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Organic Archery
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2021
Hand-Crafted Primitive Bows & Wooden Arrows
The Art of Arrow Making - Dowels (Chapter 1)
Chapter 1 of this six-part Arrow Making Series is a detailed tutorial on crafting high-quality arrow shafts from store-bought poplar dowels.
Dowels are one of the cheapest, most readily available materials for DIY archery enthusiasts! Even if you live in an "arrow wood desert" and don't have easy access to suitable wild materials, you can typically still find common 3/8 dowels at most hardware stores.
This set will be fletched in Chapter 5, which will cover four different methods of fletching arrows; and will receive points in Chapter 6, which will cover four different styles of arrow points.
If you're watching this series as it's posted in real-time, hang tight! I'll film the upcoming chapters as soon as possible.
PS : Organic Archery's 2025 Workshop Schedule is live on our site! If you've ever wanted to craft a selfbow from start to finish, check us out. We have novice and advanced courses and have hosted well over 100 students ~ and no one has left without a formidable bow!
www.organicarchery.com
Dowels are one of the cheapest, most readily available materials for DIY archery enthusiasts! Even if you live in an "arrow wood desert" and don't have easy access to suitable wild materials, you can typically still find common 3/8 dowels at most hardware stores.
This set will be fletched in Chapter 5, which will cover four different methods of fletching arrows; and will receive points in Chapter 6, which will cover four different styles of arrow points.
If you're watching this series as it's posted in real-time, hang tight! I'll film the upcoming chapters as soon as possible.
PS : Organic Archery's 2025 Workshop Schedule is live on our site! If you've ever wanted to craft a selfbow from start to finish, check us out. We have novice and advanced courses and have hosted well over 100 students ~ and no one has left without a formidable bow!
www.organicarchery.com
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Oldest Known Bow Recreated by Professional Bowyer
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The Holmegaard bow is the oldest complete bow ever found; dating to roughly 7,000 BC (Mesolithic Period - Middle Stone Age). It was found alongside several other bows recovered from a bog in Denmark in 1963. The Holmegaard bow is frequently mistaken for and/or used interchangeably with the Mollegabet artifact, but they're quite different. The Holmegaard is a fairly straightforward flatbow with ...
Making English Longbows from Common Woods
มุมมอง 30K7 หลายเดือนก่อน
The question has been asked a million times - "Will wood make an English Longbow?" I'll refer to them instead as D-bows, because the design was quite widespread throughout history and is relied on by several of the remaining hunter-gatherer tribes to this day. Several different trees are used for traditional English longbows most famously Yew but also Ash and Elm which were referred to as the "...
Neolithic Ash Longbow Made w/ Modern Tools
มุมมอง 18K9 หลายเดือนก่อน
In this video I use modern tools to make an "archer-tall" ash longbow inspired by some of the ancient artifacts from the Neolithic period. Some prehistoric bows were at least as tall as the archer and made with rounded bellies, much like the renowned English longbow and warbow. Regardless of what you call it, it's a widespread design used by both hunters and warriors throughout human history. T...
How To Find & Prepare Bow Wood
มุมมอง 8K10 หลายเดือนก่อน
One of the most challenging parts of a new bowyer's journey is actually finding bow wood; and once you've found some, the work has only just begun! As with all things in woodworking, wood carving, and other lumber trades ~ quality wood must first be sourced, processed, and most importantly dried before it's stable enough to transform into functional and long-lasting products. The same rules app...
Make a Primitive Bow by Feel - No Special Tools
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Bow making technology has changed since the ancient times, but the process remains much the same. With no shortage of primitive archery how-tos showcasing the benefits of specialized tools, it's always good to be reminded that bows can be made with nothing more than one or two readily-available implements. If you're not confident in your wood carving skills with a hatchet, practice on scrap woo...
Sharpen a Card Scraper the Easy Way
มุมมอง 8K11 หลายเดือนก่อน
This Bowyer's Bench video covers a simple and effective way to sharpen both rectangular and gooseneck card scrapers, also known as cabinet scrapers or hand scrapers. If you build high-end cabinets or furniture, you might want to make your scrapers razor sharp by stepping down to finer grit sandpaper. For building and tillering wooden bows, 220 grit is plenty sharp. This method works well regard...
How to Make a Back Quiver
มุมมอง 6Kปีที่แล้ว
In this video I show how to make a simple and effective back quiver from split bison hide. This is the proprietary style I've been making for Organic Archery customers for the several years. I use 4-5 oz split bison hide and a cowhide liner for improved broadhead protection. These quivers can only be used with 2-blade broadheads and are not safe for use with 3-blade. If the straps are made long...
How to Freehand Sharpen a Draw Knife
มุมมอง 7Kปีที่แล้ว
This Bowyer's Bench video covers a quick and easy freehand sharpening method that works for all shapes and sizes of draw knives. What would you like to see covered in future Bowyer's Bench videos? Let me know in the comments! Instagram: @organic.archer Website: www.organicarchery.com
Making an Eastern Woodlands Bow
มุมมอง 31Kปีที่แล้ว
In this video I make a replica of the Eastern Woodlands bow from the Catawba Tribe found on page 78 of the "Encyclopedia of Native American Bows, Arrows & Quivers - Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest" by Steve Allely and Jim Hamm. The Pre-Columbian Catawba territory consisted mainly of present day North and South Carolina, and they were later considered by early colonists to be one of the most p...
Making Otzi the Iceman's Bow w/ Modern Tools
มุมมอง 381Kปีที่แล้ว
In this video I build a nearly identical replica of the bow found alongside Otzi the Iceman. Modern steel hand tools were used, and the measurements differ from Otzi's bow by only fractions of an inch as the process unfolds. This happens naturally while working it down to the desired draw weight, which in this case was 65-70 pounds at 26 inches. It's important to remember that every piece of wo...