Making a Recurve Self Bow, Hand Tools Only, in Silence

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Making a Recurve Self Bow, Hand Tools Only, in Silence - ASMR style

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Күн бұрын

This week we're back in the bow making shop whipping out an osage orange recurve self bow. No talking, no explanation other than what you see. Just straight up primitive bow building. If you're into the ASMR stuff, this one's for you. We'll start with a bow stave and use simple hand tools to cut, scrape, and rasp a recurve bow from the wood.
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@OutdoorAlchemy 2 жыл бұрын

I have been building bows for 25 years, and I learned so much from your video. You sir, are a master bowyer for certain.

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@OntheTrailwithDale 2 жыл бұрын

No words needed. The skill and precision speak for themselves. Well done sir, I highly enjoyed this video.

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks much

@motog4-75 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for not playing any music👌👍 Was perfect without.

@garyminick1050 2 жыл бұрын

Ain't nothing like a good piece of hedge . Thanks to the Osage for sharing and spreading it , mostly against their wishes but it's part of the process !

@anotheroutdoorchannel...893 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful build! Very nice, I like the knot incorporated into the handle. 👍🏻

@stevebostic9812 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched so many of your videos, I could almost hear you explaining the process. Beautifully done Clay!

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve

@frankhughes5702 2 жыл бұрын

The farmers of the 30s and 40s are mostly to thank for the abundance of osage across the midwest.. I'm glad they needed it for fences now we have an endless supply!!

@johnrichard6639 2 жыл бұрын

There are bowyers and there are BOWYERS, and you sir are the MASTER. I have watched all your videos I can find many times over, never tire of them fantastic craftmanship. What more can be said! ENJOY, ENJOY!!!

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John

@jonathanstaley3883 2 жыл бұрын

The health and safety fairies would have a field day with you using those big ol sharp tools like that with no body armor on. You Sir are a truly skilled man. What a great piece of workmanship🙏🏆

@kytziaf Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, they freak out any time you cut towards yourself, even when that very tool is designed that way

@nathanbush376 2 жыл бұрын

DAYUM ! You make it look easy , hope to take a class with you someday . Be proud

@franciscofajardo1916 2 жыл бұрын

One of the coolest videos this week!

@TemplesLongtailsandFurs 2 жыл бұрын

Dang, that was a real pleasure to watch and listen.

@3passa 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful video! Love the knee shot, great sense of humor Clay, like in that other video where you´re burning through wood with the dull chop saw and next thing breaking the handle off the axe. Priceless! AND top notch content. I´m addicted, keep em coming...

@clayhayeshunter 9 ай бұрын

😜

@jeff186sc Жыл бұрын

What an inspirational and informative video. I will use what you’ve shared here to do my next build! Thanks for sharing.

@ToddWittenmyerBackwoodsLiving 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Clay!

@jeffreyarnold2626 2 жыл бұрын

may be an asmr vid, but the sound of wood shaving is like sweet music to my ears.

@danweaver5787 2 жыл бұрын

It’s very peaceful. Whether he’s talking or not

@sethdelvalle 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for always making new content....much love from Massachusetts

@a.wilson1979 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your life, time, art, skills and patience. That's a joy to accomplish and build something by your own hands, instead of just buy it...

@jamesrobertson6959 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing the art of bow making and more .

@XanderBudnick 2 жыл бұрын

I was super curious about what was going to become of that knot! Wonderful craftsmanship and a pleasure to watch

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks much

@jhuntnfish6872 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid. One of the best silent ish I've seen. But I like them more with explanation and bs. Keep em comin bud. Great vids and fun things to play with for sure.

@danieljoyce2426 2 жыл бұрын

Yes . There was something about this though that really made some information sink in. great teaching video

@fionabender1882 2 жыл бұрын

The way you rip thru that Osage bro is awesome to watch! A true master at work , how about going straight from roughing out to bracing the bow , leaving floor tillering for us mortals Hey Clay? Lol thanks for sharing mate

@johnny96888 Жыл бұрын

Ahhh… osage orange such a beautiful wood!

@rstlr73 2 жыл бұрын

the shavings look like a perfect fire starter!

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

They are!

@Inspector-71 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice bow, great video style

@tribesc8762 2 жыл бұрын

Very well done, loved the camera angles really added interest

@stantilton2191 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet fast build.

@hawkinatorgamer9725 2 жыл бұрын

This channel is awesome!

@mrflytyerpinewood3708 2 жыл бұрын

So beautifully made....BOW and VIDEO. The slow mos are so calming. Thanks mate

@threeforkcreekoutdoors704 2 жыл бұрын

Id love to buy one of clays bows, just a handmade bow made with care and badassery

@OldCowboySongs525 2 жыл бұрын

I never seen that done before- its cool how that heat gun makes the wood bend so easy!

@karlwellendorf763 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty little bow! Answered my question about twisting and aligning limbs. Thanks!

@Stoic_Horo 2 жыл бұрын

I like the way you cut in to the "right spot"(as judged by your eye) accurately but with a bit of force but the rest of the shave your gentle so as not to make an error. I'm sure this saves time and energy . You have the technique down nice to see someone who cares enough to teach

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks much

@thomasherrington5521 Жыл бұрын

Love it!

@chrisjohnson38 2 жыл бұрын

That was great, I could watch Osage being carved all day.

@MustObeyTheRules 2 жыл бұрын

Now here’s some asmr I can actually get into!

@justuschmiii3173 2 жыл бұрын

Best one yet.

@eddydye3215 2 жыл бұрын

For a man of few words, you said a lot on this video

@kevinemery1177 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@chattahoocheeoutdoorsman4865 2 жыл бұрын

You make it look so easy! Great stuff Clay!

@insatiable_mind 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I hope that ASMR videos increase your views as much as I heard they do! Sometimes I play them when when trying to sleep. If they’re popular enough you may want to start another channel for ASMR versions of your videos.

@rudyvidal26 2 жыл бұрын

Bad ass love it!

@larryeddings3185 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully crafted bow, sir.

@Duckhunterbow 2 жыл бұрын

I liked the shot of the camera mounted on the draw knife. Nice work on the video and the bow!

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

thanks

@eddiec4058 2 жыл бұрын

You're getting me itching to buy another stave.😊

@andrewholder4259 2 жыл бұрын

Thats that production value bub

@Ps2352 2 жыл бұрын

Love the shape of this one.

@mumurioste790 2 жыл бұрын

Great video ! I would love to own one of your bows I wish you sold them

@neiluscook2283 Жыл бұрын

You dog! Got an arrow window naturally! This inspired my cutting a Service berry stave that will have the same feature! Ha ha.

@robshipley7543 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video your craft is insane would love to try my hand at that one day

@stephenballard3759 2 жыл бұрын

Why wait, man! Clay makes it look both easy and magical, but if you have a few tools around, and so much as a thicket of volunteer trees anywhere around you are brave enough to cut, you can make a hell of a bow. I've "known" Clay for years just on online archery and bowmaking forums, and he is a master, and Osage orange is THE wood......bit I've made over a hundred and only two were osage. The rest were every other wood under the sun: elm, ash, mulberry, chokecherry, maple, plum, locust, hickory, etc.. a 3" diameter, straight little tree grown in the shade, up to your nose, with small knots only, and ypu can make a bow in a couple weeks! A machete or hatchet, a rasp, a scraper, maybe a little plane, some sandpaper. A couple clamps, a 2x4, and a stove-top, and you got this....

@souriyochanthavong 2 жыл бұрын

Loved watching you and your work!

@tradbowyer1975 2 жыл бұрын

another great video thank you! bow looked awesome

@metalmix7773 2 жыл бұрын

I love these build videos. You're becoming a master. 👍

@user-mb4se6km5p 2 жыл бұрын

Dang clay that's a nice one.

@brentfrank7012 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible. How many humans do this today? 1% er Proud your an American Clay. 🇺🇸

@CMMC-zb1gw 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Clay.

@editsbyBrandon876 6 ай бұрын

You me and my dad are the only people I know who knows to ride the bevel on the draw knife

@kevinroberts9580 2 жыл бұрын

Those are gorgeous limb tips, but I would be afraid of them with my 32" draw. But really like this bow,me want!

@bentpolski 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing Clay. You sure do make it look easy. How do You decide what side to start taking wood off? Next time can you show the grain and what it means to chase a ring? Thanks.

@mullervolker9814 2 жыл бұрын

I can make rainbows. All I need is a pressure washer and sunshine

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

😆

@themadpsyentist4633 2 жыл бұрын

Clay finally does asmr! It's a dream come true. Or rather it would be be if he was also whispering over it lol. I'll accept youre no talking asmr for now though

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

😆

@reschiverresc-qq6ts Жыл бұрын

Nice

@stephenlindsey9233 2 жыл бұрын

I love the video. Whish you would have spoke thru it explaining what and how you were doing it

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

There are other videos where I explain it all in detail.

@robertevers6760 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, I am brand new to archery and I want to thank you for your videos I have only 3 months under my belt, I absolutely love it, because of you I can I have learned so much, do you sell recurve bow’s , or can you suggest a good recurve for me to start getting serious in archery, again thanks for all your help in the videos

@strawman3059 2 жыл бұрын

Makes me wanna go out and cut a branch down and carve it in my shed, I did make my own guitar last year that didn't end well however 🤔

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

😁

@buckfuhtt2083 2 жыл бұрын

Let's see ya make one that goes "crack" when you shoot the fifth or sixth arrow, in silence. I had a real pretty white ash bow do just that to me and it was not ASMR. My dog ran into the woods, I assume when I was emptying my .380 into the dirt around the bow on the ground, didn't hit it once. She didn't come back until she smelled smoke and heard the Grateful Dead playing, bout and hour later.😆

@MustObeyTheRules 2 жыл бұрын

Haha 😂 sorry buddy. That’s part of the process but that’s a funny visual of someone out there shooting a pistol at their bow that blew up

@gwalker4311 2 жыл бұрын

An Awesome video! I’ve been contemplating the stave I have in the joists, it may be time. Thanks for all of the great videos you put out. Tremendous

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@warlord8954 2 жыл бұрын

@@clayhayeshunter Why not steam and then bend?

@redneckoperations 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome job

@rcampbellbassac 2 жыл бұрын

Hilarious shot of your knee, and an absolutely awesome video! Nice work! Sorry if someone asked already, what draw weight did you end up with?

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

This one is in the mid 50s

@TookaDoubleTake 2 жыл бұрын

nice

@steveandchristyb1 2 жыл бұрын

Sick

@jordansutherland8734 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Clay, I'm not sure how to go about it I've looked know your website to see if you have any self bows for sale ? I'm absolutely in love with the way you craft your recurves especially the snakey style osage with recurve tips.. I would attempt a build along if there was any good bow woods here.. we do have pacific yew but finding a good tree here in Nelson B.C is like finding the unicorn 🦄... they are all knotty and twisted beyond repair plus I don't have the space to season staves. Myself, wife and three little girls are all into archery now. And with the prices of meat and everything as crazy as it is I've decided to start trad hunting to provide food for the family.. long story short I'd really love to start acquiring game and would like to do it the way you do and eith one of your beautiful bows...

@MiscMitz 2 жыл бұрын

Cool 👍😎👍

@treyzeller8562 7 ай бұрын

What’s that stand you use to hold your wood in when you rip through it with the draw knife?

@SeaReverie 2 жыл бұрын

Clay could you showcase your takedown Osage? What do you like/ dislike. Have you taken big game with it?

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

I've done some posts over on instagram about the two piece bows. There's also a several part series over on patreon. I've taken elk, deer, and hogs with them. When they're put together they just feel and shoot like a one piece.

@MTmpstxo 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 55 inch hickory stave I cut 3 days ago and it has a natural bend in it that I am going to use as the back side. Toward one end about a foot from where the string knock will be the wood is bending more toward the belly side. Should I straighten that limb out before I heat harden the entire stave? Could I do this while heat drying /rapid drying in the same way Thad has done in his videos? I can send a picture if it will help explain.

@anibalperez2802 2 жыл бұрын

Buen lazo maestro!!🏹👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽

@General-zb7lk 20 күн бұрын

How much watt Heating Gun is required

@dillonlboyer Жыл бұрын

Are there certain woods that do not require chasing a ring on? Hickory, Osage, Yew, etc?

@haydencamden7032 Жыл бұрын

I always wanted to learn this skill just don't have the tools nor the time

@Kurtdog63 2 жыл бұрын

I have an old solid fiberglass 45 pound Ben Pearson recurve with a twisted limb. May use this video idea to use heat (hair dryer maybe?) and notched board to straighten back out.

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Just grab the tip and twist

@Kurtdog63 2 жыл бұрын

You mean with or without heating it?

@michaelpadgett9852 Жыл бұрын

Where did you get the form jig? I’d make one but unsure on proper angle and dimensions of it

@Dadymilles13 10 ай бұрын

hello what is the name of this device for planing raw wood that stands with both hands thank you good day

@Guidl_Stringwistler 2 жыл бұрын

You just have it in the Blut, Clay... 😄 👍🏻

@jimathybindlenim6359 2 жыл бұрын

Fair play that is one sexy plank of wood

@travislasley8227 2 жыл бұрын

I see you reflexed the tips on this bow before tillering. Is that how you usually do it or do you usually reflex the tips after tillering?

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

I usually bend thr tips after floor tillering but before final tillering

@nemonixniemann 2 жыл бұрын

This was great! Subbed amd liked.Looking foreward to learn from you Can you tell me what kind of workbench this is?

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Check out stavemaster.com

@yahoshua2527 Жыл бұрын

I have a full log at about 64 inches long and is 5 inches wide, I'm pretty sure its maple, and I want to make a 56 inch recurve, what part of the log should be the backing of the bow, the bark side? And should the age lines go from front to back?

@clayhayeshunter Жыл бұрын

Typically yes and yes

@josegodoy9160 2 жыл бұрын

Muy lindo arco

@user-qd9ub8yh2i Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your video! BTW what wood do you use for making bows?

@clayhayeshunter Жыл бұрын

This is Osage orange

@jamesgranderson2890 2 жыл бұрын

I’m new to your channel and just wanted to say thanks for the informative content. I’m feeling motivated to break out my draw knife and try my hand at making one of these bows. I’m gonna have to try it w/ mesquite though. Besides live oak, it’s the only hardwood we have here in south Texas.

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Live oak might work well. Never tried it or mesquite

@jamesgranderson3872 2 жыл бұрын

@@clayhayeshunter thanks!

@TylerZ91 2 жыл бұрын

I have noticed that some draw knives have a flat blade and some are curved what does each ones purpose serve? I have a flat one and have not found a curved one yet might try to make my own

@OldCowboySongs525 2 жыл бұрын

What does putting the bow on the wall and pulling the string with a pulley accomplish? ( am not a bow hunter)

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

It allows you to see how the bow bends so you can look for imbalances

@catfart879 2 жыл бұрын

What do you call that bench vice thing??

@IndianaBows 2 жыл бұрын

I always wanted to make a video in silence like you did. But the dogs and the neighbors don't helps me. 😅

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

😜

@insatiable_mind 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think I’ve seen you bend the recurve ends before. Do you soak or steam it or use wet rags and do you keep it hot? Do you have a video describing the bending process?

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of detailed vids on Patreon