This is how I started making bows, make a sick to shoot smaller sticks as his as I could.. Then I went down the rabbit hole of trying to make the perfect bow, and it stopped being fun. This is easily the best bow making video I've watched, and I've watched a lot. Thanks buddy!
Really great video, a pleasure to watch. Your skilled craftsmanship aside, I love the stable camera angles and natural sound without music or overlaid commentary. Very relaxing and enjoyable with beautiful end result and satisfying demo. Keep it up!
My experience with such a lonnnng long string is that tiller will be unlike bend you'll see when go to brace. I make long string so it's barely longer than nock-to-nock distance. Edges of limb look sharp. They should be rounded to reduce odds of raising splinter while tillering. Good luck with your bow!
Love primative craftsmanship, Now I cannot wait to build my own. What are your thoughts on dogwood for arrows? And do you have a vidio for string making.
@@indigenousoutdoorsman3125 thank you :D! i differently think you should try to build one :D! i have never tried making arrows out of dogwood, but i know a lot of people use it, no i don't have a video on only string making :D! but you can see a little bit of it in my bow building videos :D
That's a cool bow. It really zips those arrows out there. It's cool bc it has such a short draw and seems pretty powerful. You can snap off quick powerful shots and you don't need a lot of room to draw
Most native tribes with short bows like that all shot instinctive anyway, so being able to zip through the woods or maneuver on horseback was a great tradeoff for sacrificing overall length and draw length, potential smoothness, etc.
Nice demonstration and good skills you are a professional for sure thank you. My guess is the bow you made it out of Hickory my guess is the glue was a wood glue that is also made from Hooves and hide which blends perfectly in Minds with the rawhide! The string maybe it was nylon but I have never tried to do that bow string twist! Which should be a number one hit for the Dancehall floor for the maidens and their Mountain Men have a great day Jesus is coming and this is Mark saying hi from Southern Missouri Ozarks you've inspired me to get out and start working again PS I've got a bow I started years ago and have not finished I call it my lightning rod because the wood come from a oak tree struck by lightning in the rails were blown off onto the ground I'm hoping it will have a special power
@@zakisworkshop can't wait to work on my lightning stick! Which is from an Big Oak tree that got struck by lightning in a blew the long rails off on the ground it will have a special power
Nice job I can see that you've got some experience making bows:-) I've made a few and I bow hunted with recurves starting out in the 1960s when I was a kid in Wisconsin
I’ve been curing a piece of wild dogwood for two years now. I’m sure it should be dry enough to work well now. Got any comments about using dogwood? Thanks for the great video. Love the natural sounds of a person working. Thanks
The branches are great for arrows,if they are green or cured.. n for bows,if cured,keep it oiled, not wet, but so the finish has just a glow, not shine,and before shooting, " exercise " your bow n string..n you should have a good season!! Just some hints from an old Bowyer (since 1957)!
Wow beautiful lil bow. I notice you only put knocks on one side of your bow. Is that to avoid the bowyer's paradox? Will that cause your limbs to warp to one side over time?
Elm is a good wood but wavy grain that tends to rip out and chasing a ring if you have to is very difficult with elm but hickory is easy. In any case with elm as well as hickory you can fire harden the belly side. Its makes the bow incredibly much better. One good thing with elm it will never snap completely in half but rather break and fold. Its a pretty tough wood. I recommend fire hardening half way through the bow. As you fire harden you can even backset it a bit over your knee. Carefull not to go to hard and start breaking it though. You really don’t need to back an elm bow. Its pretty well solid.
Nice bow, mate. How come you have nock/notch on only one edge of the bow each side? What are the things you boiled and mixed to apply on the bow? How long and what's the draw weight? I'd be delighted to hear from you
thank you brother :D! the nock on each side is a style they used on plains style bows, it allows you to create very thin an strong tips :D, the mix is boiled linseed oil and beeswax and It has a draw weight of 60 pounds at 19 inches, hope it helps brother :D
Thank you for your show, very interesting, but I would have liked to hear a commentary of what steps you were doing and why and what type of wood you used, what was the string made from and other informative pieces, watching without words does not complete the instruction. As a Justice and educator myself I find listening to the words spoken during instruction adds to the final complement. Regards ⚖️
Hola que tal Greetings from Colombia, my friend. I'm asking you something: What kind of wood did you use to make the bow? I'm asking you: Is oak wood used to make bows?
Ironic. This just popped up on my TH-cam. About 2 weeks ago I completed a 48 inch rawhide backed Osage bow. I didn't take the rawhide all the way to the tips though left off about 4 inches from the tips
some plains style bows have these kind of knocks, they're good if the tips of the bow is very narrow so you don't have to cut 2 , and risk weakening that point :D
I made a bow watching your video and I just want to Thank you, Your video was so helpful. I got 1 question as far as the cord used, Does the thinner the material make it better to shoot the arrow or if the line is thick will it slow up the shot? Thanks again! Great video
happy that you found my video helpful, it really warms my heart :D! and yes the thinner the bow string , the faster the shot, but if the bowstring becomes too thin it will break, i make my bowstrings of Dacron b-50, u can usually find out how many strands, per pound on weight if you google it :D
I am not that happy with the tiller. The bow mostly bends in the middle section and towards the tips it is too stiff. More likely you have to go for a „full compass“ circular arc tiller. Especially with such a short bow when you try to get as much draw as possible depending on total length.
In " practice of technique" , he is building a style of bow often referred to as a " horse bow, short bow, or..in the upper Dakotas, a plains bow" ...often around a 40-45 pound pull at 24-26 draw"...some may range 35 - 45 pounds... Used on horseback for buffalo hunts n in dense forest areas on stalk n shoot hunts! Quite effective!
After nearly 40 years of bow building, I gotta ask... These "shinto rasps" seem to be in "high favor" nowadays....(as compared to a farrier's rasp)...should I stick with the farrier's or just throw it away...or is there a place for both in the arsenal?
This is how I started making bows, make a sick to shoot smaller sticks as his as I could.. Then I went down the rabbit hole of trying to make the perfect bow, and it stopped being fun. This is easily the best bow making video I've watched, and I've watched a lot. Thanks buddy!
yes it can be addicting making bows :D! , thank you , i am happy you like the video brother :D!
My step dad was potawatomi. We would shoot the flowers off of the dandelions when I was a kid.
cool , he must be a really good shot brother :D! and thank you for watching :D!
Nice build! I’m sure any ancient Apache would have been happy to own that bow. 👍🏼
Thank you :D! your comment really warms my heart :D!
Really great video, a pleasure to watch. Your skilled craftsmanship aside, I love the stable camera angles and natural sound without music or overlaid commentary. Very relaxing and enjoyable with beautiful end result and satisfying demo. Keep it up!
thank you so much :D! your comment means a lot to me :D!
As usual you demonstrate good craftmanship with simple tools. Really like the bow. have never seen one built before.
Thank you :D! you comment warms my heart :D!
Very nice self bow
thank you brother :D
Great vid/build man im waiting ages for a plains bow build vid on yt and you just Made my week now i can build one myself thanks man 👍
thank you so :D! i am happy that you found it helpful :D! send me a picture if your ever make one brother :D!
@@zakisworkshop i wil i already Made one a couple of months ago but its just a little to long to be a plains bow i could send a pic if you want?
@@Edwinthemountainman8454 do that brother :D!
@@zakisworkshop do you have like instagram or something else i can send a photo to? :)
my email is :D zaki.workshop@gmail.com
Great video brother.
thank you brother :D!
You must be my brother from another mother. Great work and techniques.
thank you brother :D!
My experience with such a lonnnng long string is that tiller will be unlike bend you'll see when go to brace. I make long string so it's barely longer than nock-to-nock distance. Edges of limb look sharp. They should be rounded to reduce odds of raising splinter while tillering. Good luck with your bow!
thank you for the tip brother :D!
Bravo! Awesome build.
thank you :D!
Love primative craftsmanship, Now I cannot wait to build my own. What are your thoughts on dogwood for arrows? And do you have a vidio for string making.
@@indigenousoutdoorsman3125 thank you :D! i differently think you should try to build one :D! i have never tried making arrows out of dogwood, but i know a lot of people use it, no i don't have a video on only string making :D! but you can see a little bit of it in my bow building videos :D
Beautiful work. Great job.
thank you brother :D!
Great bow and shooting!
I'm enjoying your video as well. Very informative in the procedure.
thank you :D! happy you like it :D
Great vid man...keep up the good work
Thank you :D
That's a cool bow. It really zips those arrows out there. It's cool bc it has such a short draw and seems pretty powerful. You can snap off quick powerful shots and you don't need a lot of room to draw
thank you ! yes it is really fast and fun to shoot :D!
Most native tribes with short bows like that all shot instinctive anyway, so being able to zip through the woods or maneuver on horseback was a great tradeoff for sacrificing overall length and draw length, potential smoothness, etc.
Nice demonstration and good skills you are a professional for sure thank you. My guess is the bow you made it out of Hickory my guess is the glue was a wood glue that is also made from Hooves and hide which blends perfectly in Minds with the rawhide! The string maybe it was nylon but I have never tried to do that bow string twist! Which should be a number one hit for the Dancehall floor for the maidens and their Mountain Men have a great day Jesus is coming and this is Mark saying hi from Southern Missouri Ozarks you've inspired me to get out and start working again PS I've got a bow I started years ago and have not finished I call it my lightning rod because the wood come from a oak tree struck by lightning in the rails were blown off onto the ground I'm hoping it will have a special power
thank you for watching brother :D! i am happy i inspired you to get back into bowmaking :D!
@@zakisworkshop can't wait to work on my lightning stick! Which is from an Big Oak tree that got struck by lightning in a blew the long rails off on the ground it will have a special power
Another Ozarks lad!!!😍 ( Help me in the Hornet's nest I am about to kick, / debate....)
Nice job sir👍
thank you sir :D!
Very nice Comanche bow. Aka WolfcreekLee.
Thank you friend :D
Nice job I can see that you've got some experience making bows:-) I've made a few and I bow hunted with recurves starting out in the 1960s when I was a kid in Wisconsin
Thank you :D! Nice it a really good feeling making a bow :D! my first bow was also a Recurve :D!
Thanks for sharing
thank yiu for watching :D!
Awesome bow and archery! 🤠🤠👍👍🎯🎯🏹🏹
thank you :D!
@@zakisworkshop welcome bro
Nice work
thank you :D!
Amazing
thank you brother :D!
Very good and beautiful work! :)) Greetings!!! :DDD
thank you so much brother :D!
@@zakisworkshop Your welcome!!! ^w^
Fantastic
thank you brother :D!
I’ve been curing a piece of wild dogwood for two years now. I’m sure it should be dry enough to work well now. Got any comments about using dogwood? Thanks for the great video. Love the natural sounds of a person working. Thanks
thank you :D! your comment means a lot! i have never worked with wild dog wood , so the only thing i can say is , go slow and be patient :D
The branches are great for arrows,if they are green or cured.. n for bows,if cured,keep it oiled, not wet, but so the finish has just a glow, not shine,and before shooting, " exercise " your bow n string..n you should have a good season!!
Just some hints from an old Bowyer (since 1957)!
Grey Wolf Walking...wow, I'd love to spend a day in your world!! The nuggets I could pick from your experiences would be priceless👍👍👍
Dogwood is really tough in compression, you can go with a slim D profile ELB style.
Da jeg så “Borup” sagde jeg, Yesss han er dansker og ka hjælpe mig med buer og pile 😁😁
haha godt set bror :D!
Wow beautiful lil bow. I notice you only put knocks on one side of your bow. Is that to avoid the bowyer's paradox? Will that cause your limbs to warp to one side over time?
hello brother , no i just put nocks on one side because the tips are so thin , it was originally done on plains bows :D
Nice work,,tell us about your work bench
Thnak you :D! the workbench is called a shave horse :D!
Elm is a good wood but wavy grain that tends to rip out and chasing a ring if you have to is very difficult with elm but hickory is easy. In any case with elm as well as hickory you can fire harden the belly side. Its makes the bow incredibly much better. One good thing with elm it will never snap completely in half but rather break and fold. Its a pretty tough wood. I recommend fire hardening half way through the bow. As you fire harden you can even backset it a bit over your knee. Carefull not to go to hard and start breaking it though. You really don’t need to back an elm bow. Its pretty well solid.
Nice! This is badass brother 🤠🍻
thank you brother :D!
interesting nocks!
yes they work well if the bow tips a very narrow :D
nice , good skill
thank you :D
Nice bow, mate. How come you have nock/notch on only one edge of the bow each side? What are the things you boiled and mixed to apply on the bow? How long and what's the draw weight? I'd be delighted to hear from you
thank you brother :D! the nock on each side is a style they used on plains style bows, it allows you to create very thin an strong tips :D, the mix is boiled linseed oil and beeswax and It has a draw weight of 60 pounds at 19 inches, hope it helps brother :D
Great video,real skills.
What kind of wood, and what is borup?
thank you brother :D! the bow is made of elm wood , and borup is just lindseed oil :D
Thank you for your show, very interesting, but I would have liked to hear a commentary of what steps you were doing and why and what type of wood you used, what was the string made from and other informative pieces, watching without words does not complete the instruction.
As a Justice and educator myself I find listening to the words spoken during instruction adds to the final complement.
Regards ⚖️
Feeedt, hvad laver du strengen af og hvorfor blander du linolie og bivoks? Det har jeg ikke set før 🙂
tak :D! strengen er lavet af dacron b50, og jeg blander linoile og bivoks, fordi det beskytter rigtig godt mod elementerne :D
Cool video. I don’t know anything about bows or archery, but what was the reason for the leather backing?
thank you :D! the rawhide backing strengthens the bow , making it much less likely to break :D!
Brother, that fire location looks a bit sketchy...🔥
Hey everybody :D! if you are interested in buying some of my work check out my new website
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👍🏹🧙♂️🏹👍!
Thanks!
Hola que tal Greetings from Colombia, my friend. I'm asking you something: What kind of wood did you use to make the bow? I'm asking you: Is oak wood used to make bows?
hello brother :D! the wood i used to make the bow is elm :D
Okay, my friend, I think that in Colombia there is no such wood. The elm will probably serve as oak wood.
@@JuanOspina-p8y all right , i have never tried making a bow from oak , good luck brother :D!
I'm curious as to whether or not that cambium you glued the rawhide onto will pop off or not. That was cambium still there right?
good question :D! but i have done it like this for years :D! and i think the gluge saturate the cambium , becouse i have never had it pop off :D!
Ironic. This just popped up on my TH-cam. About 2 weeks ago I completed a 48 inch rawhide backed Osage bow. I didn't take the rawhide all the way to the tips though left off about 4 inches from the tips
nice brother :D!
I see the knock was only cut into the one side. Can you tell me the reason for that?
some plains style bows have these kind of knocks, they're good if the tips of the bow is very narrow so you don't have to cut 2 , and risk weakening that point :D
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thank you brother :D
Jill?@@zakisworkshop
I'm putting this bow at about 52inches!
I made a bow watching your video and I just want to Thank you, Your video was so helpful. I got 1 question as far as the cord used, Does the thinner the material make it better to shoot the arrow or if the line is thick will it slow up the shot? Thanks again! Great video
happy that you found my video helpful, it really warms my heart :D! and yes the thinner the bow string , the faster the shot, but if the bowstring becomes too thin it will break, i make my bowstrings of Dacron b-50, u can usually find out how many strands, per pound on weight if you google it :D
Really nice work. What type of wood did you use.
thank you :D it is made of elm :D!
👍 👍 👍!!!
thank you :D!
Where near Dunsmuir? I live here
Hay how much do you charge to make a bow 🏹
hey brother :D! it depends on what kind of bow you want , if you want one write me an email at zaki.workshop@gmail.com
👍👍👍👍
What is the backing material?
deer rawhide :D!
I guess I missed the part where you marked out the cut lines.
I am not that happy with the tiller. The bow mostly bends in the middle section and towards the tips it is too stiff. More likely you have to go for a „full compass“ circular arc tiller. Especially with such a short bow when you try to get as much draw as possible depending on total length.
what's the length of the bow pal?
cant see it in the description.
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hey friend :D! the bow is 114 cm long :D!
COULD YOU TELL US THE OVERALL DIMENSIONS INCLUDING TAPERING PLEASE
I'm watching him but I have no idea what the hell he's doing
haha :D thank you watching :D
In " practice of technique" , he is building a style of bow often referred to as a " horse bow, short bow, or..in the upper Dakotas, a plains bow" ...often around a 40-45 pound pull at 24-26 draw"...some may range 35 - 45 pounds...
Used on horseback for buffalo hunts n in dense forest areas on stalk n shoot hunts! Quite effective!
Что за древесину ты используешь, мой друг?! 🤔
i am using elm my brother :D!
@@zakisworkshop, благодарю! Я использовал ясень!
@@nomad127 your welcome brother !, ash is also a good wood :D!
@@zakisworkshop, благодарю!
Any Reason Why So inefficiently SMALL-SHORT ?,,, You had plenty of wood for a longer bow !!
this kind of bow was usually fired from horse back , so they had to be this short :D!
Verschwenderisch
Not so much different than the Cherokee or Shawnee bow
you a right my friend :D!
Glad to see you teaching our crafts to the children
My grandfather taught me this skill I think age 10.
@@chrisphillips4859 cool to learn it at such a young age brother :D!
Time stand stilk
After nearly 40 years of bow building, I gotta ask...
These "shinto rasps" seem to be in "high favor" nowadays....(as compared to a farrier's rasp)...should I stick with the farrier's or just throw it away...or is there a place for both in the arsenal?
hello brother :D! i have never used a farrier rasp, i have always used these shinto rasp , i i think they're are great, you shoul try on :D