Chinese Bow

[neonightkiller]

Beautiful craftsmanship.

[rubicky1]

the arrow will go through your brain , and fly 10 more meters haha awesome bow

[PXCharon]

If you decide to make another, redesign the buttstock to rest against your hip, rather than underarm. This will give you more stability against the lever. For all accounts I've read and seen this is how the originals were designed.

As far as the mechanism itself, it's an incredibly faithful reproduction in the simple fact that it works.

[xzekkx]

does anyone else see these mounted on a wall hooked up to one mechanism so on guy could fire like 30

[12edgar1]

dope it has power and accurate he just need to be a little fast the chinese didn't just make quantity they have all kind of crossbows accurate powerfull and multiple arrows at once

[BeyondDeathCore]

Well Duckman ,you are awesome.

[552415ful]

old man is smart

[powerarmordivision]

the Chinese would ambush you with it they had poison tip then set you on fire look at sun shuu's book the art of war

[InfinityplussBeyond]

go china



[MrJayb262]

sub machine bow, you sir are ready for war

[BrandonBlaze904]

hey,,, look its. an old ma......

[o0bean0o]

"The Chinese did not design it for accuracy.

They went for quantity, not quality"

My god that made me laugh, though myself is Chinese.

[Ruhkeni]

@o0bean0o 'Though myself is Chinese.' Heh..I can tell.

[TheGhostOperative]

@o0bean0o tell that to the chokonus :D

[Justino912345678]

@TheMiksu1998 what do you expect he is Duckman666

[MrJustsomerandomguy]

I think it would be useless against armored soldier in history but still good work.

[TheGhostOperative]

@MrJustsomerandomguy yea it wasnt really invented for that purpose. its purpose is to bring down cavalrymen and route em. imagine firing this into the hoards of cavalry. targets were primarily horses. big soft fleshy horses. although i imagine it'll be useless against iron clad warhorses. but seriously tho, how many knights use iron clad warhorses? lol

[Doozzeek]

Nice work!!

[MegaDhproductions]

grandpa found the keys to the workshop RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!

[Darkbunny1NL]

amazing what you can make from a few materials

[7dark7shadow]

how long did it take to make?



[7dark7shadow]

how many bolts does that fit, like 20, nice engineering

[hihihui1]

What did quantity have to do with firepower? They made the repeating crossbow for firepower not "quantity". And also the quality of these things were amazing considering it was centuries ahead of its time.

[stubryanfull]

your like a smaller scale of bill gurstell

[saragondaa]

"They went for quantity, not quality"

Yep. Sounds like me.

[TheMiksu1998]

You make cool bows

[survivalFMN]

Why does he shoots 29 times? The plank was already dead after the first time.

[malaradi007]

i wish he was my grandfather :D

[DrRicharddym]

This man is a pimp daddy! I'd love to see his wheels and his bitch are like (if he has a bitch of course he might like blokes).. I bet they are magnificent!!! If he crafts weapons like this imagine what he is capable of when it comes to love making!! amazing.

[shakenbake691]

thumbs up if ur watching this cause u saw it on deadliest warrior

[cornermanproductions]

i know what i want for christmas...

[greenfish13]

wait so the chinese used these in waves right like front line fires second line moves forward and front line reloads etc? sorry i am really bajed

[greenfish13]

first off this is not a bow its a crossbow! 2nd off this is one epic cross bow bro well done!

[davidwie]

WANT!

[SpecTre9764]

when you load that you are dead

[Dutchdude231]

@SpecTre9764 Thats why you load it before battle XD

[xBl4ck3gl3x]

He forgot sleigt of hand pro. :-D

[PeanutMoney310]

This man is living the retirement dream.

[Ghelimir]

Hooray for gnomish engineering!

[KEOGH7PURPLE]

I'm young but I want to be a master at archery , does anybody know where I can go?

[FretsOnFire00]

@KEOGH7PURPLE try a local archery range

[markuslebt]

thats a funny weapon indeed

[MrBalkanSoldier]

a pencil is more dangerous than that

[LEDking1]

if a zombie apocolypse breaks out im coming to you :D

[AZ6552011]

Es el arco q mas m gusta !! es la metralleta antigua !!

[SissyNekoBoi]

apparently the chinese designed it not to be held easily either

[azinvazion]

FATER FASTER FASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mrbest20]

Made In China HAHAHHAHA!!!!!

[Thotzilla]

reload time is quite moderate

[Condom007of007Solace]

This so want to make one of these, this is one of my must haves next to the hidden blade. :3

[GundamFanDeluxe00]

you do like ur crossbows :D

[ChicaWolverina]

It won't blend zombies though!

[MegaDhproductions]

grandpa?

[changethecurrent]

Why didn't the Chinese take over the world long ago?

[mrcyriljade]

@changethecurrent They were not aggressive enough, if not the world would have conquered by the Chinese.

[codeagent47]

@changethecurrent

China was advance back then... but it was close for the Chinese to colonize the world during ming dynasty!

[wintertum]

@changethecurrent They love home more than others. Hunderts years ago, they said, when the parents are still alive, son shouldn't go(travel) far away. When they died, they also want to be buryed in home town.

[Marcohazard]

@changethecurrent because their government was corrupted... what a pity...

[tomahawk718]

13 people accidently clicked on the dislike button

[Flassk]

i imagine were this a mounted weapon on a tower it would have had some serious improvements on accuracy, and of course originally something designed like this would probably be used against a crowd of people, not an individual. at least regularly.

[imnotascientificnerd]

Karil's crossbow from runescape =D

[truevengeance2801]

@imnotascientificnerd RUNESCAPE, FUCK YEAH!!

[elgaste97PT]

it looks like P90.

[testor89]

impressive

[xxxKronicxxx1]

Man your awesome!! You should make a video tutorial on how to make 1 :)

[italok9]

I don't see any advantage on crossbows... An English longbow can hit a target far way than then, plus their projectile wont hit the target from uposide when you shoot aiming the skies

[holeskoj]

@italok9 The advatange with the crossbow is that it requires little practice compared to a regular bow, especially the longbow. If you're such an expert you would've known your bow history. Why don't you just admire the man for his craftmanship. Check out his other videos or his homepage...

[holyman96]

i recognized this from diablo 2

[MrToastOmnomnom]

isn't aim the one thing the crossbow was really made for? To give you time to aim and what not.

[kiershar]

@MrToastOmnomnom It was made to pierce trough leather shields and armors. The quality of a chinese crossbow was determined by the number of consecutive shields it could pierce.

[keithehlert]

you sound like you got a ballista and a regular crossbow confused there bub...

[xUbastardx]

Actually the accuracy is simmilar to most any laymen using a modern pistol at the same range; and you were "shootin from the hip at that. Excellent.

[CobaltX07]

It might not be as accurate as a master archer with a bow, but this thing would've served one far better at close range than early firearms.

This also seems a pretty good approximation of early Chinese ones. Later, they decided it'd be more lethal to reconfigure it to launch steel bolts en mass.

[crazyitalien1]

12 people have something wrong with there brain

[lurconis666]

Apart from the AK, I dare say this is your weapon of choice in post-apocalyptia.

[MrDaAsif]

@lurconis666 easier to make additional bolts than bullets for that inevitable situation that the bullets run out.

[behemuth]

needs some kind of tripod etc. to maximize accuracy. or a belt with support attached to it.

[MrSetting]

it has pretty accuracy

[MikeTuanNguyen]

Having 100s of these on the great wall means obliteration to foes haha.

[Heiroglyphs]

for simplicitys sake, what if the magasine was in a fixed position and the cocking mechanism went over (or on either side) of it? example: shoot, grab lever, push it over with two hooks either side grabbing string, pull back like a ratchet, arrow/bolt/ball bearing fall into place, shoot, repeat.... any thoughts? it seems like less moving parts, so less to break? im asking because i am making one hopefully :)

[Heiroglyphs]

hey there. i was just thinking of this type of design, i was watching another clip of a lever action crossbow, then i saw the marble shotin crossbow, then i was thinking, how could i combine thise two things and make it aweome for the zombie apocalypse, and then i thaught of this exact thing. i thaught i was so awesome for creating this design, now i see its been done and this guy made it from wood lol. my design was different tho, the cocking mechanism went OVER and grabbed the string.

[Sorrowscythe]

ah the zhuge bow....ever look at the movie "red cliff"? they run a scene of allied troops decimating wei troops with it

[blooregardrules]

Brilliant, I've watched all of your videos and love the ingenuity and engineering that goes into your bows. I shoot recurve and compound bows but crossbows have always fascinated me, your work is fantastic.

Also you look like Eggy John off shooting stars. Double win.

[caposevillano]

al ritmo k este hombre mete las flechas, le a dao tiempo a llegar al enemigo y matarte

[JACKL1999]

nice looks fun

[BladeofSorrow7]

I have been wanting to make something like this myself. Awesome job!

[Yvesyew]

Chu Ko Nu, the repeating bow of China during the 3 kingdoms era.

[ABufferingDocumentry]

@VNHUNGMAN shut the fuck up china invented it

[RidleySlayer47]

reminds me of the crossbow in bioshock

[GameTimeGO]

I'm Not Yo Daddy, Im Yo Grandpa!

[Kenyee28]

grampa's getting ready for war!

[MsDjessa]

Imagine a volley from a batalion armed with these, if this type of crossbow would have spread in other parts of the world, firearm development would have slowed down conciderably. Mind you I´m not sure when the Chinese invented this weapon, it was around in the 1800:s.

[sonofliberty08]

@MsDjessa

the Ancient Chinese already use it since 2000 years ago

[MsDjessa]

@sonofliberty08 Cool! Then that would have been so much more effective then early guns, maybe it´s armour piercing qualitys wouldn´t have been so good but concidering the amount of arrows, I doubt it would have mattered, the propability that atleast one arrow hitting a gap in the armour would be pretty high.

[PatocheStriker]

@MsDjessa I'me not that sure about your telling here, with the chinese crossbow you can't aim that good and in my opinion it's better to have an accurate-single shot weapon, than a rapid fire crossbow without any aim =S

But what you are saying isn't all wrong at all, just saying....

[MsDjessa]

@PatocheStriker Yes but take in to consideration how inaccurate the first guns were, sure rifling gave accuarcy to even black powder weapons but it made the loading time even longer, until the invention of the minie round I´d say this would have kicked ass. And getting wet wouldn´t have been a problem either.

[TheXanian]

@PatocheStriker

Ancient Chinese also had long range single-shot crossbows.

[Tr4bant]

hmm i know this from somewhere... ahh AoE2, Chu-Ko-Nu^^

[destrierofdark]

@Tr4bant Cho Ko Nu*

[twentyoneandsix]

its age of empires all over again

[XapD]

1000000 chinese crossbowmen * 20 shots per minute (2 magazines could e fired i think) = HOLY SHIT BUNCH OF BOLTS!!!

More than enough I think :)))

[vyrewatch12321]

Karil the tainted's crossbow

[symetricbody]

bad reload lol

[ahmadthebeast]

Dude you are a genius how do you make such good stuff.....amazing :)

[Me102288]

wow a chu-ke nu very limited range, at the time of 100 pound draw longbows the fired arrows over 100 yards.

But such an terror weapon at short range, imagine 100's of these used at the same time..

[bongobeaver]

for the love of god can i call you da vinci?

[TheRyuseiou]

@VNHUNGMANH stfu

[MrRobert27k]

this guy looks like santa after rehab

[GUNITASSEMBLE]

Age of Empires makes the Chu Ko Nu much more worthless than it's apparent potential ._.

[callos1232]

Hey just a question, can you make this bow shoot a little faster? I have made one and it is really slow. It is about 30secs each shot.. It is just a little stiff. Any ways in making it more non sticky?

[paintballmaster69lol]

you sir are the most amazing person i have ever witnessed online.

[TasteForDisaster]

how well can you aim with this though...

[tacosifyme]

You should try adding some pads to put your feet on at the edge of the crossbow, then sit on your butt and pump it with your both hands!

[falloutvult]

Can u send me instructions on how to make it. or i'll pay ya 50 for one.

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[Zuez10001]

wow, ur a good designer good job

!!!!!!!!!!

[08071987]

i am the terminatooooor

[JamesFan16]

and did you know China made sentries with these with a little pressure plate and soem complicated triggers to make cross bows fire XD and that is reason why explorers have to be carefull when unburing a acient Chinese tomb :P

[Xxcalicondor]

can you adopt me as your grandson

[blakasassin1]

i seen this on deadliest warrior sun tzu used it

[ChocoNillySkateKingz]

zombies lose

[davidimweb]

can you show us the technology of other Bows you build?

[TheFinalAdvent]

I guess you must have watched Red Cliff the movie.

[axpxoxlxlxo]

wow i never knew these things were real, i heard about these a long time ago but i dident beleve they existed

[TheMinecraftMoose]

-pulls out crossbow- Get Off My Lawn.

[madass888]

this is probably better as a lay down weapon.

[maddiiiii1]

this guy is awesome... i want to make all these types of things.

[love2understand]

It is good and fast in close range, but is it deadly in longer ranges.

And what's the maximum deadly/killing range?

[whitetigarc]

the first automatic rifle

[1codcod]

Cho-ko-nu

[ngocquang19877]

COuld you kill a cockroach with it?

[youdhateme]

thats a hell of a nice bow for being scrap wood duckman! is it strong enough to kill a man?

[TheaBrAmSoN]

1:01 - doesnt matter cuz i have 99 range :P

[watertothepeople]

amazing..they were so inventive! very nice work from you. but seeing you shooting I can imagine they have maybe been operated more effective by 2 people - one aiming, supported on something like a shooting gap on a tower or wall, and the second reloading and shooting..just a guess. your video brings out the boy in me and make me want to give it a try too. also love the chinese army bow and the korean one.. post more!

[VNHUNGMANH]

The repeat crossbow was not invented by China, Vietnam by The repeat crossbow was invented it is from An Duong Vuong (more than 2000 years ago, exactly 208 years BC), who then China has stolen secrets, this is a lie that the Chinese themselves , you can read about the achievements An Duong Vuong (Vietnam) to know the origin of these weapons

who invented it was Cao Lo (a famous general of Vietnam)

the committee can find out here (search google with "no lien chau")

ok

[TheXanian]

@VNHUNGMANH

Chinese had repeating crossbows during the Warring States period, and the remainings of a primitive repeating crossbow was discovered in a tomb of the Chu state. And then, during the Three Kingdoms, the famous ancient Chinese tactician Zhuge Liang perfected the repeating crossbows.

Stop daydreaming, Vietnamese did not invent repeating crossbows.

[frogger832]

@VNHUNGMANH What the fuck is Vietnam? Oh, that place where US GI's went and raped whores.

[armstrongener]

@VNHUNGMANH I only know that Viets love stealing other's creations

[VNHUNGMANH]

The repeat crossbow was not invented by China, Vietnam by The repeat crossbow was invented it is from An Duong Vuong (more than 2000 years ago, exactly 208 years BC), who then China has stolen secrets, this is a lie that the Chinese themselves , you can read about the achievements An Duong Vuong (Vietnam) to know the origin of these weapons

[jonahgthecoolguy]

this granpa will kill u

[WolfClant]

old people from europe have golden hands

[Cjatheblade]

Zhuge Liang designed this

[YouBeTrolling1337]

Did you, on that video, build that?

[minxel16]

Are you a mechanical engineer or have a degree in physics because those electric crossbows look quite state of the art

[shaow1231]

very nice

[TheTechnoKitteh]

Sun tzu used this weapon...

[esparrow20]

where can I find a tutorial about how make one of those?? thanks :)

[BongSao1979]

Great work! You must have a amazing shop. All your projects look so well crafted.

[abckk1]

coollllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BLASTSTUDIOS101]

85000 viewer

[tigernac]

thats fantastic, ive got a plastic 50lb pistol bow that fires single shots :D

i think its amazing what you can do with scrap wood, i could in time get the nack but can you tell me what metles you are using for you bows, prfebly the weeker ones thatnks

[TheDuckman666]

@tigernac Hello Tigernac,

The only metal used is light alloy fot the Nut that pulls the string back and case hardened mild steel for the trigger. All the rest is wood.

Regards

[RabidDog51]

@TheDuckman666 you are a pretty cool old man! you baffle me in what you can do with scrap wood

[joegt123]

i thought the repeating crossbow was korean or taiwanese, not chinese.

[0808088888]

@joegt123 This was invented around 1700 years ago the korea and taiwan didn't exsist then......

[HappyHourFilms1]

THATS AWESOME!

[bilos1993]

As it seems, the chinese never did design or make anything for quality... they always went for quantity.

[armstrongener]

@bilos1993 Stfu if you know nothing. Once upon a time, things that were made in China are far more valuable and have higher quality than other products.

Chinese have brains, speed is far more important. Europeans reload a crossbow for 1 minute, so by the time they finished reloading it, they are hacked into pieces.

[TH3L44R123]

wow awesome

[DavidUmstattd]

You ever try to make a double magazine one? I hear those were very popular too.

[Aetherius74]

nice Chu Ko Nu remake. ive always wondered how these things work.

[TheUntilitsleeps]

older version of the P90 ?

[Seabs13]

fagets

[TheWhiteGodUcamulbas]

monster hunter!!!!!!!!!

[10beandude]

This looks like a P90 in some parts of the crossbow.

[clipmaster30001]

what kind of metal did you use for the box?

[inkey2]

is this crossbow legal in the UK?

[chenstah346]

like this if this reminds you of age of empires 2

by the way duckman, this is the coolest thing i have ever seen anyone make.

[Norman765r]

Sir, I salute for your sheer genius.

[jasperrumbelow]

can u by repeating cross bows any where??? please answer asap thank you

[niceswede]

In an era with this kind of technology, that crossbow could be useful for riot control.

[TheXanian]

Actually, ancient Chinese rarely used repeating crossbow during battles, due to its low accuracy and low penetration power. It was certainly an innovative design, but not very effective.

Ancient Chinese would rather use their Zriang ballista during battles.