Thanks as always man. I’m a little overbowed with this one! If you know the slingshot channel, hopefully next up I’ll be doing a simplified version of the instant legolas
Thanks man, it’s a very easy method. Good luck in BOM brother, your bow is damn awesome. Perfect tiller in an elegant character bow is some tough competition
@@DanSantanaBows Have to try it in the future! I was wondering if Osage shavings can make a kind of stain too? What do you think? Thank you brother and good luck for you too!!!
It is amazing what nature can offer when there is an effort to look around. Obviously bowyers needed that to stay alive for thousands of years!!! Finding those skills in nowadays crazy life makes all of us better!!
I’m really enjoying all your videos. So far I’ve made two bows, one self bow from Persimmon that was moderately successful and a laminated English war bow. The war bow was a total failure but I intend to rebuild it at a later time. I really like your approach to building and teaching. Just subscribed. Thanks for what your doing for us.
Yeah man I'm very happy I got told to check reddit out! I'm usually just spouting things I recently looked up myself lol. I've yet to make my own post But I have one that is getting close.. hopefully she doesn't go bang and I can make my own post on there lol won't be anything close to as nice as your bows but Im happy with it so far!
Thanks for the shout out Dan! Really good information and may have to try it out on my next bow. Hickory stains well and your end product is beautiful. Have you tried staining other woods with your natural stains?
The main variables i’ve noticed are the color of the wood and the porosity. For most white woods I’ve tested (elm maple birch hornbeam hhb and some others) the stain looks just like it does on paper for the latewood portion of the rings. If there’s any ring porosity you’ll get the classic darkening of the pores too. It’s always worth testing on scraps, things never go exactly as planned.
If you use a natural stain from plant material, some plants and grasses are very photosensitive to sunlight. Most people see this as a problem for longevity but, those types of stains can be used like a photo resist emulsion. If you put the stain on a object then cover some areas with something that blocks sunlight such as using tape to hold down a thick leaf, cardboard cutout, a skeleton key or use a small craft cutting machine to cut out stencils of patterns or signatures.. then set the stained object in direct sunlight for exposure for a week or so (depending on source of plant stain), the stain will only remain on the covered areas. Then you can apply a clear, UV resistant finish over it to protect the colors longer. I used to do that on paper as a young kid, by staining white craft paper, then covering it with the leaf or flower the stain was made from so the color in the unexposed pattern area that remained would resemble and was made from the same plant that went into the stain.
Very true. I tested most of these before and knew in advance that they were somewhat colorfast. Some stains also need mordant but these were all fine without any. That said, anyone using natural stains should accept color loss in advance and use backgrounds/textures that will look good faded.
@@DanSantanaBows , yes very true.. those stains do add a really aged, antique look to a recently made bow. I think it looks nice but, some don't for a few different reasons.
Grinning Goat I think a lot of the controversy with natural stains comes from painting, where time will completely ruin the artwork. Images don’t survive very well but textures have a better shot at standing up to time. if the colors fade the bow is still there, which isn’t true in painting. So I understand why that community has such a harsh stance on natural pigments
Just discovered your channel after the helpful words of encouragement you've been giving me on r/Bowyer as I share my progress on building my first fiberglass longbow. These videos you've done have such amazing cinematography and the narration is great too.
thanks jeffrey, sorry I couldn’t help out more with the glass bow. I just don’t know too much about them. You could also try out the leatherwall forum for a second opinion.
@@DanSantanaBows Thanks for the tip and no need to apologize, as I said, you've still been helpful in providing that positive feedback that keeps me motivated to finish this bow. After watching a few of your videos tonight, I think I'm going to have to try making a bow from a wood stave. So far I've made a half dozen or so bows out of PVC (thanks to @BackyardBowyer's channel), 1 horse bow out of bamboo (Dave Mead's kit) and now fiberglass/wood laminate. This is so much fun that I already ordered the fiberglass/wood laminates for making a second longbow (this time I plan to make a reflex/deflex design).
I have made three bows so far, the most successful one was the last one but it breaks after more than 100 shots, I live in Indonesia so I kinda experimenting on finding a nice bow wood since we don't have hickory, osage, ash, yew, black locust, and others. What matters is that I'll keep trying to find a perfect tropical bow wood
I had a look online and didn’t find much, but there’s gotta be good wood somewhere. Seems like teak is a possibility www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=52043.0 Usually I’d look into what kind of bows existed historically. I didn’t find much but would look into it more. I’m seeing a lot about traditional archery competitions with bamboo bows. Do you have a reddit account? If you post your bows on r/Bowyer I can give you more input about what’s happening with the breakage If you can’t find anything else try asking on primitive archer and someone there may know
Hey I was just talking to an indonesian bowyer, he said to look for walikukun and also kemuning wood, and also that you have very good node-less bamboo in indonesia. hope that helps. I can dm you his name on facebook if you’d like to reach out
@@DanSantanaBows I have heard about walikukun before but it only grows in the Java Island, but I have a lot of access to kemuning wood here. It would be much appreciated if you dm me his Facebook
@@DanSantanaBows but only true bowyers, Ive build my (Id say) best bow since now .) commin up this week, look teaser. mollegabet with really long stiffys from a yew tree
Did as you say: Went to make a bow! Thank you for this wonderful piece of footage. Unfortunately my resources are limited since I live in a city. Tried to make the best out of a yew stave. See yourself if you like at my channel. Stay safe and keep up the amazing work. Thanks a lot.
@@DanSantanaBows Thx for the offer. Managed just recently to meet a couple guys around my area! Right now, I'm looking forward to the next project - black locust flat bow... ;-))
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Man that was awesome.. beautiful videography as well.
Thanks as always man. I’m a little overbowed with this one!
If you know the slingshot channel, hopefully next up I’ll be doing a simplified version of the instant legolas
@@DanSantanaBows heck yeah I'll be looking forward to it that should be fun.
This was a good video. God has blessed you with several wonderful gifts. Nice bow, thanks for taking us along for the ride. God bless ya real good!
Thanks for the kind words Jimmy. May your arrows fly true
Love the idea of natural stain! Great bow keep it up!!!
Thanks man, it’s a very easy method. Good luck in BOM brother, your bow is damn awesome. Perfect tiller in an elegant character bow is some tough competition
@@DanSantanaBows Have to try it in the future! I was wondering if Osage shavings can make a kind of stain too? What do you think? Thank you brother and good luck for you too!!!
I’ve done this, it works really well. If you add ammonia it turns the stain black/brown just like fuming the wood
It is amazing what nature can offer when there is an effort to look around. Obviously bowyers needed that to stay alive for thousands of years!!! Finding those skills in nowadays crazy life makes all of us better!!
Thanks Omar. Natural stains rarely work exactly the way you planned but if you work around them there are some awesome possibilities
@@DanSantanaBows Hickory is my favorite. Grows much straighter than Osage and a lot easier to deal with.
And it has more world records in flight archery than either yew or osage. Hickory is top shelf in my book
Underated channel! Thanks for the videos
Thanks Tehc, really appreciate it.
Awesome! Let me know how it goes.
Lovely images , so peaceful!
Muito obrigado Angelica! Next one will have all the fall colors
I’m really enjoying all your videos. So far I’ve made two bows, one self bow from Persimmon that was moderately successful and a laminated English war bow. The war bow was a total failure but I intend to rebuild it at a later time. I really like your approach to building and teaching. Just subscribed. Thanks for what your doing for us.
thanks redhawke! I’ve heard good things about persimmon, I’ve always wanted to try it. Seems like great bow wood
Thank you Dan, it's very kind of you:-)
That is a great vid! And a beautiful bow!
Thanks again Rich. Always appreciate the comments and how much you help everyone out on r/bowyer
Yeah man I'm very happy I got told to check reddit out! I'm usually just spouting things I recently looked up myself lol. I've yet to make my own post But I have one that is getting close.. hopefully she doesn't go bang and I can make my own post on there lol won't be anything close to as nice as your bows but Im happy with it so far!
Drawknife skills! Look at those chips fly, hot damn!
almost called this the Drawknife Channel
greetings master dan and gentlemen.hope you are all in good healh.im running empty of words to describe your outstanding skill.exellent work.
Thanks again for the kind words, I truly appreciate them and I’m sorry youtube has been deleting some of your comments, I have no idea why!
no problem master dan.i [we] appreciate guys around the globe teaching us.thanks again to everyone and every bowyer out there
Thanks for the shout out Dan! Really good information and may have to try it out on my next bow. Hickory stains well and your end product is beautiful. Have you tried staining other woods with your natural stains?
The main variables i’ve noticed are the color of the wood and the porosity. For most white woods I’ve tested (elm maple birch hornbeam hhb and some others) the stain looks just like it does on paper for the latewood portion of the rings. If there’s any ring porosity you’ll get the classic darkening of the pores too. It’s always worth testing on scraps, things never go exactly as planned.
If you use a natural stain from plant material, some plants and grasses are very photosensitive to sunlight.
Most people see this as a problem for longevity but, those types of stains can be used like a photo resist emulsion.
If you put the stain on a object then cover some areas with something that blocks sunlight such as using tape to hold down a thick leaf, cardboard cutout, a skeleton key or use a small craft cutting machine to cut out stencils of patterns or signatures.. then set the stained object in direct sunlight for exposure for a week or so (depending on source of plant stain), the stain will only remain on the covered areas. Then you can apply a clear, UV resistant finish over it to protect the colors longer.
I used to do that on paper as a young kid, by staining white craft paper, then covering it with the leaf or flower the stain was made from so the color in the unexposed pattern area that remained would resemble and was made from the same plant that went into the stain.
Very true. I tested most of these before and knew in advance that they were somewhat colorfast. Some stains also need mordant but these were all fine without any.
That said, anyone using natural stains should accept color loss in advance and use backgrounds/textures that will look good faded.
@@DanSantanaBows , yes very true.. those stains do add a really aged, antique look to a recently made bow. I think it looks nice but, some don't for a few different reasons.
Grinning Goat I think a lot of the controversy with natural stains comes from painting, where time will completely ruin the artwork. Images don’t survive very well but textures have a better shot at standing up to time.
if the colors fade the bow is still there, which isn’t true in painting. So I understand why that community has such a harsh stance on natural pigments
Just discovered your channel after the helpful words of encouragement you've been giving me on r/Bowyer as I share my progress on building my first fiberglass longbow. These videos you've done have such amazing cinematography and the narration is great too.
thanks jeffrey, sorry I couldn’t help out more with the glass bow. I just don’t know too much about them. You could also try out the leatherwall forum for a second opinion.
@@DanSantanaBows Thanks for the tip and no need to apologize, as I said, you've still been helpful in providing that positive feedback that keeps me motivated to finish this bow. After watching a few of your videos tonight, I think I'm going to have to try making a bow from a wood stave. So far I've made a half dozen or so bows out of PVC (thanks to @BackyardBowyer's channel), 1 horse bow out of bamboo (Dave Mead's kit) and now fiberglass/wood laminate. This is so much fun that I already ordered the fiberglass/wood laminates for making a second longbow (this time I plan to make a reflex/deflex design).
@@JeffreyStedfast Awesome, glad to hear. Check out Swiftwood bows for some awesome tutorials on stave bows. In the description there’s a list of more
That was a really nice bow. I didn't know cornflowers was a source of blue pigment
So far the blue has help up really well. I haven’t noticed a difference yet
Awesome
Thanks GetMekd
I have made three bows so far, the most successful one was the last one but it breaks after more than 100 shots, I live in Indonesia so I kinda experimenting on finding a nice bow wood since we don't have hickory, osage, ash, yew, black locust, and others. What matters is that I'll keep trying to find a perfect tropical bow wood
I had a look online and didn’t find much, but there’s gotta be good wood somewhere.
Seems like teak is a possibility www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=52043.0
Usually I’d look into what kind of bows existed historically. I didn’t find much but would look into it more. I’m seeing a lot about traditional archery competitions with bamboo bows.
Do you have a reddit account? If you post your bows on r/Bowyer I can give you more input about what’s happening with the breakage
If you can’t find anything else try asking on primitive archer and someone there may know
Hey I was just talking to an indonesian bowyer, he said to look for walikukun and also kemuning wood, and also that you have very good node-less bamboo in indonesia. hope that helps. I can dm you his name on facebook if you’d like to reach out
@@DanSantanaBows I have heard about walikukun before but it only grows in the Java Island, but I have a lot of access to kemuning wood here. It would be much appreciated if you dm me his Facebook
@@gorillabum4182 I just asked him and he said it was cool. His name is Agus Nurman Santosa, tell him I sent ya
kayu nibung, cuba
damn you´re a wizard...
Every bowyer’s a wizard! Thanks Rowan
@@DanSantanaBows but only true bowyers, Ive build my (Id say) best bow since now .) commin up this week, look teaser. mollegabet with really long stiffys from a yew tree
Lookin’ forward to seeing it! That’s a challenging design but very elegant
Epic!! Love it:-)
Thanks Maciek! Just added your channel to the list
Turtle!
Did as you say: Went to make a bow! Thank you for this wonderful piece of footage. Unfortunately my resources are limited since I live in a city. Tried to make the best out of a yew stave. See yourself if you like at my channel. Stay safe and keep up the amazing work. Thanks a lot.
Very glad to hear it! Congrats on the bow, it’s beautiful. Are you in touch with any bowyers in your area? If not I can try to connect you to someone
@@DanSantanaBows Thx for the offer. Managed just recently to meet a couple guys around my area!
Right now, I'm looking forward to the next project - black locust flat bow...
;-))
@@PantelevTV Awesome, looking forward to seeing it!
You sound like the Yeung Man Cooking of Bow making 😝 thats a good thing 👌🏻