A Stone Age Bow Chapter Three

[maxinpains]

LOL You are just a good Bow maker ! 

[Disbeat123]

so i should start on the stave/sapling while its still green?

[mortormarsh]

so if you spit it further down the bow would it have more recoil or jsut break?

[maxa123456789]

ok thanks

[maxa123456789]

where do you find your flint

[Maskuerade]

find a mineral/rock guide for your state/location.. like how they have state fishing guides and hiking guides that show locations/maps/instructions/di­rections etc etc. In the rock finding guide for my state it tells you all the rocks available in the state.. chronologically ordered.. and i have a bigger booklet that even shows fossils available which gives better info.

but often times the best thing to do is find out where flint is at.. go for a hike.. GATHER ^^

if not.. i guess, online? idk

[Hiwky]

Thanks. You realy helped me alot! It really is easier watching someone do it than reading guides... Especialy when english is not my first language... At the moment i'm making a bow myself, and i think that if i don't do many mistakes my bow will be good. And i have a question, one end of my bow is 2.3 centimeters wide (about 0.9 inches) and the other is about 3 centimeters wide (about 1.2 inches) should i narrow the wide end to 0.9 inches or just make it flater? I think i flatened it too much..

[tut2x4]

i did not know they had pencils in the stone age haha but greate video{^.^)

[kaleroman]

pretty cool.i always like stone age weapons from swords to bows i like middle age weapon very much but i like bows most.i always wanted to have one or to make but i see that it is too difficult.Realy Great Job,Congratulations!

[dimreaper99]

making a bow with modern steel tools isnt that hard, as long as you dont expect a masterpiece on your first try.just give it a go, and remember that if you dont make mistakes you dont learn anything. Your first couple of tries will probobly break, but thats all part of the learning curve. just learn from the failures and remember not to make the same mistakes next time. Good luck!

[shock0rider]

how long do u have to dry it?

thx

[LiveisSimply]

What Tree do you use?

Thanks for it^^

[SilvicaS]

U r a pro,aintcha?!

[AinokeA365]

so what your doing is your flattening one side first. so the side that your flattening right now is that the side thats facing you when you shoot or facing away from you?

[Paleoaleo]

The side I'm flattening is the side that will face me when I shoot the bow. We call this the "Belly" of the bow. The "back" of the bow is the side that faces the target when shooting.

[AinokeA365]

so what do you do with the other side when your done with the belly side?

[Paleoaleo]

Just peel or scrape the bark off and leave it alone. You need the back of the bow to be as perfect as can be. No dings or cuts in the back or it might blow at full draw! Kaboom!

[AinokeA365]

ok thanks for the information its really helpful for me. thank you so much for posting these wonderful tutorials!

[Paleoaleo]

Actually, Ishi's favorite bow wood was Juniper! I love sinew backed juniper!

T

[fishinatorXD]

the cavemen would be very proud if they were alive to see you...

haha! lol great vid 5/5!

[BrAsiL7777]

Hey! You used a pencil! Thats not stone age!

[Paleoaleo]

Ha! You caught me! As to pencils...always remember this: you can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead!

[cavalier1234]

What's happening, any progress toward the next vid?

[Paleoaleo]

Sorry for the delay! Real life got a hold of me and wouldn't let me go. The good news is that I'm back to work on the bow and filming. I'm cutting string nocks right now, and will have the first stringing in just a few minutes. I'll have to edit the raw video footage and do some narration. That will take some time, but there's light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks again for watching. Tom

[cavalier1234]

Fantastic, looking forward to it!

[Anubis665]

very original never seen anything like this done.ill be your camera men if you teach me how to make one >:). great work

[cavalier1234]

Fascinating subject!

Looking forward the next installment, great work explaining the project and believe it or not, good camera work.

[tkwndo55]

lol ok hurry plz. ive been making board bows and recurves all the time. never tried thioss wanna see ho wit turns out. kppeace

[tkwndo55]

wheres part 4?

[Paleoaleo]

Thanks for looking. I'm a poor videographer for sure! I do plan on finishing. The bowstave is drying some more now. I hope to get back to the project, get it filmed and up onto the Tube. This will likely not be the best hunting weight bow as the stave has some problems with knots.  Time will tell if it will make a hunting weight bow or not! If not, I have others better suited to the job.

[Tubby3307]

very interesting clip. cant wait for the finished version

[anderec]

can't wait for more. you planning to hunt with that?