I'd bet this could be made with a 4"-5" knife without too much extra trouble. Maybe a little more baton work, but still within reach of what most folks carry in the woods anyway. Thanks for showing us how!
Dave you’re a gifted and very interesting archery professori
Thank you Markos!
@@MeadLongbowsmay I know the material used to make the cord or string?
@@rodolfoplasencia9739 animal rawhide
These must be some old-school teqniques, thanks for the education :) keep on what you're doing!
Great video, thanks 👍
I like how this is an expansion on the first and does feel different from primitive technology. However, maybe you could be a bit more descriptive because it took me a bit to figure out what you were doing with the heat bending.
On your improvement of the survival bow I couldn’t tell if the arrows had to Fletcher three fletch I was one of the two flats works good as well as three fletch thank you
Yes 2 fletch and they work great
Would you mind mentioning what type of knife you use in this video?
What do you think the draw weight is on it?
I came here looking for an answer on this as well lol
What material was those arrow shafts? And I've been using viburnum
These were a mix..hickory, maple, poplar...
@@MeadLongbows well you did a great job as always.. White oak is good bow wood, seems to be underestimated and forgotten. I Don't use anything fancy either.
@@tonymaurice4157 thx man, yeah white oak is great and those hardwood shafts are no joke..especially the maple and hickory. They are heavy. If you make a bow powerful enough to spit them they perform great and devastating. Poplar not really a hardwood
@@MeadLongbows I'm convinced a 35-40-lb bow will kill anything in North America. Natives did it. And They've brainwashed us today with all kinds of gadgets and unnecessary crap!
@@MeadLongbowshave you being able to use them to feed yourself? Have you hunt anything, if you may say it?
Love you're vids so inspired to make this
Thank you! Go for it👊
@@MeadLongbows where did you get the rawhide?
@@aestheticswim3397 a deer I harvested with a bow
How many pounds does it have
Love your work!
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Great work, info. and video.
Awesome Brother! I enjoy the way you put that together.
Wonderful
It slings an arrow pretty fast👍
It sure does, thanks for watching
@@MeadLongbows my pleasure!
Wow! Thanks so much for his upload. It's really got me thinking: when you are making a 'survival bow' do you generally worry less about draw length than you would normally? That is, do you stop tilling it when you have a good working draw weight rather than an ideal draw length?
Yes absolutely
Get the best you can out of what you find in the shortest amount of time in a real survival situation
@@MeadLongbows Fantastic! Feel free to move to England and be my new best friend.
Awesome stuff man! Is this a american flatbow type design? I was inspired by your Comanche archery videos and was thinking of using a nearby hackberry tree to start my first bow! Hopefully I won't mess up the process! Thank you so much for your content.
Thank you for your kind words and yes I guess you could call it a flatbow. Good luck!
I'm sorry, but if that bow barely shoots an arrow into an old dead tree stump, and lots of times bouncing off, how do you expect to go hunting with it?
The arrows have blunt tips the fact that some do stick into anything shows the power it has even though it is made in a couple hours from a live tree. Trust me if it had a sharp pointed arrow this bow would send an arrow straight through your chest
Estimated draw weight ?
Good bow.
Great job
Can u make recarve on it like horsebow 😉
Yes
Go make it it will be cool
Awesome!
Thank you!
I've just started reading a book about Dakota native americans 😉
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My physics isn't boring right
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Crossbow is superior to bow
No.
Bow is superior to crossbow
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My ancestors invented the crossbow. Yet I still say bows are superior. So suck it. Kek
@@littlehorseyhorsey crossbow is more powerful and easy to use like a 🔫 also more easy to move
They are different weapons with their pros and cons. For example: fire rate of crossbow is much slower then one of the bow. Also the time/length in which projectile gains power and speed on the crossbow is often much lesser then one of the bow that means that power of crossbow often is not so superior as it seems. There is much into it and you both act like silly kids arguing about if lion or tiger is stronger/better. I even think I’m the fool when reacting to such kinds of comments maybe made by the “trolls” (?)
@@littlehorseyhorsey “my ancestors invented the crossbow” first off no they probably didn’t but who are you to try to take credit for it? You didn’t invent anything. You’re useless.
@Helder Monteiro wrong. But thanks for watching!
Dude you're a legend 🤙
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