My self made bow

[AlexPopeRamoutar]

Can you do a "How to Video"?

[ilovecameronboyce1]

I'd pay you 42 dollars if you make me one

[RustyHingesSqueak]

That's a bad ass bow,great job.Im sure your dad loved it.

[MILOSLAVJMP]

Krásný tvar luku. Díky.

[DitIsPetroc]

that is one finebow that you made there, thanks for putting tutorial in discription.

[Klwicky]

oh sure.I'm 12 years old, i think il just go outside and cut down a tree and sure it will turn out just like this! lol this was awesome, but anything that the average human could make??

[RockingOrange11]

»»───(knee)───►

[katherineluisa]

u.r.a.master.

[pbldhdeerhunting]

like make me one like identical to that one and i could pay you if you could could you let me know a price and wen it could be dont thank you

[pbldhdeerhunting]

do u think u could make me 1 if i paid u

[BeatlesMac5]

i shot my compound bow for the first time today, and an arrow went through a cardboard box, with a 50 lb. force.

[MrTrevor117]

@BeatlesMac5 just think i used to hunt deer with a 50lb cardboard doesnt stand a pray haha

[thebowlzack]

will you ruin your fletching if the arrow goes all the way through the target?

[achborkah]

@thebowlzack It hasn't yet. With the duct tape fletchings it is a possibility, far more so than with feathers, but I can always throw a new set on the arrow in a couple of minutes.

[jan1035]

next time you post the vid with your fathers reaction?? Great job man, and a great present!

[xXxBluehairxXx]

Shoot harder!! INDAIN STYLE!

[helsharidy123]

I need to do this...

[MrPepsidude62]

wow very nice job on bow dude im impressed

[legodice123]

Nice bow!!

[dezinfekcija1]

ma kakav dejan

[bbrown87609]

Really Nice!!!

[shah76]

The best thing i love about is he made the bow for his dad. The bow is so perfect not because of the Red Oak but it is made with love and will definitely work well :)

[Nez162]

@Burchified lol

[Bornacentury2l8]

Nice bow. Good video. Thanks!

[az094267]

isti Dejan Acimovic

[burchified]

Your Smithing skill must be maxed out. Can you make me some daedric armor, bro?

[sirwann]

wow nice i think your father going to be happy but next time try too make get yourself little hair

[liamnish56]

That's awesome

[airsoftmaster90901]

thats really nice



[stonenstrop]

Red Oak worked well. Very nice work. Do you ever use Osage Orange? Is it hard to work? Do you sell any of your work? stonenstrop

[achborkah]

@stonenstrop I have not worked osage yet, though I have a couple of staves curing as we speak. It is a little more difficult to work because you have to pay much closer attention to the growth rings. At this time I do not sell bows, though I do sell some of my other projects such as leather pouches.

[allforable]

@stonenstrop My grandpa uses fig tree of special sort to make bow and arrow. That sort of fig tree is very flexible and the brench should not be too fat.

[suzukoyan]

Amazing, now I want to make one

[MyLeonardolima]

Quando vc for caçar poste o vídeo da caçada!

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Aquí no Brasil a caça, seja como for, é proibida por lei e dá até cadeia...

[MyLeonardolima]

Sim gostei muito, admiro os Corvos, acho eles aves interessantes!

Vc já teve a chance de caçar com seu arco?

[achborkah]

@MyLeonardolima Ainda não, no entanto, que é o meu plano eventualmente.

[MyLeonardolima]

Olá amigo... Escrevo do Brasil.

Gostei muito do seu arco! Tenho tentado fabricar arcos e flechas mas ainda não tive um bom resultado.

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Para vcs aí deve ser uma coisa normal o som dos Corvos, mas para mim que não estou acostumado foi muito legal ouvir o som dos Corvos no seu vídeo!!!!

[achborkah]

@MyLeonardolima Que bom que você gostou! Eu também adoro o som de corvos, que eu não tinha notado neste vídeo antes que você apontou-a para fora.

[SuperMETAZ]

how do you accurately shit with a bow with no sights

[achborkah]

@SuperMETAZ Assuming that you meant site, some people use the tip of the arrow to site with, but I use a technique called instinct shooting.

[SuperMETAZ]

@achborkah LOL Oh my god im sooooo srry i did mean site in that was a terreible mistake!

[lvl100huntard]

@achborkah no... sight. A 'site' is a location. A 'sight' is a device with which you use to increase the accuracy of your aim. It is also the thing your eyes are responsible for and in turn helps with reading. The funniest thing is, the guy you corrected apologized and said yes, he did mean site LOL

[achborkah]

@lvl100huntard good catch, must not have had my thinking cap on when I typed that one!

[blitzwolfe]

@SuperMETAZ Practice.

[CROSSBOWDEERKILLER]

Are you going to use it for deer? Nice bow by the way

[achborkah]

@CROSSBOWDEERKILLER That is the plan, yes. I haven't had a chance to yet, I've been too busy.

[landon2271]

dude that is awesome I like shit like that like the old time bows like on runescape (a game) how much would it cost to make one?

[dethmonky3193]

@achborkah one more question wat are the dimensions or ur arrows?

[achborkah]

@dethmonky3193 they are 30 inches long and 5/16 inch in diameter.

[achborkah]

@357magtoyourface I would point you to the poor folk bows web site. There is a link to it in the details of this video, or you can just google it.

[dethmonky3193]

where did u get your string?

[achborkah]

@dethmonky3193 I bought it at Academy in their fishing section.  It's used for trot lines.

[TheAli2635]

omg a nice bow. it looks very very nice. so thumbs up :)

[achborkah]

@TheAli2635 Thank you!

[abisoxth]

Nice work, good present, you really are a good son

[MrMortalkombat99]

Cool arrow!

[MrMbierlein]

Nice I am making a bow (my first) from a take down tutorial by meanman1998 (last two numbers might be wrong) and it seems alright so far my length for the riser is 46cm width 15cm and hoping with a draw weight of 18kg (quite a lot) if you are making a first bow suggest this but after a while you can aim for this if you just want one then go to abby archery they will set you right hope this helps anyone out there okay:)

[KCRclips]

2:06-2:12 That's what she said, sorry :D.

[GiselleG143]

That's is so freaken awsome!!! Ima try to make one!

[Mik197900]

sorry very nice bow

[Mik197900]

wery nice bow



[KristinaLuvsJBiebz]

I want one! :) really nice how its self made!

[sammyy0123]

@achborkah hey do u think u could send me the url to the instrouctions to the bow thanks man

[FlashReaction]

damn thats a sick bow nice job

[dakellymon]

Well done

[pemogan17]

I try to make...but ...its alway broken. what is the best wood to use?

email me. biu_09@yahoo.com

thanks.. bro

[messrsinferno]

Did you leave the backing how it was or did you spray paint it at all like to tutorial?

[achborkah]

@messrsinferno I left it as is on this one, the other two I've made so far have spray painted backs on them.

[dinaandbeyonce2000]

i think this is so cool and awesome

[FreeLifePKJC]

your bow is beautifully tillered! it looks simply amazing! this is my 4th attempt at making a red oak bow and im hoping mine comes out nearly as good as yours!

[achborkah]

@FreeLifePKJC Thank you! I appreciate the kind words!

[WorshipRider514]

how long did it take to make it

[achborkah]

@WorshipRider514 I worked on it over the course of three months. Actual man hours? Around 20, give or take. My second one didn't take nearly as long.

[nestkiller42]

that was cool can i get wanna those?

[wigglyworm95]

i used to make bows. then i took an arrow to the knee. :p

[achborkah]

@wigglyworm95 Ouch, that hurts just thinking about it!

[CamperzHappy]

@achborkah haha do you actually understand his joke? it's a reference from a game called skyrim the elder scrolls widely played around the globe

[achborkah]

@CamperzHappy Nice, no I didn't catch that.  I'll have to run that one by my nephew, he plays that game all the time.

[matszelm]

@wigglyworm95 how its even possible to shoot yourself?

[oyas11]

@wigglyworm95 that joke is getting old now.... :(

[SuperCoolkid4life]

@wigglyworm95 how??

[Frodojo111]

@wigglyworm95

Is had to be done, lol.

[TheWARWOLF84]

the fletching is infact smart when you dont have feathers or take the time to hand cut feathers down witch takes hrs todo buy hand with a razor the tape you can always just replace it right there on the spot does it have a good flight then synthetics or feather vanes ? :) impressive nun the less

[achborkah]

@TheWARWOLF84 The duct tape fletchings are comparable to synthetic vanes, but feathers are definitely better.

[XxPockyzxX]

i would be amazed if a bear came in and attacked :o

[achborkah]

@XxPockyzxX That would have been cool, I could use a bear skin!

[idontuploadjustwatch]

im making a bow for my cousins with some 7$ door trim and weed wacker trim

[jacketfan8]

nice very effective arrow, great arrowhead idea!

[visualvideos456]

Wow, you are inspirational to me! Very good job and keep posting these videos! Please!

[mataleao1994]

2:07 twss

[joec123able]

this bow still going strong ?

[SerJahPhoto]

Great job, dude. So where can i find the tutorial?

[achborkah]

@SerJahPhoto I put a link to it in the description of this video, or you can google poor folk bows.

[SerJahPhoto]

@achborkah thanx man.

[david2012slayer]

hear not speak English well so Excuse me ... Your bow is very good is a piece of carved wood, right? if it is not mentioned in the video did not translate everything ... Do you have some plans on the model of the bow that I can see? any detailed drawing of the longbow. :)

[achborkah]

@david2012slayer The best detailed plans I could point you to would be the tutorial I used at poorfolkbows. There's a link in the description of this video.

[usapride199]

what totorial did u use?

[achborkah]

@usapride199 I used the one from poorfolk bows. There's a link in the video description if you want to use that instead of searching for it.

[flobb3]

thanks a lot for this video, it helps me a lot for making my own first longbow, i'm only 15 now and i am very proud of it, so thanks, and it is sad to hear that about your dad his bow, but again, thanks a lot !!!

[achborkah]

@flobb3 You're welcome! Glad it helped you out. Good work on making your first bow, I was I had gotten started when I was your age!

[sheepnumber12]

FAIR PLAY!! :D

[TheHTMAN]

very well



[humansVSgorillas069]

sorry to hear about your dads bow.

[achborkah]

No problem...And I just noticed in my original response that I said bows "are designed to take that kind of stress"...I meant that they are Not designed for that. My mistake.

[MrAMMiranda]

Oh, make sense thanks for response.

[MrAMMiranda]

Sorry to hear about your Dad's bow going like that... Is there anything can be done to help prevent that in next build?

[achborkah]

@MrAMMiranda Teach proper bracing technique is all. With a wooden bow, you just can't introduce that much stress in the middle of a limb. A bow stringer is the best method, though I usually put my knee in the grip of the bow to bend it. Even that isn't great, but it won't break the bow.

[MrAMMiranda]

Really nice Bow, great work.. Has your Dad taken any game with it yet?

[achborkah]

@MrAMMiranda Unfortunately not. This bow met an untimely death when someone tried to string it by putting their knee in the center of the lower limb. Bows are designed to take that kind of stress...So now I'm making him another one.

[jacksoncole79]

what are the arrow shafts made of?

[achborkah]

@jacksoncole79 Red Oak dowel rods.

[humansVSgorillas069]

would you say your homemade arrow heads for hunting are as sharp as a store bought broad head?

[achborkah]

@humansVSgorillas069 Yes, they are. It's really a matter of how you sharpen them. I get mine to the point where they shave with ease.

[loadedClownZ]

how did you get the arrow to fly with duct tape fletchings? when i made duct tape fletchings and shot the arrow it kept dropping to the ground when the duct tape came into contact with my hand that was holding the bow.

[achborkah]

@loadedClownZ How big did you make your fletchings, and how many layers of duct tape did you use? I made a video on how I made these, and I have never had a problem with them firing. I'm still using these same arrows that I made over a year ago, and they work just fine.

[loadedClownZ]

@achborkah um.. i cant remember how many layers but they were, about your size but they were round around the edges. I think about 2-3 layers but i already have feathers for fletchings.

[jdm888xbox]

can you make a tutorial on how you made that bow? I have wanted to make one like that for years but never figured out how to start.

[achborkah]

@jdm888xbox I'm getting ready to build one for my wife, so I would love to make a video tutorial. It will have to be in several installments, but look for it in the coming months...gotta get my workshop set up first, just moved.

[humansVSgorillas069]

60lb is more than enough to hunt with!

[humansVSgorillas069]

this bow must have made your dad very proud to have such a nice son! does the arrow head get blunt?

[achborkah]

@humansVSgorillas069 It does in time, just like any other arrowhead. I don't keep it terribly sharp for target practice, but it's razor sharp when it's time to hunt.

[abdesk2008]

Great bow !!

[humansVSgorillas069]

sorry im bothering you with questions but does one of the duct tape fletchings ever get beat up because its always hitting the bow?

[achborkah]

@humansVSgorillas069 No more than an ordinary fletching does. I've been shooting the same ones for over a year and they still work just fine.

[humansVSgorillas069]

since that bow is 60lb draw weight, how did the arrowhead still stay in? u must of binded it really tightly . awesome bow!

[achborkah]

@humansVSgorillas069 The arrowhead is glued in place with feral-tite and then bound. It's in there pretty well.

[humansVSgorillas069]

could i have some advice? i have lots of soft woods and i know soft woods make really bad bows. would u know how to identify hard woods?

[achborkah]

@humansVSgorillas069 Most hardwoods have broad leaves, though not all hardwoods are good for bows. Research online and learn to identify the trees you're looking for, like hickory, osage, or pecan.

[humansVSgorillas069]

awesome! do u have a video on how to make the arrowhead?

[achborkah]

@humansVSgorillas069 I do not, that's a good idea though.

[humansVSgorillas069]

awesome bow dude! i am currently drying out a bow right now. did u use a dowel for the arrow?

[achborkah]

@humansVSgorillas069 Yes, it's a 3/8" oak dowel.  I did a video on fletching the arrows as well.

[weedsareflowerstoo]

nice shot

[achborkah]

@weedsareflowerstoo Thanks!

[Thrawn6211]

How do you feel about hickory as a stave wood? I have a few in some nearby woods and I wanted an opinion from a bowyer.

[achborkah]

@Thrawn6211 Hickory makes a good stave wood. Make sure you seal it well when you finish, as it takes on moisture easily, which will give you excessive string follow.

[Thrawn6211]

@achborkah Thanks.

[Turkey12328]

I want that bow make me one I'll pay u

[BoyznGirlz09]

That's awesome, how did your dad like it?

[achborkah]

@BoyznGirlz09 He loved it, made him tear up a little.

[BoyznGirlz09]

@achborkah Cool do you still make them?

[achborkah]

@BoyznGirlz09 I do, I'm getting ready to make two more here in the near future, and I would like to film the process this time.

[BoyznGirlz09]

@achborkah Are you going to make any to sell?

[achborkah]

@BoyznGirlz09 I have thought about it. Up until recently I have not had a fixed work space, so I couldn't really offer them for sale.

[BoyznGirlz09]

@achborkah Oh

[Augmantius]

Really nice! I might have to make one now.. 

[spectralmunchkin]

Very Nice, I could hear the poundage in the string tone. Nice shooting too!

[adhill713]

I acctually just bought 3 72 inch red oak boards like 3 hours ago and after seeing this im gettin pumped, you rock man

[762sandwich]

Very nice man!

[achborkah]

@762sandwich thank you very much!

[707Burke707]

awesome job man. it's pleasing to the eye and deadly.

[achborkah]

@707Burke707 thanks!

[bmthbad]

well nice bow,fair play

[TheOutdoorsman07]

that is one hell of a bow. i bet your dad loved it!

[libmrbrownducks]

A self bow cannot be backed with fiberglass sheetrock tape. A self bow is a bow made from a single piece of wood. Extra material such as horn nocks on the ends, or built-up handles, would normally be accepted as part of a self bow. Some modern authorities would also accept a bow spliced together in the handle from two pieces of wood.

[drpinto28]

nylon sucks

[celticbattleaxe]

One question - which wood is more durable or can handle a higher draw weight: hickory (shagbark), or red oak?

[achborkah]

@celticbattleaxe I've never worked in hickory, but my studies show that it is a better bow wood than oak.

[celticbattleaxe]

@achborkah Hmmm... really interesting :). I'm just wondering because I am a historian and know of the Wampanoag and Algonquin (along with other New England tribes) uses of shagbark hickory in their bows. Either way though, THAT is a fascinating bow. I'm getting one from 'redmountainarchery(dot)com'. It is hickory backed with bamboo, and has a draw weight of 65 lbs.

[minxel16]

@celticbattleaxe hickory can make higher weights which is why its used for warbows but ive found it gains moisture very quickly and can get a bit 'sloppy' do DRY it out a lot

[celticbattleaxe]

@minxel16 Thanks! :)

I wondered about the seasoning, but I still hickory. Oak is okay, but ...

[minxel16]

@celticbattleaxe red oak is good for beginners apparently because its good in compression and tension relatively elastic and has straight grain (most of the time)-I've heard white oak makes better bows but its harder to find it as straight although here in england its very easy to buy

[celticbattleaxe]

@minxel16 White Oak harder to find? Wow - where I live, both species are quite abundant. I live in Connecticut, US.

[minxel16]

@celticbattleaxe no I meant it grows (generally) less straight than red oak but in britain theres a ton of it anyway so its a good option for a bow wood

[celticbattleaxe]

@minxel16 Agreed - same here in both cases.

[huaslis]

where can i buy the arrow... ?

[achborkah]

@huaslis Well, I don't actually have them for sale, but they are very easy to make!

[omscharf]

dang u wore that target out

[chok2345]

Wow, the tiller on that is perfect!! I have tried a couple red oak bows, but they always break :(

[197darkdeath]

hey i rlly like the vid but im just a kid know a way i cold make thm easier