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LOL❣️ Not a comment on archery … As a Neurodivergent when I discovered this channel I recognized one of our own. I instantly felt a connection to you and became a follower. You are an inspiration for all of us. Keep on doing “You” 🏹
I think cumaru is very much overlooked in bow building. It's one of the toughest woods I've ever encountered. In my experience, a good piece of cumaru is markedly superior to ipe. It's slightly lower on the janka scale, but performs better. Get a good piece and I think the results will be stellar. I find the lighter colors stronger than the darker pieces.
I've made successful Ipe bows with no backing. My best is a 60lb bow with round needle like tips with English longbow style deer antler nocks. It may be that I got lucky. Several similar species are sold as Ipe. I back it with bamboo now. The only issue I have is that it doesn't glue well with epoxy. I know of no glue that works well.
Love the hickory bows, I’ve made a few Howard Hill style longbows out of hickory, have been thinking of building another one as a glue up with hickory as the back and belly and a piece of Ipe as a core wood. 🙏🏻
Great video. I’d love to build an Osage or Hickory bow for hunting. But I have zero capabilities to build anything. I can’t even pound a nail into a 2x4 without screwing it up. And I lack bow building tools. So, I’m relegated to purchasing bows from people who know how to do it. I really enjoy your videos.
Hey Kramer, I am a carpenter myself and a passionate archer, since I have a lot of wood laying around in my shop I wonder if you could go into what european woods would make good wood for bowyery. You know stuff like Walnut, European White Oak, Hazel etc. Anyways great fan of your channel, have a nice day.
You gotta love hickory, if for nothing other than it's natural beauty and availability. I've used it to back maple, but found it overpowered the maple when drawn past 28". Next go is going to be hickory backed hickory or hickory w/ a bamboo core and see if I can't get my next hunting bow.
For what it's worth, we have a fair number of osage trees in my part of Southwestern PA. But no one calls them that. Most people I know call them monkeyball trees.
I’m setting up a shop in my basement for bow making and my aunt has some maple on her property that she wants me to take down. Should I dry the wood first (and how long)? Or would it be better to use it green? I’ll probably cut it at the beginning of spring.
Hi Kramer. I am looking at making a laminated bow soon. I recently made a Bare Bones and I was going to sorta copy the design but add another lamination to increase the poundage. I was wondering if you have any suggestions on material for the extra lamination. Also going to add some recurve. Love my Bones btw
Interesting. Never built a bow before, but it looked like fun. I got a few bamboo/hickory longbow kits online last spring knowing I'd likely botch at least one, but have had too many other projects in the queue and really didn't want to buy the EA40 epoxy until I was ready to build due to shelf life. I see that these type of bows are typically two piece (back / belly) with whatever for the riser and power lam. Is there any history, or conceivable benefit, to doing a laminated hickory / "X" belly, though unless tillered and then laminated and final tillered sequentially, I don't aee how it could be tillered as per the usual practice. Thoughts? BTW, congrats on building, selling, and building another business or two. Respect.
I want to get started in bow making and I saw the video where you made a bow out of hickory wood and I want to make that bow for my first one do you have any tips for me that could help me along the way?
Nice video i need some advice I am making a hickory backed red oak 66 in long bow I am tillering it but it looks like it has limb twist near tip over lays how can I fix it the measurement are all same on limb thickness and string grooves are equal depth Love the videos there great there’s a lot of info in them thank you I am 12 and this is my fourth bow
What's up with your audio? Most of the sound comes out the left channel and it's really jarring to headphone users. Is there a way to set your microphone to mono?
Oh yes, I just looked for the English translation of the German word "Eibe". Our history teacher once told us that the yew tree was virtually extinct in medieval England and was a popular trade commodity with mainland Europe... So many yew arches are said to have been built back then. No guarantee for this story
Its a shame that you dont reference the bowyers bibles the white woods discussion they already had years and years ago and the bow mass principle. You also speak totally US-centric. Hickory is not easy to source in Europe or Asia. Ipe is out because its an exotic hardwood (with all ethical problems around using them) - most people I know like to use locally sourced woods, even better woods they could harvest themselves. And Osage also grows only very localized. Its a shame that you only talk and compare three woods and not try to come up with a more general way to talk about the usefulness of bow woods.
Wrong. Thank yew for playing. Yew is the best bow making wood. Seems they all have their pros and cons. I really do like my osage bow. But I love my yew bow.
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LOL❣️ Not a comment on archery …
As a Neurodivergent when I discovered this channel I recognized one of our own. I instantly felt a connection to you and became a follower. You are an inspiration for all of us. Keep on doing “You” 🏹
I have osage fence posts on my farm that my Dad cut in the 50's and they are still working. They are also bright yellow on the inside.
I think cumaru is very much overlooked in bow building. It's one of the toughest woods I've ever encountered. In my experience, a good piece of cumaru is markedly superior to ipe. It's slightly lower on the janka scale, but performs better. Get a good piece and I think the results will be stellar. I find the lighter colors stronger than the darker pieces.
I've made successful Ipe bows with no backing. My best is a 60lb bow with round needle like tips with English longbow style deer antler nocks. It may be that I got lucky. Several similar species are sold as Ipe. I back it with bamboo now. The only issue I have is that it doesn't glue well with epoxy. I know of no glue that works well.
Love the hickory bows, I’ve made a few Howard Hill style longbows out of hickory, have been thinking of building another one as a glue up with hickory as the back and belly and a piece of Ipe as a core wood. 🙏🏻
Great video. I’d love to build an Osage or Hickory bow for hunting.
But I have zero capabilities to build anything. I can’t even pound a nail into a 2x4 without screwing it up. And I lack bow building tools.
So, I’m relegated to purchasing bows from people who know how to do it.
I really enjoy your videos.
Try a PVC bow.
Hey Kramer, I am a carpenter myself and a passionate archer, since I have a lot of wood laying around in my shop I wonder if you could go into what european woods would make good wood for bowyery. You know stuff like Walnut, European White Oak, Hazel etc.
Anyways great fan of your channel, have a nice day.
You gotta love hickory, if for nothing other than it's natural beauty and availability.
I've used it to back maple, but found it overpowered the maple when drawn past 28".
Next go is going to be hickory backed hickory or hickory w/ a bamboo core and see if I can't get my next hunting bow.
For what it's worth, we have a fair number of osage trees in my part of Southwestern PA. But no one calls them that. Most people I know call them monkeyball trees.
Around central Illinois Osage is called Hedge Apple trees.
Someday Kramer...you're really going to try.
the best bow wood...
lilac
I have Lilac here, how big of a piece thickness to make a 40 plus pound bow?
We have Black locust, and I read Cherokee liked long bows made from it.
I’m setting up a shop in my basement for bow making and my aunt has some maple on her property that she wants me to take down. Should I dry the wood first (and how long)? Or would it be better to use it green? I’ll probably cut it at the beginning of spring.
You can also use ashwaganda. An African root.
Yew made the iconic English Longbow, black locust works well......
What about yew ?
Have you tried heat treatment of the hickory like Clay Hayes and see if it speeds up the bow?
The Welsh bowmen were renowned & they used Elm bows, have you used Elm?
Is shagbark hickory able to be used for hickory ??
Hi Kramer. I am looking at making a laminated bow soon. I recently made a Bare Bones and I was going to sorta copy the design but add another lamination to increase the poundage. I was wondering if you have any suggestions on material for the extra lamination. Also going to add some recurve. Love my Bones btw
Interesting. Never built a bow before, but it looked like fun. I got a few bamboo/hickory longbow kits online last spring knowing I'd likely botch at least one, but have had too many other projects in the queue and really didn't want to buy the EA40 epoxy until I was ready to build due to shelf life. I see that these type of bows are typically two piece (back / belly) with whatever for the riser and power lam. Is there any history, or conceivable benefit, to doing a laminated hickory / "X" belly, though unless tillered and then laminated and final tillered sequentially, I don't aee how it could be tillered as per the usual practice. Thoughts? BTW, congrats on building, selling, and building another business or two. Respect.
I want to get started in bow making and I saw the video where you made a bow out of hickory wood and I want to make that bow for my first one do you have any tips for me that could help me along the way?
Nice video i need some advice I am making a hickory backed red oak 66 in long bow I am tillering it but it looks like it has limb twist near tip over lays how can I fix it the measurement are all same on limb thickness and string grooves are equal depth Love the videos there great there’s a lot of info in them thank you I am 12 and this is my fourth bow
Never mind now just blew up RIP on to the next
Where would one source bamboo for bow making? I assume some species of bamboo are better than others.
Morning wood
What's up with your audio? Most of the sound comes out the left channel and it's really jarring to headphone users. Is there a way to set your microphone to mono?
Kramer I’d like to see a video of you fire hardening a hickory bow with some backset in the limbs.
I can havest Osage staves and cheaper that 250 you pay for shipping and I select and harvest the staves at 100 to 125 each
The best wood is ---- --- - - - - Morning Wood
Sure, you can use morning wood, but it doesn't last as long as Osage.
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Yew!?!? Pacific Yew? Juniper? Oak?
Oh yes, I just looked for the English translation of the German word "Eibe". Our history teacher once told us that the yew tree was virtually extinct in medieval England and was a popular trade commodity with mainland Europe... So many yew arches are said to have been built back then.
No guarantee for this story
Build a 400 fps traditional bow
Its a shame that you dont reference the bowyers bibles the white woods discussion they already had years and years ago and the bow mass principle. You also speak totally US-centric. Hickory is not easy to source in Europe or Asia. Ipe is out because its an exotic hardwood (with all ethical problems around using them) - most people I know like to use locally sourced woods, even better woods they could harvest themselves. And Osage also grows only very localized. Its a shame that you only talk and compare three woods and not try to come up with a more general way to talk about the usefulness of bow woods.
Wrong. Thank yew for playing. Yew is the best bow making wood. Seems they all have their pros and cons. I really do like my osage bow. But I love my yew bow.