Funny thing is it looks like a bad tiller at brace but full draw it evens out well. I think it may have something to do with an uneven heat treat? Not much set and no delams so far and its been months!
SPEEDING UP THE VIDEO & THE FUNNY SOUNDS IT MAKES, MAKES ME HAPPY & LAUGH! HOWEVER, THIS BOW IS NO JOKE! IT'S THAT SERIOUS & THAT GOOD! GOD BLESS & THANK YOU
It sure was! Thanks so much for commenting dan it means so much to me. I didnt get it 100 percent aligned but I tried my best 😂 Btw im the kid who posted the character hickory paddle bow on r/bowyer a few months ago
Recently Got my hands on a Black Locust stave, bent like hell but pretty long. You gave the the confidence boost to steam bend it after witnessing your method. God bless you and your loves ones, brother!
Do you all want to see more of the bows I make? Let me know! New huge bottle digging/artifact video should be out in a week or so 🤘🏼 Have a good one 🤙🏼
@@dustinlucas5819 theres another currently in the works! Would you be interested in a full video? Im definitely doing a short on it. (Black locust 54 inches)
Heck yeah! Its a fun project but be prepared to break your first few bows haha. Look up Dan Santana bows, or Dreamcraft Bows on YT. They have some great videos for beginners
@reggin8112 They had a few advantages back then as well, old growth forests full of great choices for staves, knowledge and experience, and most importantly community support. The latter is how/why anything difficult hets done, they wanted/needed these tools, they took care of the craftsman who built them.
Thats my goal, I love preserving history. Making one of these things feels like Im holding the past in my hands it’s truly amazing. Im 1/32 Native American if that means anything 😂
Dude, holy crap. That was really cool! Loved the video and loved the craftsmanship. This was like bow making ASMR. Great work. How long have you been making bows?
This is only like my 4th or 5th ever so the third one that didnt break while i was tillering it 😂 Iv been making them for a little over a year Id say, it takes a year to season the wood after splitting and sealing.
with hickory you can mess up pretty bad and it'll still take the beating. you start to get into trouble with osage and black locust etc. because hickory is basically wooden kevlar.
Hauled this 50 foot maple off a mountain after felling and spitting it into sections. It was still early spring so the wood was full of water and very heavy. 80 pounds 3/4 mile back and forth 16 times isnt an easy task but I love it! I bet hes made some awsome selfbows!
Im going to do a video on it in the future for sure. Id look up “dansantanan bows” or “clay hayes self bow” “dreamcraft bows” is another good guy to watch too. Pick a sugar maple, hickory, or ash tree (these are good beginner “white woods”) that is straight with no twists, for 6 feet 9+/- While those staves dry find a good straight grained red oak or maple or hickory board from Home Depot and woke on those before you tackle your staves. You can also check out r/bowyer on reddit. Theyll be glad to answer any questions you have
@@Jayzzs89 awsome brotha 🤘🏼 Ill probably do a bow tutorial on shorts in a little bit when I meed to harvest a tree for staves (at the moment I have too many to store lol)
I waited 15 months because I had a nice dry basement and time haha. I was working on a bunch of other things and and more bows so It didnt matter much to me if it was force dried or not. I wasnt aware it was any more beneficial in white woods, I just assumed it would cause checks in the stave. I did heat treat the belly
@@eastcoastlithics Check out Ryan Gills book. He among others now say there’s plenty of evidence that force drying white wood saves time and gives it a slight edge in performance. He says in his book that he used to be a traditionalist who’d only dry staves multiple years until he started looking at force drying.
Hickory is a good beginner wood because its very hard to break. Osage makes the best but can be annoying for a beginner. Sugar maple, or Hickory are good starters.
@@eastcoastlithics pretty sure the action of the bow flings the arrow, but maybe i missed something along the way. So somehow crouching down like youre about to go #2 in your pants while shooting has a positive affect on the arrows speed? That is an interesting hypothesis. Id like to see scientific proof of this.
Keep on truckin brotha 🤠✊🏼 maybe you can go #2 somewhere other than a rest stop someday. Seriously man you complain about the form I use and then tell me form doesn’t matter. Quite strange. Be safe out there 🥰🫵🏻
@@paulrobertson7980 well I have not noticed any string follow yet. (It still may develop) what do I need to improve on the tiller? if you wouldn’t mind pointing it out
@East Coast Lithics I'm pretty sure if yu tok alright edge 6" long and pulled it to even half draw you will see what I mean. I know there is some natural reflex on the top limb but you still need the whole limb working. Jmo and many years of experience. Enjoy your journey
Good work. That tiller is important. Looks like a shooter for sure. Nicely done amigo!🔥🔥🔥
Funny thing is it looks like a bad tiller at brace but full draw it evens out well. I think it may have something to do with an uneven heat treat? Not much set and no delams so far and its been months!
SPEEDING UP THE VIDEO & THE FUNNY SOUNDS IT MAKES, MAKES ME HAPPY & LAUGH! HOWEVER, THIS BOW IS NO JOKE! IT'S THAT SERIOUS & THAT GOOD! GOD BLESS & THANK YOU
Thanks man! I apreciate the support
Nicely done! Looks like that was a tricky piece to straighten
It sure was! Thanks so much for commenting dan it means so much to me. I didnt get it 100 percent aligned but I tried my best 😂
Btw im the kid who posted the character hickory paddle bow on r/bowyer a few months ago
As a native keep this alive 💯
Thank you sir! Thats my goal 🫡
Love it! Like how you aligned and also added some reflex to it
Its kept the shape to this day!
Recently Got my hands on a Black Locust stave, bent like hell but pretty long. You gave the the confidence boost to steam bend it after witnessing your method. God bless you and your loves ones, brother!
Make sure its good and hot! Otherwise you risk cracking. Im currently working in a BL bow too! Let me know how yours turns out.
Do you all want to see more of the bows I make? Let me know!
New huge bottle digging/artifact video should be out in a week or so 🤘🏼
Have a good one 🤙🏼
Nice work buddy. I was your age when I started building self bows. I'm 43 now. Also a knapper
Ive gotten better at selfbows since this came out trust me 😂 I also knap!
This is so badass
@@dustinlucas5819 theres another currently in the works! Would you be interested in a full video? Im definitely doing a short on it. (Black locust 54 inches)
Thanks for the video! I love your filming to its very well done 👏🏻
Thanks for the support! Im still learning a lot but I love making stuff like this that people like watching
Wow. So cool. You’re super talented. 🎃
Thank you I appreciate it!
That’s awesome dude
Thanks Austin 🤝🏼
That is sick!! I honeslty wanna try that now!
Heck yeah! Its a fun project but be prepared to break your first few bows haha. Look up Dan Santana bows, or Dreamcraft Bows on YT. They have some great videos for beginners
Thanks, I'll check them out!
Awesome job!!
I appreciate it!
Makes you admire their skill. It takes a lot of time doing this with steel tools, let alone stone/flint that they had back then.
100% agree!
@reggin8112 They had a few advantages back then as well, old growth forests full of great choices for staves, knowledge and experience, and most importantly community support. The latter is how/why anything difficult hets done, they wanted/needed these tools, they took care of the craftsman who built them.
Very cool!
Thanks for the watch!
Very cool! That looks effective!
Very nice man. Nice video
Thanks! I will be doing another bow video soon.
Don't stop my brother
Don’t worry I haven’t! I love doing this kind of stuff 👌🏼.
Thanks for the encouragement I really appreciate it
Awesome work brother yea I enjoyed it would like to see the type of wood u used God bless
Just some plain old hickory in the woods by my house, all I know is it wasnt shagbark hickory
Excellent 👌
Thanks I appreciate it!
@@eastcoastlithics always welcome brother 😎💯
My friend uses Osage orange
(Hedge apple ) Wood he has killed
Deer with it using stone tipped arrows
That's my goal with these. It sure takes the hunt to a whole new level. Ive gotten even better at making em since this video.
Cool I’m working on one right now with birch wood
Nice! My current one is a sugar maple stave and its super straight.
I saved scrap pieces from the sawmill few years ago , I kept the scrap sides of the woods
Hell yeah those will do!
Good to see someone keeping knowledge and tradition alive from a race that was nearly exterminated from disease and genocide
Thats my goal, I love preserving history. Making one of these things feels like Im holding the past in my hands it’s truly amazing. Im 1/32 Native American if that means anything 😂
Yes I just LOVE how they FAGGOTT to add that in2 the American Academic School System.
Tf is up with this guy
Got to love them hickory bows! Did you end up heat treating the belly?
I did indeed, I used a heat gun and lightly browned it before I finished tillering, first time heat treating too! I was suprised by the results
Dude, holy crap. That was really cool! Loved the video and loved the craftsmanship. This was like bow making ASMR. Great work. How long have you been making bows?
This is only like my 4th or 5th ever so the third one that didnt break while i was tillering it 😂
Iv been making them for a little over a year Id say, it takes a year to season the wood after splitting and sealing.
@@eastcoastlithics Well done. Keep up the good work
@@meandmyshadow6269 will do
How much tolerance is there for knots and runoff?
with hickory you can mess up pretty bad and it'll still take the beating. you start to get into trouble with osage and black locust etc. because hickory is basically wooden kevlar.
Hardest part for my husband was harvesting
Hauled this 50 foot maple off a mountain after felling and spitting it into sections. It was still early spring so the wood was full of water and very heavy. 80 pounds 3/4 mile back and forth 16 times isnt an easy task but I love it! I bet hes made some awsome selfbows!
I wanna make one how should I start any tips or do you have videos on how to
Im going to do a video on it in the future for sure. Id look up “dansantanan bows” or “clay hayes self bow” “dreamcraft bows” is another good guy to watch too. Pick a sugar maple, hickory, or ash tree (these are good beginner “white woods”) that is straight with no twists, for 6 feet 9+/-
While those staves dry find a good straight grained red oak or maple or hickory board from Home Depot and woke on those before you tackle your staves. You can also check out r/bowyer on reddit. Theyll be glad to answer any questions you have
@@eastcoastlithics aye thanks man I’m subbed now and ima stay tuned
@@Jayzzs89 awsome brotha 🤘🏼
Ill probably do a bow tutorial on shorts in a little bit when I meed to harvest a tree for staves (at the moment I have too many to store lol)
No one noticed the beaver teeth mark
Thats from my hatchet 2 years ago haha it took a while to cut that tree down.
Why wait 15 months with all of the data showing force drying can actually greatly improve the staves quality?
With white wood that is
I waited 15 months because I had a nice dry basement and time haha. I was working on a bunch of other things and and more bows so It didnt matter much to me if it was force dried or not. I wasnt aware it was any more beneficial in white woods, I just assumed it would cause checks in the stave. I did heat treat the belly
@@eastcoastlithics Check out Ryan Gills book. He among others now say there’s plenty of evidence that force drying white wood saves time and gives it a slight edge in performance. He says in his book that he used to be a traditionalist who’d only dry staves multiple years until he started looking at force drying.
@@opossum2255 interesting! I might actually look into that 👍🏼 thanks for the insight.
What is a good wood to use?
Hickory is a good beginner wood because its very hard to break. Osage makes the best but can be annoying for a beginner. Sugar maple, or Hickory are good starters.
What kind of wood
15 month cured bitternut hickory (basically the same as shagbark or other types of hickory)
@@eastcoastlithics hickey I know shag wood sounds like some lord of the rings party.
@@Doctoranthetardis hahah yea
What's your name of knife?
It's Subscribe😂
Ah yes, Subscribe my pet draw knife, be careful he's sharp!
Oh, man. It's so good.
Why do so many shoot like an old crone? Stand proud
@@DakotaTrucker Native style of shooting. It flings an arrow buddy.
@@eastcoastlithics pretty sure the action of the bow flings the arrow, but maybe i missed something along the way. So somehow crouching down like youre about to go #2 in your pants while shooting has a positive affect on the arrows speed? That is an interesting hypothesis. Id like to see scientific proof of this.
Keep on truckin brotha 🤠✊🏼 maybe you can go #2 somewhere other than a rest stop someday. Seriously man you complain about the form I use and then tell me form doesn’t matter. Quite strange. Be safe out there 🥰🫵🏻
Tiller isn't good
Exactly why I said “correcting tiller” in the video. That clip was just me checking it. I apreciate you looking out for it tho! Thanks for watching
@East Coast Lithics so you were still correcting the tiller when you were shooting it at the end, because the tiller was still off there
@@paulrobertson7980 well I have not noticed any string follow yet. (It still may develop) what do I need to improve on the tiller? if you wouldn’t mind pointing it out
@East Coast Lithics bottom limb is stiff mid out but not super bad, top limb I doing all the work in the mids
@East Coast Lithics I'm pretty sure if yu tok alright edge 6" long and pulled it to even half draw you will see what I mean. I know there is some natural reflex on the top limb but you still need the whole limb working. Jmo and many years of experience. Enjoy your journey