Archery Bow Woods - Preparing Bow Staves to make a Longbow/Flatbow. Part Four. Teach yourself to Make a Wooden Bow. Time to check to see if our bow-stave is ready for being turned into a wooden bow and mark out the stave ready for shaping. At the request of viewers, a guide for beginner’s who want to make a wooden bow and arrow and start their journey to becoming a bowyer. In this series of videos I explain and show how I began bow making - right from choosing my first tools through to finishing a bow. Join me as I work through all the stages of bow making in the hope of helping you to teach yourself the art and craft of the bowyer. And at the end of the series I will bring all these tools, techniques and tips together and bring you with me as I make a bow of a style and type that I have never made before in the hope of showing you what it’s like to build a bow from scratch including all the ups and downs faced by by beginners and experienced alike.
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SEVEN BOW MAKING TOOLS
FIVE AIDS TO BOW MAKING
FINDING BOW WOOD
PREPARING THE STAVE
SHAPING THE STAVE
THE MYSTERY OF TILLERING
WHEN IT ALL GOES WRONG
FINISHING YOUR FIRST BOW
MAKING A BOW STRING AND ARROW
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I'm Mick Grewcock, retired from business and now self-learning the arts of longbow- and film-making. Join me in my light-hearted quest for knowledge as I learn to combine the ancient woodworking craft of bow-making with digital videography and film making - I'd be delighted to have you for company on this bizarre journey combining digital and primitive technology.
I have a deep passion for the medieval English longbow, the great warbow - the powerful version of the English longbow that earned its fearsome reputation during the Middle Ages, notably the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries on the ferocious battle fields of France and England during the One Hundred Years War (and in the hands of Robin Hood too!). It is an iconic weapon - and to this day, exudes heritage and awesome power.
Lots of bow making on my channel - do browse, view, like comment and subscribe. I have videos on making yew, hazel, elm and blackthorn longbows as well as many others related to primitive and instinctive archery, target archery arrow and bow making. In my videos you will see and hear what it is like to self learn bow making. I am self-taught as a bowyer - learning the hard way to work wood to make a bow - and still discovering every day. Sometimes I fail, sometimes I succeed; but I'm always learning. I also explore the UK's rural landscape, sometimes in search of bow making woods, discovering survival skills, sometimes in search of the glories of this landscape.
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