Quickie Wooden Bow ~ Built In One Hour

Had the bow set up at a pro shop. It performed just fine youtube.com/post/UgkxQEKUoxLWwayEDZR0NKB-5limn4MBU… . And I would say this is a good starting now that I could pass down to my son when he is older.But the package was missing the release and a nock was missing from one arrow.Dealing with customer support was terrible. They suggested I buy a new release rather than correct their own quality control issue because it’s to expensive for the. to ship it out from China.Update: manufacturer got back to me and resolved the issue. I retract the above statement.

I’ll tell you a story- I lived in Sr Alaska for 3 years, there I met Marvin, native story teller....88 years young. I asked him if when he was a boy, was there cancer, heart disease, stroke, mental illness, diabetes, arthritis. He replied, no, none of them. The old men of 80 and even into their nineties, still hunted. Climbing the steep coastal mountains to hunt the deer on top. Then dragging 1-4 deer down the mountain-to the beach, and rowing the food 5 miles back to the village. There was no grocery store! The men were gone 80 percent of the time fishing, hunting, or trapping. No modern processed foods, every family has a garden and fruit trees. Firewood was gathered and towed back with a rowboat. They lived on their traditional foods, and had a active lifestyle. Today the village is filled with people with all the modern degenerative diseases. And too old, is a state of mind. Mental attitude is the most important aspect of life! There are dreamers and doers in life. If you’re not doing, all one does is dream. It’s all a choice- living an existence, or designing a life. And we choose every day of our life. Be the best you you can be! Burn all the past baggage, and life is bliss! Have a great day!

The knife is an old kitchen knife, bought for 25 cents at a garage sale. High carbon steel, all rusty! I shortened the blade from ten inches to five, ground the blade slowly dipping it in water to keep from overheating it. Sheath is homemade. It’s all part of being creative😉

Wow! I’ve always been too intimidated to make my own bow but have always been fascinated by them. Now that you’ve shown how easy it can be I’ll be trying my own this weekend! Cheers 🥃

Built in one hour... Plus a good portion of a lifetime to master axe skill presented here :)

others make it look hard... so we dont try..... now ill try it for sure , thanks so much !!

Ha ha, yep teaching and talking keeps me form working as efficienctly as if completely focused. But if I don’t talk, people who aren’t familiar with sharp as a razor tools, will be injured. And at least the first 8 tries the potential bow is ruined. My goal is to give suggestions so people can have successes first try!

Well, I just test fired my 1 hr bow and it worked pretty well. The only thing is it took me 5 hrs, but still pretty quick. Thanks for the tuition.

I have been around axe's, saws and the bush for a long time but learnt lots from this video. Enjoyed your finesse with your hatchet and trick for quickly drying wood to increase snap.

Love your work! Great little bow and brought back some happy memories of experimenting and making countless different bows as a child. Back then, despite getting lucky with a few designs, I didn't know about the basic technology involved in the shape of the stave and never thought of running green wood through a fire. Now, many years later and still playing in the woods with basic and simple bushcraft, I understand a lot more! (And the best and most important part; we are never too old to play in the woods.)

Love the simplicity of this project! Nice work man.

Great video. I have only recently started to see the value of using a shorter small game bow as a survival tool and your video demonstrated how to make one that even I can follow. Thanks for the effort.

So glad I found your channel, lots of good info

You use whatever is available, , as long as it is elastic springy, has snap when released, and frays when broken, you can make a bow with it. A native person once commented, bow can be any piece of bent wood.... Arrows are heap big work!

Really cool video. I used to make bows when i was a kid in a woodlot near home. I used a hatchet to cut the tree and would just use my pocket knife to strip the bark and sand it down. Then i used twine for string , regular bow string or whatever i could find. After a while i used pheasant feathers on the arrows with glue and string then I would sharpen the arrow on the tip or use store bought arrows.I shot boxes too.Most broke before too long as the wood was very soft. My best bow was made out of a wet tomato stake with regular bow string . I attached a block to it for a handle and cut an arrow rest for it .That thing had some pop to it. Lots of memories.

Very cool! That looks simpler than I would have imagined!

Kool Bow Dude.... You're a very good teacher. Your mello and slow enough to fallow directions. Good Job! God Bless 🏹

Thanks for the video! Tomorrow I'll be heading up to the forest near my house and make myself a nice bow! I loved how proud of your work you looked right at the end of the video. Wholesome!

I'm so impressed I subscribed to your channel.

That's one of the most valuable bow making videos now online.