@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist1 Jesus can't save for me cause y'all kilt em, knock the nose off the Sphinx cuz we built em, y'all too high and mighty in the clouds, too stilted, without the system, odds of you being special, 1 in a million, meanwhile the rest of us brilliant, you do what they told you to do "don't feel nothing" but "Jesus wept" but you can't, cause the epigenetics already crept inside your dreams, all of this is a scheme nothing is as it seems gotta stop watching movies how we be watching the screens👀🤦🏾♂️🫳🏾🎤
@@stonksrgud7645 I will excuse your error on account of not speaking fluent English however the op clearly asks you your opinion in the video title and goes on to say that this bow is only beneficial when all you can use is inferior wood Did you even watch the video?
@@fatrambo73 The question is presented in a way that's blatantly cickbaity. "Is this the BEST phone?" is going to get a lot more people to click than "comparing the Nokia G400 to the iPhone 11". Yes, Clay admits outright that it's not a great design, but that's not blatantly obvious from the title and thumbnail alone. Clickbait.
@@somewhereelse1235 Considering the video actually delivers content directly related to the title and thumbnail I'd say it's just good advertising and not clickbait.
This is the prophecy about the second coming of Jesus Zechariah 13:7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the LORD Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones. The Shepherd here is Jesus. John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. This is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Zachariah . Matthew 26:31 Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: “’I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ This happened near 30 to 33 AD. Now coming to Hosea Hosea 6:1-2 Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence. He tore us to pieces which is the scattering mentioned in Zachariah and Mathew. In prophecies 1day is equal to 1000 years. Which means after two thousand years Jesus will return again. And on the third day which is the 3rd millennium, we will live in his sight. We all know we cannot see God's face and live on Earth. So it's the second coming of Jesus. Luke 21:11 ► There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven. Matthew 24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. We are the witnesses of all these things. From the death of Jesus to 2030 - 2033 there are 2000 years. There was an eclipse in 33 Ad. So it's best to believe that Jesus died in 33AD. Jesus is coming soon. Let's all repent and turn from our old ways and turn to the Lord. Praise the Lord. Peace and Love to you all A verse to show about the Holy Trinity Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Everlasting Father?. There's your answer The whole world will turn against Israel and not just Palestine. Then know the end is near. This is a major sign to look for in the end times. And do not take the Lord's name in vain. Even Satan trembles at his name. We should not use such a name as an expression. God bless you all Please spread this message to the ends of the world . .
That's how the Penobscot tribe from Maine has been making bows for generations using all different types of wood. Most of us have a secret recipe for wood species.
Been an archer for a long time and I've known about the Penobscot but I've never actually watched anyone make one. This was cool and informational, great stuff man.
@MysteryMan159 lol imma collector I have a few larger. And a favorite bowie about rhe same size. I'd never use them to chop wood though s'what my kukri is for. ^^
I just had a very large brain-slam. I read that you were Indonesian. I thought to myself “Ooh, Indonesia is likely a predominantly Buddhist country due to its location and was going to ask if you were Buddhist (out of curiosity and interest of others’ views, there are not many others in Kentucky) but upon Googling the religious makeup of Indonesia, I’ve learned that it’s predominantly Muslim by a large majority! I was not expecting that, to be honest. Surely there’s some rich history concerning that
@@BalroomBlitz715Islam spread to Indonesia via trading! So yes, a “rich” history, but the value was not in gold but something a bit more priceless to the people.
I remember watching this video like a year ago and I had no idea how actually great this video was, no annoying intro, no talking about the sponsor, just straight into the video, this video is truly amazing.
That was a damn fine bow making! I would never have thought to build one that way, with a reverse short bow to increase the strength of the main bow. That would allow anyone to make a primitive bow out of any wood you find in your area. Thank you for showing us this process! I will remember it forever and be able to show/teach others and make one myself.
note the 2 bows are not bound together, they're loosely tied so the self align, and the rear bow is almost half extended when the second starts to bend, or you might as well just get a heavier draw bow :-\
Going to make this a project for me and my son to do over the weekend sometime. Thanks for taking the time and showing us the process of making one! Keep up the awesome work you do.
I'm used to seeing full bench and draw knives etc in these bow making videos. Loved the way you used machete both to chop and cleave like hatchet as well as shave and notch like knife. That blade in stump technique is awesome. Great video!
@@clayhayeshunter straight up your finesse with the blade is comparable to a professional sushi chef. You are one with that blade. You sleep with it, don’t you? 😂
Wow, I grew up making my own traditional english D longbows with my dad and brothers and have never seen this style of bow. The final product makes me think that it looks like a compound/traditional hybrid of sorts. Very cool!
idk about compound, this is easily achievable with the old technology. (all he really needed was some twigs, knife, fire, sinew.) it's definitely clever engineering though
@@spudhead169 based on the link he provided for the knife, that knife’s steel isn’t the best for edge retention. He probably spent more time sharpening his knife than making the bow.
These are actually my personal favorite bow designs. People only really think of these bows as being used with subpar materials, but they can and should be made out of quality materials and craftsmanship as well. Think about it. If this design is so efficient that you can use it with bad materials to make a good bow, what happens when you use that same efficient design with good materials? In my experience. You simply get an extremely well performing bow, possibly better than what you'd get from a two limbed equivalent. Plus the advantage of adjustable draw weight, having two working bows for redundancy and so many other advantages. And it just looks mesmerizing to boot. Awesome bow man!
It's also easier to draw and lasts longer and can be left strung for longer periods of Time without loosing power // Imagine back in the day, how efficient this design would've been for war // If you sinew back both pieces, then you could also make a powerfull Short penobscot without the need to add Horn like Asiatic bows normally do for poundage
@@aburoach9268 Exactly. I'm getting into building my own bows, eventually wanna start selling. I'm hoping to settle on a Penobscot design much like that! There's gonna be quite a bit of trial an error though.
@@goofistmcnutty3280 eeeeehhmmm, one step at a time :) I started building bows (step 1) years ago, and in my experience it can take a lot of time to come up with a bow that shoots well and holds a long while. Maybe I am less talented so I had to compensate that with time. The second thing is to judge which bow design is efficient and durable and why and how you can reproduce good results with a given material. That of course can differ so you need experience what yo can get out of which kind of material. The third thing would be building bows for trade, where you can put everything you know into offering a good and reliable product, that matches the needs of a customer. I personally think that there are reasons not to build a penobscot bow, if you dont need to. Because it is simply less convenient and maybe less benefitial with high quality bow woods. Its simply a matter too complex to say that the design just adds performance without any drawbacks (thats rarely the case for any bow design): For example, I always stumble across the angles with which the small bow is connected to the larger one via the cables. The angle at the tips of the smaller bow are way over 90° in this example, so I would guess that some amount of the gained drawweight is not effecting the acceleration of the arrow because its simply stacking. You draw back and partly draw the smaller bow in length, which takes a lot of force without any advantage. But partly you gain drawweight that is effective, so you can use bowwoods that aren't able to withstand higher forces. Is that true? I have seen no one testing/measuring that yet. It is just an example for the complexity of that matter. So before thinking of trading penobscot bows made of yew, osage etc why not start from the beginning. There is a lot of fun and pain and work and experince ahead. :) Enjoy it!
Some amazing techniques displayed. Absolutely love that trick of lodging your blade in the log and using it to shave the wood, surprised I haven't seen it before.
I built one of these when I was 12 out of alder wood after I saw it in the Bowyer's Bible. I was able to get 45lb and I think I used a chunk of yellow birch for the 2nd smaller bow. It held up for quite awhile and performed admirably given the materials.
I gotta admit this guy makes is a very underrated UA-camr. He makes great informational videos and doesn’t waste time on anything and keeps the original sounds. He also won like 1 Million dollars on a TV show which proves his authenticity
@@juzeus9 not any different to us staring at our phones on UA-cam though is it. No one watches tv anymore, the brainrot has come to UA-cam and staring at our phones
Awesome! One of the things you demonstrated was the utility of a large working blade over relying on a multitool in a survival situation. This is something of which I'm a big proponent.
He's using a Parang. My experience is admittedly limited, because i only really got into spending a lot of time inthe outdoors after moving west. But I grew up where that's the standard and even then i did occasionally go camping and these are all anyone brought . Inever thought much of them until I had to use all the other garbage that people from other places call field/bushcraft knives. I very quickly grew to regret not appreciating just how good of a tool it was, back when i had easy acess to the real deal. I fking hate machetes. Bowies are ok but limited. Kbars and other military style knives are great if you anticipate ever needing to fight.... but pretty compromised for everything else even though still somewhat functional in a pinch... but compared to literally anything designed where fighting people isn't a serious concern they're just not great. I do not mean to shit on any of the above tools... I know they're all great tools overall. but a good parang is better by far too anything else in ways that's hard to understand till you've used one. As an analogy, Horses are unimaginably good ways to travel too by most standards. They are far better that running or, donkeys or oxes, , or anything else you may use. Saying horses are bad is just foolish.... unlesd you've got a car. SIMILARLY Machetes, Hand axes, tomahawk, all the common stuff... they are great tools and you'd be foolish to discount them for bushcraft.... right up until you've had a good parang. It more or less IS a multitool. Best design I've ever seen. No idea if condor got it right, but the blade on the ones I've seen back home, are always sharpened by hand and always and at different angles at various points. There's a bit on the belly that is sharpened like an axe for chopping a Broad angle convex edge about 2/3 to 3/4 from the end depending on if it's the parang style and length I'm more familiar with, or the Golok style he's got. Either way, same idea. Then, the handle you've got a really really fine angle and edge, often flat, for whittling and feathering and other fine tasks. Top end is either thick and Squarish for better hacking through underbrush and vines without catching the end and getting damaged, as in Goloks, or curved strongly and sharpened very finely angle and fine angled flat or even concave/ hollow ground, with a strong belly for skinning and filleting tasks, like hunting knives ( held by the blade not at the handle for this) or even pointed, beveled, and Stabby like a leaf blade, for the ones made with consideration of the possibility of combat, or rarely spade-ish and squat, for digging and rooting.. but I've only seen the last once. And i may have misinterpreted that. The point though, being there's a ton of little details that can and do vary for different tasks, just like an SAK... but they're always a multitool and always unmistakably a parang. those things are deliberately built to do everything you can imagine. Side note, Imo, I don't trust Condor or the other large scale manufacturers with these.. I'm sure they're great manufacturers, and their versions better than anything else available where i am, also, DEFINITELY better steel,.. but sharpening things the way I expect isn't likely with machining in factories. I want one badly from back where they originate. Even with worse steel, Hundreds of years of practical experience in the thickest jungles with the thickest growth rainforests, smack Dab on the middle of the equator.... simply can't be beat. Sorry to nerd out here but I've never seen one on a UA-cam video and I'm really happy to find that someone else loves these things too. And if you watch how he uses different parts of the blade for each task, you'll see why I feel like he gets it with these things. It's fun as hell to me to watch him use it, in ways that others may miss. Damn good knife he's got there. I am obviously biased, but I can't think of a better outdoor tool. If you were nuts enough to only ever carry one thing... this ought to be it
Hey man, just wanted to say that I love your work! I've been trying to build a survival bow for a long time and very few have worked, but with your guidance I have built a few that work! So again, thanks.
First-time I'm seeing one of your vids, and I must say, I'm impressed, as a kid, I taught myself how to make and use my own bows and arrows, and with every step through this video, I'm wondering how you're going to deal with the issues I always struggled with like the wood snapping, or not having the right angle of curves, etc. and then you start using different tricks or methods of dealing with it. Definitely going to be watching more.
I love these type of bows since I've discovered them. Definitely want one, but I don't see them commercially available. Also this is becoming my new favorite channel.
Great primitive bow. I build Penobscots AND Mi Kmaw warbows usually from Hop Hornbeam or White ash. I love the bows and I call them Wabenaki bows. Mine are kind of finished and refined from pretty good staves . I can change tiller with the small strings and have increased draw weight by up to 15 lbs Your bow built from a simple raw stave and a machete is impressive. Thanks for posting
Saw that style bow in an old 1930 silent film, "The Silent Enemy." Filmed around Temagami, Ontario and near the Qc/On border. Thanks for going into detail on its construction and what the extra piece on the back of the bow is for.
I made a small pistol cross bow with fiberglass rod bow. Never having seen or heard of this design i put a second bow on it in this manner and it increased the pull so greatly that it requires a lever to cock it now. So this design def works as stated.
I’ve seen these in illustrations before, never really understood what the advantages of the design were or how one would be tillered out to make a decently functional bow. But your explanation of wood availability and adjustment by string tension makes sense. Thanks for this interesting and informative look at these bows.
Lovely video. I shoot the stickbow and I appreciate how much skill has gone into making this bow. I didn't know a second smaller bow reversed-curved attached to the first bow could increase its draw weight until I saw this. Thank you!
Pretty awesome I’d love to see a full build video or multi part series on you attempting to make a nice one of these in your shop with all your tools and nicer woods and strings and maybe auction off or use it to take a deer next season or something
Your videos are currently helping me get through a wave of panic attacks the past couple days which I deeply appreciate. It's gotten to the point where I'm getting my thyroid tested tomorrow. I do thank you though because absolutely nothing has been helping other than breathing exercises.
Hang in there. If I may, I’d recommend checking out a book called “How to think like a Roman Emperor.” Great read with lots of excellent techniques for dealing with life’s struggles.
Incredible! I've lived all my life in the Penobscot area of New England and never heard of a Penobscot bow. All my bow building has been with board wood, due to the poor selection of wood in my area. Gotta try this, but I know it won't go as smoothly as yours did. Tnx's for the education you keep putting out and the next book you haven't written yet.
My first bow 64 years ago was bought for me by my dad on Indian island from the Penobscot' Indians in the middle of the Penobscot River. Small wooden bow made by the native locals. Had so much fun with that bow.
never hear about any of this. if there's anything the people living in that part of the continent now hate more than the indigenous people its there culture and history. surprised its not all completely wiped out by now like the people : P
1) Where possible go out cut a selected 2-2.5" Ash or Ironwood sapling... 2) Carefully split in half... 3) Ruffshape inside halves... 4) Clamp into desir'd shape.. 5) Store 1month- dry place... 6) Shape into finished form on inside of stick; never the sapwood (or round side) CAREFUL = easy does it...! Choose finish best for U...!
I've seen plenty of this style of bow on UA-cam simply for the cool factor, but given my limited knowledge of bow making, I'd never considered how or why this design would make sense over using a simple bow design with good wood Being able to use smaller pieces around you to make a higher poundage bow shows the genius of the smaller forelimbs when trying to survive with limited supplies. EXCELLENT video, my friend
Wow, what a cool take on a basic bow!! Now I want to see how well this would work with vine maple. That stuff grows like a weed over here in Oregon. I've made simple single stick bows with that after I have dried the sticks for a few months to a year. It works surprisingly well with very little prep other than making notches for the string and smoothing the handle. It is strong and springy enough that even a stick with knots and bends makes an effective bow. I made one with a basic Leatherman knock off using baling twine for a string. The saw from the multi-tool worked really well for cutting notches for the string BTW. I do like the use of the vertical blade as a stationary scraper, I might have to borrow this idea.
@@RaymondRandol it really does work quite well for bows, except that it does not grow very straight. Once properly dried, it has the perfect amount of spring to it and is pretty light weight.
Thank you for sharing this! I haven’t seen much in my search for pre-European Penobscot culture and this is a real gem. I would love to learn more if you have any suggestions.
I've made my fair share of survival bows with primitive tech. Never with one tool though. As a survivalist of 20 years and a blacksmith of 18 years, this video has given me some ideas on a versatile tool specifically for making bows. Now I have to design and forge one out. Thanks for the great video, and the inspiration.
This is really solid work, thanks for sharing. I also recommend Ryan Gill with Primitive Archery. I'm a bladesmith but I've made a handful of bows, I love the way these bows look. I'm definitely going to try making a couple.
Very cool, I have made both 4 and 6 limb Mollegabet style Penobscot bows as you can see on my channel. I love these bows and their strength. Especially if you make them Mollegabet style. (Although I may be the only one who makes them like that.) I made mine out of red oak 1"X3"x6' boards from Lowes and Home Depot. So the width of the limbs are 2.5" till you get to the levers making it some st indestructible. Red Oak tree is the only decent wood I can get where I live But they turned out great and are my favorite self made bows! Thanks for this video & God bless ya!
Besides the increidble functionality and simplicity of the design, this is such a badass looking bow. I cant believe I'd never heard of this bow until very recently
Great video! I have wanted to make a Penibscot for some time. It was a pleasure to watch you make one. I believe it to be the world's first compound bow. Thank you
Not only do long pieces not have to be used, but it is more practical because the bow is smaller thanks to this. I would bet it will get handy in dense forests. Really nice.
No Fake contruction, like most channels like this one, no girl pretending to do the work while she has an entire team doing the work for her. This is REAL AF. I learned alot from this video, thanks.
@@souljaboy.6668Wow, another offended weakling. Not only that, but I used different wording to express it. Not my fault if you are not smart enough to understand that.
I forget what game it was many years ago but it was called a double bow in there. I thought it was cool and when I looked it up I found some history on the Penobscot bow which was made, as you've said, because of the qualities of the wood in their area not being good for traditional designs. Nice to see you making one and showing how one can be made pretty easily with little in the way of resources. I may have to try one myself some time.
@@LiteraryCurtastrophe Thats not the one I'm thinking of, but it is cool and realistic, and probably much more known than the one I was. It was probably 15-20 years ago and more fantasy rpg styled. It could've been any of dozens i'd tried out around that time but didn't hold my interest. The game itself didn't really matter. XD
I love how this method basically combines a lightweight longbow with a small curved botw to basically add up their draw weights, that's really good thinking
Two thoughts, 1.) I actually use that exact same Fire Tempering Technique for Bamboo Flute Making and was wondering if it would be useful in Making Bows... Thanks for satisfying my curiosity :). 2.) The bow itself is a pretty snappy shooter for what it is, and it really does send an arrow down range with authority.
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That is an amazing bow. I had no idea what a Penobscot bow even was until I watched this and he made it look so easy to craft this. Awesome bow, now I want to make one lol.
I like your knife. Being someone that uses a knife every day in the kitchen, I like your knife skills too. Nice to see someone hold the blade not the handle :)
One of my favorite bows growing up making! It has allot of power for how it’s made. I would get tree wood from my mulberry tree in my back yard cause I could use any wood around my area. This brings allot good memories!
The coolest part was, imo, the inner bark peel. There is a tip for tightening the secondary bow strings: slide a piece of wood up in between the strands that is long enough to rest in the main bow. Twist that to tighten or loosen as necessary. That way thwre is no need to re-tie those knots :)
@@anomalyp8584 There are two strings that attach the ends of the small bow to the larger bow. If you slide a stick between the strands of one of those strings, you can then spin the stick perpendicularly to tighten the string. And if the stick is the right length, it will stop the string from unwinding. If you're still confused, it's the same principle used in old frame saws. You can see it in the video "Making the Frame Saw | Paul Sellers" at 34 minutes and 54 seconds.
@whynotdean8966 yhe stick might fall out of place when pulling the bow though. Or at least its a possible failire. That twist idea is a good idea though instead of loosening the string, maybe it could be places on the end of the string somehow. Surely it could be done with modern tools but idk how in a lomitted woodsman way
I have been doing archery for nearly 30 years. And know people that make trad bows of all shapes and sizes but never seen one of these being used. Great job and very impressive work
I can really imagine that some clever hunter came up with this thousand years ago and was first laughed at and then everyone in the tribe copied it. Or some hunter finding such a bow hidden in a cave with cave paintings around it giving clues how to make it. Looks epic.
Actually the bow was originally designed around 1900 by one of the Loring family. I grew up and went to school in Old Town, Maine home of the Penobscot Reservation
New bowmakers should pay very close attention to exactly how you use your tools, and adapt to limited tools. The little subtleties are really worth learning. Stuff like rough tillering over your knee, and holding the blade against the wood while you tap the wood to start a notch or a cut.
You have amazing videos Clay! Subscribed. I'm also teaching my son survival and hunting, as my father has taught me and my ancestors survived for thousands of years in south-eastern Europe. It's beautiful to see other perspectives from people from another continent. I will surely obtain your book and read through! Keep up the amazing work!
Tools and craft..great stuff😊 Reminds me of Finnish heritage. Now I have a better idea of 'drawing out' a curve; and pre and post hardening considerations. Fantastic demo and necessary verbal instructions 💪🏻👏🏻
Hi Clay, awesome video! I just got your book (Traditional Bowyer's Handbook) and I'm very excited. We don't have Osage or Hickory in Europe, but we have a lot of Black locust, Hornbeam and Ash! For a first try, I'm thinking to use some oak boards that I have at my garage, before I go to something better. Thanks for the great videos and information you share!
Thank you for allowing us to be an observer of your skill...I enjoy watching all that work with wood...puts us back into the realm of nature...Peace on Earth.
That's the original old school tribal style compound bow that's not just a bow that's a compound bow this guy's a genius to be able to make something like that he's got some bow making skills
the Penobscot bow was invented in the early 1900's, before that Mi'kmaq used maple and deer sinew to make their bows.. what made the Penobscot Bow superior was the ability to adjust the draw weight.. though the maple Bow in and of it's self was a pretty deadly bow. it could take down a white tail deer rather quick , so a human would be no different. I thin they Mi'kmaq changed simply due to the fact that a trainee could use one bow through all the stages of training from light draw weigh and work their way up to a a hunting bow without having to make six bows of differing draw weight for the ordeal.
I can almost guarantee that back in the Palaeolithic era, there was just some mad lad who yoinked some kid’s toy/training bow in the night and attached it to an adult bow. Then in the morning, the mad lad showed off the new Double-Bow to the group, “it can fire twice as many arrows!” Failed and almost impaled the child. “Um… twice as much arrow power!” Shot in a random direction and an elder far off in the distance collapsed. A quiet fell, a murmur, then a cheer from someone followed by a roar of rage from the grandson of said elder. The cheers overwhelmed his calls of vengeful grief, and badabing badaboom, the Double Bow was invented.
This is so wild! It's absolutely amazing how much material you can remove from wood, and it will still be so strong 💪. Great video! Didnt talk the whole time. It's to the point and so cool to watch. I remember making bows as a kid out of pine branches and bailer twine but this is a whole new world 😮 23:47
Not too bad for a little sapling 😂. That’s impressive! I have a 55-75lb compound bow and it’s more than powerful enough. I think legal minimum draw weight for deer in Arizona is like 25lbs.
That was impressive, and all with a nice, good-sized knife. I'll forgive some of the cheating with cotton string, but I'm inspired to try and make one with just the knife and weaving my own cords. Amazing how the right tool isn't always what we think it is. (p.s. Mine will take way more than 24 hours.)
Not cheating at all; Indigenous traders would have bundles of cotton string (which is native to the Americas!) and also trade blanks for flintknapping.
Seriously cool. I would have loved to see you take your deer on alone with a bow build in the field but these videos are the next best thing. Seriously great content.
The double bow should be taught as the second level of primitive projectiles just after the throwing club/rabbit stick. Ideally you should eventually make yourself an atlatl, then a recurve and have access to both. This is a great guide on the basics of double bows, but in any primitive environment, the truly difficult part is always making the string, and the second most difficult part is making straight arrows. No offense but those are some seriously wonky arrows and would not fly straight over much distance. Without access to sinew, making a bowstring that is strong enough while being evenly thin down its length is a serious skill that is not easy to develop. This is why it is typical to fashion an atlatl in order to hunt a deer, which can be harvested for the long straps of sinew that run down it's back. These can then be used to make a bowstring. A double bow can be utilized to use simple strings such as shoestring or fishing line to fashion a bow that can be used to hunt small game such as rabbits, but in order to make a bow that can hunt large game, woven grass rope will not be strong enough to use as bowstring unless you are very knowledgeable with cordage. Clearly the maker of this video is, but it's worth noting for those watching. Ps I watched the clip at 24:50 maybe 20 times and cant figure out how your bow caused a branch behind you to snap.
I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the title of this video. I built my first Penobscot bow about 20 years ago. One of the things I noticed was that this style seems to have better cast than a standard D style self bow. I don’t know why, but I always attributed it to the compounding action of the two pieces working together. What are your thoughts?
It is essentially a cable backed bow. It has a better cast than a D style long bow for a lot of reasons but i would personally primarily attribute to the fact that it shifts the neutral plane forward of where it would be on a D style bow and a flat limb design causes less set in general no matter the style of bow you are making. Less set means less string follow which means more distance. You could accomplish the same thing with recurve and or heat treating, or potentially get even better results for a little more effort by making a laminate composite backing out of horn or sinew or something.
Love the birds chirping out in the woods!!! I love staying in Puerto Rico where my father (RIP) lived and I just love to wake up to all different kinds of birds chirping and at evening there is one particular bird that has a unique chirp and I just love it…. And I miss it every day… I live in Florida now… I grew up on the deep woods of Puerto Rico making Tree Houses,hunting birds ,crawfishing and hand fishing for other shell fish…. Good times in the rivers of Puerto Rico!!!
Everyone's been asking about the knife/parang so here ya go. amzn.to/3NyA3Xb
I was just about to ask about it
Thanks. I was just about to ask you where you bought it :)
Are you from Maine??
Heard the mosquitoes. They are the true enemy! Great video.
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist1 Jesus can't save for me cause y'all kilt em, knock the nose off the Sphinx cuz we built em, y'all too high and mighty in the clouds, too stilted, without the system, odds of you being special, 1 in a million, meanwhile the rest of us brilliant, you do what they told you to do "don't feel nothing" but "Jesus wept" but you can't, cause the epigenetics already crept inside your dreams, all of this is a scheme nothing is as it seems gotta stop watching movies how we be watching the screens👀🤦🏾♂️🫳🏾🎤
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Glad you like it
@@stonksrgud7645 I will excuse your error on account of not speaking fluent English however the op clearly asks you your opinion in the video title and goes on to say that this bow is only beneficial when all you can use is inferior wood Did you even watch the video?
@@fatrambo73 The question is presented in a way that's blatantly cickbaity. "Is this the BEST phone?" is going to get a lot more people to click than "comparing the Nokia G400 to the iPhone 11". Yes, Clay admits outright that it's not a great design, but that's not blatantly obvious from the title and thumbnail alone. Clickbait.
@@somewhereelse1235 Considering the video actually delivers content directly related to the title and thumbnail I'd say it's just good advertising and not clickbait.
@@stonksrgud7645 You either did not watch the video, or have no Idea what click bait is.
I like how you can hear the birds, leaves and the stream in the background. Their is no music over it. It’s nice
Very asmr or whatever
I don't hear a cut in the sound when the video cuts, I feel it may be added in post, not 100% though
This is the prophecy about the second coming of Jesus
Zechariah 13:7
“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the LORD Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
The Shepherd here is Jesus.
John 10:11
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
This is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Zachariah .
Matthew 26:31
Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: “’I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
This happened near 30 to 33 AD.
Now coming to Hosea
Hosea 6:1-2
Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
He tore us to pieces which is the scattering mentioned in Zachariah and Mathew.
In prophecies 1day is equal to 1000 years. Which means after two thousand years Jesus will return again.
And on the third day which is the 3rd millennium, we will live in his sight. We all know we cannot see God's face and live on Earth. So it's the second coming of Jesus.
Luke 21:11 ►
There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Matthew 24:6
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.
We are the witnesses of all these things. From the death of Jesus to 2030 - 2033 there are 2000 years. There was an eclipse in 33 Ad. So it's best to believe that Jesus died in 33AD. Jesus is coming soon. Let's all repent and turn from our old ways and turn to the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
Peace and Love to you all
A verse to show about the Holy Trinity
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Everlasting Father?. There's your answer
The whole world will turn against Israel and not just Palestine. Then know the end is near. This is a major sign to look for in the end times.
And do not take the Lord's name in vain. Even Satan trembles at his name. We should not use such a name as an expression.
God bless you all
Please spread this message to the ends of the world .
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It's a fake bird track added after tho
@@lemonke8132probably, but it’s really nice
It blows my mind how much work and dedication goes into making any bow, and yet, it's such a simple design
I’ve never seen a bow like this and now that you’ve built it, it seems so obvious. That’s awesome
Thanks Dane
That's how the Penobscot tribe from Maine has been making bows for generations using all different types of wood. Most of us have a secret recipe for wood species.
@@m9m471 I was wondering from where it originated thanks
Also Micmac and Abenaki.
@GC yeh, the whole region really, Pennacook, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, Haudenosaunee, Wabanaki, and Cherokee, as well as others right up into Canada.
Been an archer for a long time and I've known about the Penobscot but I've never actually watched anyone make one. This was cool and informational, great stuff man.
I've made quite a few throughout the years, always loved the design, even though adjustability comes at the cost of performance at the end of the day
Makes it look easy with that monster of a knife. I have some serious knife envy ...
@MysteryMan159 lol imma collector I have a few larger. And a favorite bowie about rhe same size. I'd never use them to chop wood though s'what my kukri is for. ^^
@@MysteryMan159 You can quick knapp a curved scraper out of stone for this as well just for fun
same! Im 45 been using my re-curve since I was 10 years old! never heard of this bow!
I'm Indonesian but I like your way of adventuring/camping. I pray you and your family are always healthy
I just had a very large brain-slam. I read that you were Indonesian. I thought to myself “Ooh, Indonesia is likely a predominantly Buddhist country due to its location and was going to ask if you were Buddhist (out of curiosity and interest of others’ views, there are not many others in Kentucky) but upon Googling the religious makeup of Indonesia, I’ve learned that it’s predominantly Muslim by a large majority! I was not expecting that, to be honest. Surely there’s some rich history concerning that
You’re a good person. That’s a kind comment. Thank you for existing
@@BalroomBlitz715not only that, less than 1% are buddhist
@@BalroomBlitz715Islam spread to Indonesia via trading! So yes, a “rich” history, but the value was not in gold but something a bit more priceless to the people.
@@BalroomBlitz715except the island of Bali which is majority Hindu
Its now 4am for me and im watching a man make the coolest bow and arrow ive ever seen this is amazing
Go to sleep! haha
True Bosmer
5;21am for me
0530 for me lol 😅
3:50am for me
I feel like this is far better then most of the "survival" bows I have seen. amazing job.
I remember watching this video like a year ago and I had no idea how actually great this video was, no annoying intro, no talking about the sponsor, just straight into the video, this video is truly amazing.
no music 👍
That was a damn fine bow making! I would never have thought to build one that way, with a reverse short bow to increase the strength of the main bow. That would allow anyone to make a primitive bow out of any wood you find in your area. Thank you for showing us this process! I will remember it forever and be able to show/teach others and make one myself.
Thanks Frank
note the 2 bows are not bound together, they're loosely tied so the self align, and the rear bow is almost half extended when the second starts to bend, or you might as well just get a heavier draw bow :-\
Going to make this a project for me and my son to do over the weekend sometime. Thanks for taking the time and showing us the process of making one! Keep up the awesome work you do.
u are good father, brother
Did you make it and if so how'd it turn out?
I'm used to seeing full bench and draw knives etc in these bow making videos. Loved the way you used machete both to chop and cleave like hatchet as well as shave and notch like knife. That blade in stump technique is awesome. Great video!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
That was one of the most impressive things in the video to me. Dude made a primitive lathe out in the woods.
@@ericginsel6924 is that what lathes do?
@@clayhayeshunter straight up your finesse with the blade is comparable to a professional sushi chef. You are one with that blade. You sleep with it, don’t you? 😂
Wow, I grew up making my own traditional english D longbows with my dad and brothers and have never seen this style of bow. The final product makes me think that it looks like a compound/traditional hybrid of sorts. Very cool!
That's really cool. English &Welsh longbows are things of beauty
idk about compound, this is easily achievable with the old technology. (all he really needed was some twigs, knife, fire, sinew.) it's definitely clever engineering though
It is a double tension system. The hun and mongols etc use wood and horn together to facilitate the same thing
@@aquarius5264 He said compound and I think you interpreted Cam. It is indeed compound because there are two independent forces acting on one string.
@@WontBSilenced that's not what a compound bow is
That blade you use looks like it'd be able to slice an atom in two.
That blade taught Chuck Norris all he knows…
I wish he would have shown how many times he had to sharpen that blade to do this task.
@@spudhead169 based on the link he provided for the knife, that knife’s steel isn’t the best for edge retention. He probably spent more time sharpening his knife than making the bow.
And yet half the time, he's got his hand wrapped around it above the handle. 🫣
Every sharp blades does fool 😂
You the man Clay! The best there is!!
Glad ya liked it!
Clay can be molded into many shapes including chamber pots.
@@masterlee9822nooo i don't wanna be made into a chamber pot
These are actually my personal favorite bow designs. People only really think of these bows as being used with subpar materials, but they can and should be made out of quality materials and craftsmanship as well. Think about it. If this design is so efficient that you can use it with bad materials to make a good bow, what happens when you use that same efficient design with good materials? In my experience. You simply get an extremely well performing bow, possibly better than what you'd get from a two limbed equivalent. Plus the advantage of adjustable draw weight, having two working bows for redundancy and so many other advantages. And it just looks mesmerizing to boot. Awesome bow man!
Hello Sir. What you have written makes good sense to me.
It's also easier to draw and lasts longer and can be left strung for longer periods of Time without loosing power // Imagine back in the day, how efficient this design would've been for war // If you sinew back both pieces, then you could also make a powerfull Short penobscot without the need to add Horn like Asiatic bows normally do for poundage
@@aburoach9268 Exactly. I'm getting into building my own bows, eventually wanna start selling. I'm hoping to settle on a Penobscot design much like that! There's gonna be quite a bit of trial an error though.
@@goofistmcnutty3280 eeeeehhmmm, one step at a time :) I started building bows (step 1) years ago, and in my experience it can take a lot of time to come up with a bow that shoots well and holds a long while. Maybe I am less talented so I had to compensate that with time.
The second thing is to judge which bow design is efficient and durable and why and how you can reproduce good results with a given material. That of course can differ so you need experience what yo can get out of which kind of material.
The third thing would be building bows for trade, where you can put everything you know into offering a good and reliable product, that matches the needs of a customer.
I personally think that there are reasons not to build a penobscot bow, if you dont need to. Because it is simply less convenient and maybe less benefitial with high quality bow woods. Its simply a matter too complex to say that the design just adds performance without any drawbacks (thats rarely the case for any bow design):
For example, I always stumble across the angles with which the small bow is connected to the larger one via the cables. The angle at the tips of the smaller bow are way over 90° in this example, so I would guess that some amount of the gained drawweight is not effecting the acceleration of the arrow because its simply stacking. You draw back and partly draw the smaller bow in length, which takes a lot of force without any advantage. But partly you gain drawweight that is effective, so you can use bowwoods that aren't able to withstand higher forces.
Is that true? I have seen no one testing/measuring that yet. It is just an example for the complexity of that matter.
So before thinking of trading penobscot bows made of yew, osage etc why not start from the beginning. There is a lot of fun and pain and work and experince ahead. :) Enjoy it!
Freakn awesome man I wish I had time to have fun like that.
Finally, some woodworking noises I'm familiar with in a video, it sounds like I'm doing it myself hehe, this is a great video.
Some amazing techniques displayed. Absolutely love that trick of lodging your blade in the log and using it to shave the wood, surprised I haven't seen it before.
I built one of these when I was 12 out of alder wood after I saw it in the Bowyer's Bible. I was able to get 45lb and I think I used a chunk of yellow birch for the 2nd smaller bow. It held up for quite awhile and performed admirably given the materials.
sure you did
@@dack6968 have you tried making a bow before at all? It’s not as hard as it seems, though it’s certainly not a walk in the park.
@@dack6968 Just because you were probably useless and unimaginative as a kid doesn't mean everyone else was...
@Kyle Specht sure bud.
@@skymancodebreaker9720 make up your mind?
I gotta admit this guy makes is a very underrated UA-camr. He makes great informational videos and doesn’t waste time on anything and keeps the original sounds. He also won like 1 Million dollars on a TV show which proves his authenticity
Damn that's a good comment haha. This is an inspiring channel! Even if I don't make the million it's a great presentation style
another name for tv is "idiot box".
@@juzeus9 not any different to us staring at our phones on UA-cam though is it. No one watches tv anymore, the brainrot has come to UA-cam and staring at our phones
@@juzeus9 he won 1 million dollars on an “idiot box” show
@@ZhanybekKylychbek do you have his tax return? what's stopping them from hiring family and actors and lying about the million, the way mr.beast does.
Awesome!
One of the things you demonstrated was the utility of a large working blade over relying on a multitool in a survival situation. This is something of which I'm a big proponent.
I like having both.
I like having both.
He's using a Parang. My experience is admittedly limited, because i only really got into spending a lot of time inthe outdoors after moving west. But I grew up where that's the standard and even then i did occasionally go camping and these are all anyone brought . Inever thought much of them until I had to use all the other garbage that people from other places call field/bushcraft knives. I very quickly grew to regret not appreciating just how good of a tool it was, back when i had easy acess to the real deal. I fking hate machetes. Bowies are ok but limited. Kbars and other military style knives are great if you anticipate ever needing to fight.... but pretty compromised for everything else even though still somewhat functional in a pinch... but compared to literally anything designed where fighting people isn't a serious concern they're just not great. I do not mean to shit on any of the above tools... I know they're all great tools overall. but a good parang is better by far too anything else in ways that's hard to understand till you've used one. As an analogy, Horses are unimaginably good ways to travel too by most standards. They are far better that running or, donkeys or oxes, , or anything else you may use. Saying horses are bad is just foolish.... unlesd you've got a car. SIMILARLY Machetes, Hand axes, tomahawk, all the common stuff... they are great tools and you'd be foolish to discount them for bushcraft.... right up until you've had a good parang.
It more or less IS a multitool. Best design I've ever seen. No idea if condor got it right, but the blade on the ones I've seen back home, are always sharpened by hand and always and at different angles at various points. There's a bit on the belly that is sharpened like an axe for chopping a Broad angle convex edge about 2/3 to 3/4 from the end depending on if it's the parang style and length I'm more familiar with, or the Golok style he's got. Either way, same idea. Then, the handle you've got a really really fine angle and edge, often flat, for whittling and feathering and other fine tasks. Top end is either thick and Squarish for better hacking through underbrush and vines without catching the end and getting damaged, as in Goloks, or curved strongly and sharpened very finely angle and fine angled flat or even concave/ hollow ground, with a strong belly for skinning and filleting tasks, like hunting knives ( held by the blade not at the handle for this) or even pointed, beveled, and Stabby like a leaf blade, for the ones made with consideration of the possibility of combat, or rarely spade-ish and squat, for digging and rooting.. but I've only seen the last once. And i may have misinterpreted that. The point though, being there's a ton of little details that can and do vary for different tasks, just like an SAK... but they're always a multitool and always unmistakably a parang. those things are deliberately built to do everything you can imagine. Side note, Imo, I don't trust Condor or the other large scale manufacturers with these.. I'm sure they're great manufacturers, and their versions better than anything else available where i am, also, DEFINITELY better steel,.. but sharpening things the way I expect isn't likely with machining in factories. I want one badly from back where they originate. Even with worse steel, Hundreds of years of practical experience in the thickest jungles with the thickest growth rainforests, smack Dab on the middle of the equator.... simply can't be beat. Sorry to nerd out here but I've never seen one on a UA-cam video and I'm really happy to find that someone else loves these things too. And if you watch how he uses different parts of the blade for each task, you'll see why I feel like he gets it with these things. It's fun as hell to me to watch him use it, in ways that others may miss. Damn good knife he's got there. I am obviously biased, but I can't think of a better outdoor tool. If you were nuts enough to only ever carry one thing... this ought to be it
@@iantracy378 Bro made me read a book 💀
Just Joking very informative and interesting comment!
Thank you! The whole time I was wondering what type of knife that was
Hey man, just wanted to say that I love your work! I've been trying to build a survival bow for a long time and very few have worked, but with your guidance I have built a few that work! So again, thanks.
Happy to help Daniel
You can feel the power of the shot based on how much the bow itself bent from him pulling it back. Nice job dude
First-time I'm seeing one of your vids, and I must say, I'm impressed, as a kid, I taught myself how to make and use my own bows and arrows, and with every step through this video, I'm wondering how you're going to deal with the issues I always struggled with like the wood snapping, or not having the right angle of curves, etc. and then you start using different tricks or methods of dealing with it.
Definitely going to be watching more.
Thanks 🙏
I just found out he had a UA-cam, I watched him on alone and instantly knew he was going to win.
I love these type of bows since I've discovered them. Definitely want one, but I don't see them commercially available. Also this is becoming my new favorite channel.
Great primitive bow. I build Penobscots AND Mi Kmaw warbows usually from Hop Hornbeam or White ash. I love the bows and I call them Wabenaki bows. Mine are kind of finished and refined from pretty good staves . I can change tiller with the small strings and have increased draw weight by up to 15 lbs Your bow built from a simple raw stave and a machete is impressive. Thanks for posting
Looks tight! I appreciate the clear process without too much explanation. Just the right amount of detail, in fact. Great tutorial.
Prob THE greatest and enjoyable back wood bow survivor build ive come across.. sweet design too.
Thanks
Saw that style bow in an old 1930 silent film, "The Silent Enemy." Filmed around Temagami, Ontario and near the Qc/On border. Thanks for going into detail on its construction and what the extra piece on the back of the bow is for.
I made a small pistol cross bow with fiberglass rod bow. Never having seen or heard of this design i put a second bow on it in this manner and it increased the pull so greatly that it requires a lever to cock it now. So this design def works as stated.
I'm 43 years old, an outdoorsman from New Zealand, and I shoot archery.
I am impressed, sir.
Great Video!
Glad you enjoyed it
hey big fan hope you make more videos lava bladez !
I’ve seen these in illustrations before, never really understood what the advantages of the design were or how one would be tillered out to make a decently functional bow. But your explanation of wood availability and adjustment by string tension makes sense. Thanks for this interesting and informative look at these bows.
Glad to hear
fantastic video, commentary, and workmanship
Lovely video. I shoot the stickbow and I appreciate how much skill has gone into making this bow. I didn't know a second smaller bow reversed-curved attached to the first bow could increase its draw weight until I saw this. Thank you!
Pretty awesome I’d love to see a full build video or multi part series on you attempting to make a nice one of these in your shop with all your tools and nicer woods and strings and maybe auction off or use it to take a deer next season or something
The hyperrealism in these videos is so fascinating.
its because of the procedural animation, and its all made in unreal engine
the facial animations are incredible, god bless the underpaid overworked employees who create stuff like this
Your videos are currently helping me get through a wave of panic attacks the past couple days which I deeply appreciate. It's gotten to the point where I'm getting my thyroid tested tomorrow. I do thank you though because absolutely nothing has been helping other than breathing exercises.
Hang in there. If I may, I’d recommend checking out a book called “How to think like a Roman Emperor.” Great read with lots of excellent techniques for dealing with life’s struggles.
@@clayhayeshunteri haven't read that book, but i don't know if i'd wasn't too think like a roman emperor. roman emperors were fucking nuts
Incredible! I've lived all my life in the Penobscot area of New England and never heard of a Penobscot bow. All my bow building has been with board wood, due to the poor selection of wood in my area. Gotta try this, but I know it won't go as smoothly as yours did. Tnx's for the education you keep putting out and the next book you haven't written yet.
My first bow 64 years ago was bought for me by my dad on Indian island from the Penobscot' Indians in the middle of the Penobscot River. Small wooden bow made by the native locals. Had so much fun with that bow.
Glad to see some locals on here I am from Greenbush and I am also glad to see the Penobscot tribe being recognized
Same here. North of bangor. I was like "Penobscot bow? sweet!"
never hear about any of this. if there's anything the people living in that part of the continent now hate more than the indigenous people its there culture and history. surprised its not all completely wiped out by now like the people : P
1) Where possible go out cut a selected 2-2.5" Ash or Ironwood sapling...
2) Carefully split in half...
3) Ruffshape inside halves...
4) Clamp into desir'd shape..
5) Store 1month- dry place...
6) Shape into finished form on inside of stick; never the sapwood (or round side)
CAREFUL = easy does it...!
Choose finish best for U...!
I've seen plenty of this style of bow on UA-cam simply for the cool factor, but given my limited knowledge of bow making, I'd never considered how or why this design would make sense over using a simple bow design with good wood
Being able to use smaller pieces around you to make a higher poundage bow shows the genius of the smaller forelimbs when trying to survive with limited supplies. EXCELLENT video, my friend
Glad you enjoyed it
Wow, what a cool take on a basic bow!! Now I want to see how well this would work with vine maple. That stuff grows like a weed over here in Oregon. I've made simple single stick bows with that after I have dried the sticks for a few months to a year. It works surprisingly well with very little prep other than making notches for the string and smoothing the handle. It is strong and springy enough that even a stick with knots and bends makes an effective bow. I made one with a basic Leatherman knock off using baling twine for a string. The saw from the multi-tool worked really well for cutting notches for the string BTW.
I do like the use of the vertical blade as a stationary scraper, I might have to borrow this idea.
Also from the PNW, I had the exact same thought about trying this with vine maple!
@@RaymondRandol it really does work quite well for bows, except that it does not grow very straight. Once properly dried, it has the perfect amount of spring to it and is pretty light weight.
Thank you for sharing this! I haven’t seen much in my search for pre-European Penobscot culture and this is a real gem. I would love to learn more if you have any suggestions.
1:02 I hate this sound. I was checking if there is a mosquito next to my ear, then realised I was wearing headphones🤔🤔
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. My father taught me survival at an early age. I scoffed and thought nothing of it... until a few years ago.
Tell me more you filthy sod 😂
I really like this bow design! It could be really cool to see something like this as an ornate fantasy bow!
I've made my fair share of survival bows with primitive tech. Never with one tool though. As a survivalist of 20 years and a blacksmith of 18 years, this video has given me some ideas on a versatile tool specifically for making bows. Now I have to design and forge one out.
Thanks for the great video, and the inspiration.
This is really solid work, thanks for sharing. I also recommend Ryan Gill with Primitive Archery. I'm a bladesmith but I've made a handful of bows, I love the way these bows look. I'm definitely going to try making a couple.
Cool, thanks
@clayhayeshunter1 2 b6 woopI😊😊
Very cool, I have made both 4 and 6 limb Mollegabet style Penobscot bows as you can see on my channel. I love these bows and their strength. Especially if you make them Mollegabet style. (Although I may be the only one who makes them like that.)
I made mine out of red oak 1"X3"x6' boards from Lowes and Home Depot. So the width of the limbs are 2.5" till you get to the levers making it some st indestructible. Red Oak tree is the only decent wood I can get where I live But they turned out great and are my favorite self made bows!
Thanks for this video & God bless ya!
Besides the increidble functionality and simplicity of the design, this is such a badass looking bow. I cant believe I'd never heard of this bow until very recently
Great video! I have wanted to make a Penibscot for some time. It was a pleasure to watch you make one. I believe it to be the world's first compound bow. Thank you
Not only do long pieces not have to be used, but it is more practical because the bow is smaller thanks to this. I would bet it will get handy in dense forests. Really nice.
No Fake contruction, like most channels like this one, no girl pretending to do the work while she has an entire team doing the work for her. This is REAL AF. I learned alot from this video, thanks.
bro edited his comment and still couldn't just say 'good vid', had to have a ton of bs in there
@@souljaboy.6668Wow, another offended weakling. Not only that, but I used different wording to express it. Not my fault if you are not smart enough to understand that.
I forget what game it was many years ago but it was called a double bow in there. I thought it was cool and when I looked it up I found some history on the Penobscot bow which was made, as you've said, because of the qualities of the wood in their area not being good for traditional designs. Nice to see you making one and showing how one can be made pretty easily with little in the way of resources. I may have to try one myself some time.
Far Cry Primal?
@@LiteraryCurtastrophe Thats not the one I'm thinking of, but it is cool and realistic, and probably much more known than the one I was. It was probably 15-20 years ago and more fantasy rpg styled. It could've been any of dozens i'd tried out around that time but didn't hold my interest. The game itself didn't really matter. XD
I love how this method basically combines a lightweight longbow with a small curved botw to basically add up their draw weights, that's really good thinking
@@tombspider1990 fair, but i only have 3 hands
@@tombspider1990 was a silly joke xd
I liked how this man is straight to the point. You deserve a subscriber
Two thoughts, 1.) I actually use that exact same Fire Tempering Technique for Bamboo Flute Making and was wondering if it would be useful in Making Bows... Thanks for satisfying my curiosity :). 2.) The bow itself is a pretty snappy shooter for what it is, and it really does send an arrow down range with authority.
And on that day, Kage Stelhman unknowingly took the first step on a dark path, ending in much chaos and destruction as the pan-flute of death claimed countless souls.
That is an amazing bow. I had no idea what a Penobscot bow even was until I watched this and he made it look so easy to craft this. Awesome bow, now I want to make one lol.
The dedication, effort, and time you've put into your craft has really payed off. You are an artist. Thank you for sharing Clay. Very inspiring.
Been playing in the woods for years , but at 71 this video floors me . Shockingly aggressive with the parang but loved it 😊
I played far cry primal and learned of this bow from the game. Pretty cool to see someone actually make one! Great job! Awesome knife!
Thank ya
I like your knife. Being someone that uses a knife every day in the kitchen, I like your knife skills too. Nice to see someone hold the blade not the handle :)
Always impressed with your builds, takes me weeks to get to close to a finished tiller, wish i could build a bow in 24 hrs.
Awesome bow and just goes to show what one can do with what is on hand. That sir, is a survival bow that could be counted on. Well done!
One of my favorite bows growing up making! It has allot of power for how it’s made. I would get tree wood from my mulberry tree in my back yard cause I could use any wood around my area. This brings allot good memories!
The coolest part was, imo, the inner bark peel.
There is a tip for tightening the secondary bow strings: slide a piece of wood up in between the strands that is long enough to rest in the main bow. Twist that to tighten or loosen as necessary. That way thwre is no need to re-tie those knots :)
Like a frame saw. Might be harder on the string though.
I don't see what you mean.
@@anomalyp8584 There are two strings that attach the ends of the small bow to the larger bow. If you slide a stick between the strands of one of those strings, you can then spin the stick perpendicularly to tighten the string. And if the stick is the right length, it will stop the string from unwinding. If you're still confused, it's the same principle used in old frame saws. You can see it in the video "Making the Frame Saw | Paul Sellers" at 34 minutes and 54 seconds.
@whynotdean8966 yhe stick might fall out of place when pulling the bow though. Or at least its a possible failire. That twist idea is a good idea though instead of loosening the string, maybe it could be places on the end of the string somehow. Surely it could be done with modern tools but idk how in a lomitted woodsman way
@@whynotdean8966 ah!! That made it click! Thanks!
I have been doing archery for nearly 30 years. And know people that make trad bows of all shapes and sizes but never seen one of these being used. Great job and very impressive work
Yo the pure bow ASMR @24:34 is some of the most satisfying sounds I've ever heard
I can really imagine that some clever hunter came up with this thousand years ago and was first laughed at and then everyone in the tribe copied it. Or some hunter finding such a bow hidden in a cave with cave paintings around it giving clues how to make it. Looks epic.
Actually the bow was originally designed around 1900 by one of the Loring family. I grew up and went to school in Old Town, Maine home of the Penobscot Reservation
@aaronsanborn4291 Well ok then! But maybe not. Just let me keep this illusion
New bowmakers should pay very close attention to exactly how you use your tools, and adapt to limited tools. The little subtleties are really worth learning. Stuff like rough tillering over your knee, and holding the blade against the wood while you tap the wood to start a notch or a cut.
That chipmunk was livin' on the edge
You have amazing videos Clay! Subscribed. I'm also teaching my son survival and hunting, as my father has taught me and my ancestors survived for thousands of years in south-eastern Europe. It's beautiful to see other perspectives from people from another continent. I will surely obtain your book and read through! Keep up the amazing work!
Thanks
@@clayhayeshunterHow many yards does it reach?
Thats Far Cry Primal bow!
i cant believe they added it to real life!
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I have built such bows as well and I personally think, that they are just a lot of fun to make :D
Your bow looks very beautiful :)
They’re fun for sure
Very cool. Before there were compound bows, there was the Penobscot bow.
I never thought I would ever see someone whittle with such a large blade! Awesome bow and video!
Tools and craft..great stuff😊 Reminds me of Finnish heritage. Now I have a better idea of 'drawing out' a curve; and pre and post hardening considerations. Fantastic demo and necessary verbal instructions 💪🏻👏🏻
Go for it!
That's very interesting, it's like the primitive version of a compound bow, but instead of pullies you just use another bow.
I was too 🎉high for this comment lmao I'm stuck between trying to make a bow out of dental floss
Huns/mongols also used horns/bone for their compound bows in similar manner
AYO Dawg, we heard you like bows, so we put a bow on your bow...
you have a compas, a ruler in your eyes and a bubble level in you hand ! big respect
Hi Clay, awesome video! I just got your book (Traditional Bowyer's Handbook) and I'm very excited. We don't have Osage or Hickory in Europe, but we have a lot of Black locust, Hornbeam and Ash! For a first try, I'm thinking to use some oak boards that I have at my garage, before I go to something better. Thanks for the great videos and information you share!
Have fun Petar!
Would this qualify as the first compound?
Thank you for allowing us to be an observer of your skill...I enjoy watching all that work with wood...puts us back into the realm of nature...Peace on Earth.
Very welcome
I was wondering when I would finally see a bow like this, idk why it's been in my mind for so long or where I've seen it before
This makes me think of the "Compound bow".. in the sense that it's using leverage
to fling arrows further.
Pretty cool. Thanks for doing the vid.
That's the original old school tribal style compound bow that's not just a bow that's a compound bow this guy's a genius to be able to make something like that he's got some bow making skills
Me watching how to make a survival bow knowing im not going near any forest in my life
You never know
Nipalan bow from Dark and Darker
Very skilled man. Thank you for doing these videos and expanding like minded men's knowledge tool chest.
I appreciate that!
the Penobscot bow was invented in the early 1900's, before that Mi'kmaq used maple and deer sinew to make their bows.. what made the Penobscot Bow superior was the ability to adjust the draw weight.. though the maple Bow in and of it's self was a pretty deadly bow. it could take down a white tail deer rather quick , so a human would be no different. I thin they Mi'kmaq changed simply due to the fact that a trainee could use one bow through all the stages of training from light draw weigh and work their way up to a a hunting bow without having to make six bows of differing draw weight for the ordeal.
I can almost guarantee that back in the Palaeolithic era, there was just some mad lad who yoinked some kid’s toy/training bow in the night and attached it to an adult bow. Then in the morning, the mad lad showed off the new Double-Bow to the group, “it can fire twice as many arrows!” Failed and almost impaled the child. “Um… twice as much arrow power!” Shot in a random direction and an elder far off in the distance collapsed. A quiet fell, a murmur, then a cheer from someone followed by a roar of rage from the grandson of said elder. The cheers overwhelmed his calls of vengeful grief, and badabing badaboom, the Double Bow was invented.
This is so wild! It's absolutely amazing how much material you can remove from wood, and it will still be so strong 💪. Great video! Didnt talk the whole time. It's to the point and so cool to watch. I remember making bows as a kid out of pine branches and bailer twine but this is a whole new world 😮 23:47
Not too bad for a little sapling 😂. That’s impressive! I have a 55-75lb compound bow and it’s more than powerful enough. I think legal minimum draw weight for deer in Arizona is like 25lbs.
That was impressive, and all with a nice, good-sized knife. I'll forgive some of the cheating with cotton string, but I'm inspired to try and make one with just the knife and weaving my own cords. Amazing how the right tool isn't always what we think it is. (p.s. Mine will take way more than 24 hours.)
Not cheating at all; Indigenous traders would have bundles of cotton string (which is native to the Americas!) and also trade blanks for flintknapping.
When did he use cotton string? Was it the string he used to hang the sticks over the fire?
65 today and heard this song a 102 times. And Brother you put passion to it that ring the Bells of Heaven. Thank you 🙏🏻 keep pumping it.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Seriously cool. I would have loved to see you take your deer on alone with a bow build in the field but these videos are the next best thing. Seriously great content.
Thanks Jake
It actually looks a bit like a recurve bow, which probably has something to do with the added strength
I always tought this style of bow ways some corny Hollywood invention. But you proved that these thinks work, great bow and video!
Glad you liked it!
The double bow should be taught as the second level of primitive projectiles just after the throwing club/rabbit stick. Ideally you should eventually make yourself an atlatl, then a recurve and have access to both. This is a great guide on the basics of double bows, but in any primitive environment, the truly difficult part is always making the string, and the second most difficult part is making straight arrows. No offense but those are some seriously wonky arrows and would not fly straight over much distance. Without access to sinew, making a bowstring that is strong enough while being evenly thin down its length is a serious skill that is not easy to develop. This is why it is typical to fashion an atlatl in order to hunt a deer, which can be harvested for the long straps of sinew that run down it's back. These can then be used to make a bowstring. A double bow can be utilized to use simple strings such as shoestring or fishing line to fashion a bow that can be used to hunt small game such as rabbits, but in order to make a bow that can hunt large game, woven grass rope will not be strong enough to use as bowstring unless you are very knowledgeable with cordage. Clearly the maker of this video is, but it's worth noting for those watching.
Ps I watched the clip at 24:50 maybe 20 times and cant figure out how your bow caused a branch behind you to snap.
I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the title of this video. I built my first Penobscot bow about 20 years ago. One of the things I noticed was that this style seems to have better cast than a standard D style self bow. I don’t know why, but I always attributed it to the compounding action of the two pieces working together. What are your thoughts?
It is essentially a cable backed bow. It has a better cast than a D style long bow for a lot of reasons but i would personally primarily attribute to the fact that it shifts the neutral plane forward of where it would be on a D style bow and a flat limb design causes less set in general no matter the style of bow you are making. Less set means less string follow which means more distance. You could accomplish the same thing with recurve and or heat treating, or potentially get even better results for a little more effort by making a laminate composite backing out of horn or sinew or something.
Love the birds chirping out in the woods!!! I love staying in Puerto Rico where my father (RIP) lived and I just love to wake up to all different kinds of birds chirping and at evening there is one particular bird that has a unique chirp and I just love it…. And I miss it every day… I live in Florida now… I grew up on the deep woods of Puerto Rico making Tree Houses,hunting birds ,crawfishing and hand fishing for other shell fish…. Good times in the rivers of Puerto Rico!!!