Survival Bows (Collecting the Stave, Improvised Draw Knife)

[blademiffy]

Dave I'm a huge fan and I'm 11 and would love for you to give me some advice for bow making I've tried over five and they have all cracked I've used hickory,maple,cedar,pine,oak,a­nd I tried poplar but I quite on it because it wasn't doing to good. But again big fan of you love your show dual survival and just wondered what I can do to make a better bow because I'm currently trying to seasona piece of hickory its been in my closet for aboute 2 months now.

[beaglesdc]

@blademiffy i too am a young bow maker and one of two things and one that works is when you cut your staff thin the staff down about a 1/2 inch larger than you want your bow to be and then weigh it to see how much it weights write that down and every day weight it and as soon as it stops loosing weight for about 5 days finish your bow for shooting and when you string it gradually draw the string about an inch at a time

[squeegee1998]

what kind of wood do u recommend?

[Survivaloutdoorsman]

To any body who reads this. Which is better to buy, a compound bow or make a recurve bow

[bpriddy92]

@Survivaloutdoorsman Its a matter of preference a compound will let you aim longer but a lot of people prefer the feel of a recurve

[beaglesdc]

@Survivaloutdoorsman i would pick neither i would make a California style bow look it up but if you don't like that i would pick a recurve bow

[Survivaloutdoorsman]

I wnat to be like dave too, dave your awesome..... Please dont die in dual survival. Jk haha

[SugarLipps74]

i want to be like Dave when i grow up!!!!

[burnbarvm]

are you not the guy from dual survival?

[roglet123]

thank you so much for all your videos, they are amazing, and so useful, thanks again!

monty

[riffraffselbow]

That vice grip tip at the end is brilliant.

[alexwalker420]

pound er in there..

[RYDERkN]

Dual survival needs Ray mears, and Bear Grylls (the only reason for Bear is so they have someone to make fun of

[recurveninja]

Just to clarify, I meant no disrespect to Dave, just now that i look back at my comment, it does seem a little douche-baggery. Sorry Dave :S

[jgilgorri]

Watching videos like this makes me proud to be an American. Whether or not you're American, you should learn to do things like this. These are, after all, the jobs that your ancestors did.

[ShadowSNIPER585]

If Dave would have been in "Lost" it would have been over in 1 episode



[practicalbeing]

@ShadowSNIPER585 Haha nice one!

[megal0w]

@ShadowSNIPER585 chuck norris wont mess with daves balls of steel

[bowguy86]

@ShadowSNIPER585 ROFL. He would have made a bow and shot the black smoke creature. Then ate it for dinner.

[mistersexytime]

yur the guy from dual survival!!!!!!!!! lol

[RabidMrDog]

Hi dave, I really like your videos but I live in Australia, so do you have any idea about what kind of wood that I could use down here?

[TechFreak881]

@RabidMrDog i also live in Australia and just wondering if dave ahs told wat wood to use yet if he has can you please tell me thnx

[robcas631]

Those vise grips are cool. Thanks Dave for teaching us how to make a draw knife and bow.You're talented and should be proud of yourself.

[jmg1957]

well done.

[recurveking]

what kind of wood are you ment to use for a bow ?? or wood any hardwood work

[joec123able]

@recurveking any hard woods work no woods like willow or cotton wood

[recurveking]

@joec123able thanks :)

[slipknot4eva94]

im relatively new to survival stuff but i am facinated by it. i was just wondering what the best types of axes are to start with carving not just for bows but for all the survial things like shelters and stuff so a good multi-purpose axe

[AREMCD08]

i seen dis guy on the discovery channel with codi lundin on dua survival

[dyldabro13]

what is the video after this called?

[rjken1983]

what are some good woods for a self bow around south western ohio because i really want to make one but i dont know how to identify different woods or anything. so really i want to know what kind and where it is. thanks

[mauddib111111]

@rjken1983 Get a book from your local conservation department, it will most likely tell you everything you need to know about native trees in your area. I have one called "Trees of Missouri" by Don Kurz.

[fools2bsurprized]

thanks -  its exciting to learn from ya ,,, for years i've wished i could learn about making a bow

[DestroyToThrash]

i think for survive one lance is more simply and fast to make ;P

[masterknaster]

@DestroyToThrash yeah, but i think most people are going to have a hard time hunting anything with a lance/spear in a survival situation if they're not expert hunters.

[swordsmaster1231]

what kind of wood is that

[MrCableguyken]

@swordsmaster1231 black cherry

[egramly]

It is a 1/4-20 thread in the 6' Vice grips. I used a stainless steel eye bolt.

[1000000volts]

that stave you were working on was almost perfect shame it was too short.never seen such a perfect heart wood,i guess its yew .correct me if im wrong.the bark dont look like yew but hey wtf do i know,good work man .

[1000000volts]

i have 3 bows, 2 longones and a compound all are 70 lbs at 30"

[anderman72]

Thanks Dave!! I am gonna try this!

[j0ehellm0n]

my axe is a pice of ....  ya its not sharp and i dont ave the tools to sharpen it

[Grimstache]

We need more people like you. Great video.

[kaleb4444]

Is that a gransfos brucks hatchet

[MrCableguyken]

@kaleb4444 yes..I think its the large hunters ax

[DangerDad29]

Thanks for the eye bolt idea! thats awesome, going to look for one first thing tomorrow. Just outof curiousity though, I've made a number of bows out of cured wood as well as green. With the green i havent been able to get a 5 foot bow to pull more than 30 lbs though. Going to try again soon i think...

[OutdoorBum]

too cool...

thank ya!

[TatankaOhitika1]

Dave - True in most aspects with the shorter bow , it is more difficult to build a heavy draw weight with such limited and small dimensions . But once again the rule of brittle or shorter bows should be followed to get not only a high draw weight , but a stable bow that won't fail from compression or tension - wide and thin . That piece of cherry could 've had wide ( 2 3/4 - 3.5 inches ) and thin limbs for a efficient design but width adds power so all in all you have a powerful short weapon .

[5tonyvvvv]

come on man tell me more bows made from stone and bone tools

[oneraindog]

what gloves are those?

[eeriebadfish]

sweet vid brother,some good idea's i'm thinkin the vice grips just gotta be a part of the bush tool kit from now on, i would almost (but wont) give up my leatherman for the vg's,if only they made a woodsman leatherman with locking pliers

[cipim3]

Actually i think Leatherman manufactures a plier with locking pliers.

[MadSmokerBBQ]

great idea on the eyebolt in the vise grips! I bet I have one that'll thread in, gotta go try.

[DudeNumberOnePlus]

Be careful not to put hands in splitting when working with wedges. if you accidentally bump into wedge, and it comes off, your fingers will be squished. Its in fact ancient torture technique, performed on fingers and other fine extremities.

[Survivalist2008]

Great vid as usual. Good info on starting out on making a bow, especially for those of us who have never made our own bow, but would like to. Look forward to this series!

[Tendrax]

I lol'd.

No woman is around to have sex at any given moment. Men will always have porn.

Why the hell are you looking at his history anyway?

Now stop posting stupid crap on bushcrafting videos.

[JustinBaker2567]

Shes just a spam profile

[Tendrax]

I figured, but I was bored. Lol.

[davideli7879]

great, I never knew you could use black cherry, I have some on my place, I mainly use walnut, or ash, as I have that in a plenty.

[finakies]

fuck you this is a response to the  vidio not your personal blog you ignorant selfish fuck bet a facebook bitch

[LordRuckus]

Your response was great, but don't bother. It's just a new form of spam. They will never see it.

[pranachimana]

Man, as soon as you mentioned steaks I paused the video and put 2 sirloins on the grill LOL

[MadSmokerBBQ]

yah that made me hungry too haha!

[pranachimana]

lol

[noor121212121212]

what kind of wood is that?

[biguy525]

Really like that vise grip mod, Thanks.

[jwilson004athotmail]

I have found that a triple layered leather shop apron is ideal when tilling a bow. I have tilled 4 bows in my lifetime, along with making about a dozen bundle bows, so my word is not the say all end all on this. I am speaking from my experience. Always use caution and wear the proper P.P.E. when using sharp tools.

Jake Wilson

Wilson's Wilderness

[USNERDOC]

Great job Dave!

[love1to1fish]

thx bro for sharing

[xesiria]

nice job

[1957stan]

Nice job.. I love the drawknife.. Also the vice grip idea..

[bassfuryvi]

To the fireman...good tip with the eye bolt..on the bench drills I had swapped hex head machine screws for the knurled headed round bolts as the hex head were bigger and easier to use..but the eye bolts are even better..nice one!!

[DAV19800]

the ultimate edc.

[KonstantinKuehn]

thanx dave im looking forward to the finished product! quick question. does keeping the heartwood and sapwood on the bow equate to a better stronger bow altogether? or is it best to just use the heartwood or sapwood? i heard that the heartwood is stronger but it breaks easier, and the sapwood is more durable...

[icychap]

Great idea with eye bolt.

[talltreehill7]

good idea w/ the vice grips

[ROFLpwnedvideos]

Random question....

Do you practice stalking with your EDC on, or do you take it off and then stalk prey?

Just curious, because it must stick out a bit and make noise.

[recurveninja]

i have a 66" T-Rex KAP with 35# limbs, it's a recurve, what type of bow do you like to shoot, if you shoot any. that is.

[wildernessoutfitters]

I have over 30 bows brother most are Long bows but I have 5 recurves as well.

[recurveninja]

wow, that's quite a collection.

[1000000volts]

@wildernessoutfitters yeah i got 2 long ones and a composite archery is cool.

[kirklanddavis]

@wildernessoutfitters got any compound bows?

[tzDub92]

@recurveninja i bet ur ass couldn't survive a day in the woods

[recurveninja]

@tzDub92 Funny you say that, i just got back from doing that exact thing a few days ago. Also, learn how to spell simple words before you talk trash, bitch.

[tzDub92]

@recurveninja well good for you. and what spelling are you talking about?

[recurveninja]

@tzDub92 "ur"

[tzDub92]

@recurveninja haha wow dude. Just so YOU know, "ur" is short for "your". Proper spelling isn't typically required on youtube except by douchebags who have nothing better to do than mouth off to someone (Dave in this instance) who has their own freaking tv show about what how much cooler UR bow is than his.

[recurveninja]

@tzDub92 I know what it means, i just don't like your illiterate ass.

[GlockAnimal]

5'8 I thought ya was taller than that. Ya look much taller. Thats cool Your in great shape though. Solid Video Dave!

[flamedrag18]

I was wondering? couldn't you have used this piece of wood like yew? with a sap and heart wood combo? then you'd get the most out of the wood and have a extremely powerful bow?

just a thought.

[wildernessoutfitters]

If you look at the stave that is exactly what I have.

[flamedrag18]

oh, I thought you were only going after the heart wood. my bad.

[wildernessoutfitters]

The Heart wood would make a fine bow but you would be hard pressed to get to just that and have a stable bow this short, so a combo will be much better. Thanks man.

[flamedrag18]

yeah, I heard of the stability problems with using only heartwood, high compression resistance, making it prone to break if made or used incorrectly(making it to the wrong dimensions or overdrawing the bow).

that's why I was asking, since it would be strange to make one out of only heartwood.

[guiltybystander77]

Is that a piece of inner tube you have on your axe handle?

[aerodynamicband]

what brand of axe is that

[wildernessoutfitters]

SA Wetterlings

[drumgodtim]

What have you put on your ax handle for added grip traction?

[wildernessoutfitters]

Friction Tape

[TheRabbitWringer]

Buy it at an electrical supply

[romanwarfist9182]

I liked the vise grip eye loop also. and put it on the edc ring. I will do it to a small pair of needle nose grips.

[killamanjero]

The eyebolt on the vice grips is a great idea.  I will be doing it to mine. Thank you.

[romanwarfist9182]

If it were any metal axe besides an estwing I would get a wood handle axe, because you can replace a broken handle. But I could afford an estwing axe I would pick it over any other axe ever made, The handle will never come off,EVER.

[wildernessoutfitters]

I definatley agree they are THE best common man Ax.

[drumgodtim]

Did u get a new vid camera? Very nice clean picture/vid. Thanks for all the effort and for sharing Dave. You gave given me the confidence to try my hand at making a survival bow.

[desertcamelbak]

your EDC looks heavy!

[wildernessoutfitters]

Really not to bad, the heaviest is the ferro rod

[desertcamelbak]

the vice grips can't help.. kewl vid, like the primitive bow stuff!

[logsliderrjh]

What is an EDC?

[OneWithGuns93]

logsliderrjh- its a kit that you carry everyday

(Every Day Carry)

[sweetypie000]

tnx for the video

[Cameron1942]

I really envy the edge you got in that axe!!!

I've tried hard to sharpen one like that but I never succeeded. Axes that are available locally are not as good as the one you have. I'll try to save some money and get one, that edge is amazing!

[tubeid43]

Cameron,

There are a pile of vids on here on tips and tricks to shapen a blade. One you get the edge right there is one which uses varying grits of sand paper clamped over a mouse pad which really puts a fine edge on non perfectly linear edges.

[bigjim379]

Great video Dave thanks for a lot of useful ideas. A big at-a-boy to the fireman great tip.

[librano]

i actually did a search today on your videos too see how to make a self bow.... didn't find one... well now here it is! thanks!

[PaulkyArcher]

try jonhrayrambo1111

he has a ton on bows

[YouMockMe]

Overall would you suggest an axe like the one in this vid or an all metal? I'm only wondering because I have an estwing and I am concerned about the neck/body. It tapers in real thin at the top and I don't want to loose something important... not just the axe but more so everything else attached to me as a whole.

Cheers.

[wildernessoutfitters]

Wood Handles are the way to go Brother.

[YouMockMe]

Well its a lot easier to fix the handle... thanks.

[alexpoz09]

there not so cold either

[YouMockMe]

I can't argue there... I had to pick it up this morning and it was colder than a witch's fun bag.

[ajrevenge14]

Are there any videos about making a bow with primitive tools? I am very curious about how it was made with only stone tools...

Thank you for another great video!

[darkcolmar]

Look for paleoaleo's channel. He has stone tools and copper tools.

[wildernessoutfitters]

Same Exact Process but use a Hand Axe and flint blades, sandstone for smoothing.

[spb884]

there is a video out there. search paleoleo on youtube or google if that doesn't work. that's the forum handle of a dude who does all this stuff as close to 100% primitive as he can. good luck

[ajrevenge14]

Thank you all : )

[ThePartyOfFive]

The bolt is 1/4" X 20

[teaparty10101]

agree with wecanallgetallong

[WeCanAllGetAllong]

Ive learned alot from you dave,thats most admirable. Thanks man!

Ive enjoyed this learning expierence right from my own home, and had a great deal of fun putting to good use those different things,you da man dave! :-)

[Paulie771]

Awesome vid, 5/5! I was hoping you'd do a video showing this again.

[lesrap]

i like the drawknife. im gona try that.

dave sounds funny with a cold

[darkcolmar]

everyone sounds funny with a cold

[merriliini]

Thank you for clarifying the eyebolt mod. And for another great vid too.