@BlackPanem Yes ive seen bows been made out of hawthorne from different regions. It has been done many times before. I have never attempted it though. It is always safer to make a wide limbed bow if you're unsure about a white wood's particular qualities.
i think it will make a good bow but when u are making it the back always has to be at the cambium layer or where u just take the bark off because it wakens the bow if you dont like when u were going with the grain when u were drawing it out u just leave the back at the cambium layer and u have to let the wood dry for 1 year if u want a good bow but aside from those little glitches you wil have a hopefully dependable bow :)
@erikgeorgebaker Different bow woods call for the back of the bow being at different levels under the bark due to different heartwood, sapwood, spring wood, and summer wood ratios. Osage is an example of this. I made note in the video that you can just leave the back as it was. But people have also made bows completely reversed where the belly of the bow is facing the outside of the tree..There are many ways to skin a catfish ;)
Dude me and my friend r soooooooo gonna make one of those and then we will do a review of it and a link to this vid. Thanks!!!! Ur like the only person that has a proper tutorial of how to make a self bow and I think u r a very skilled person!!!!!
Grasshoppers are a great scource of protein, but taste bad as I'm sure you know. Might want to cook it to kill any parasites in it though. Saw a long worm thing pop out of one that drowned in a puddle once. It was pretty gross.
god i hope i dont split my LOG if u know what i mean XD
AUGSOM3 1 month ago
Would olive tree wood work?
tefras14 2 months ago
how would a piece of pennsylvania hawthorne work? im not too familiar with wood and its differences and qualities
BlackPanem 7 months ago
@BlackPanem Yes ive seen bows been made out of hawthorne from different regions. It has been done many times before. I have never attempted it though. It is always safer to make a wide limbed bow if you're unsure about a white wood's particular qualities.
josef2424 7 months ago
@BlackPanem hawthorn is amazing
flamefinger1989 6 months ago
i think it will make a good bow but when u are making it the back always has to be at the cambium layer or where u just take the bark off because it wakens the bow if you dont like when u were going with the grain when u were drawing it out u just leave the back at the cambium layer and u have to let the wood dry for 1 year if u want a good bow but aside from those little glitches you wil have a hopefully dependable bow :)
erikgeorgebaker 7 months ago
@erikgeorgebaker Different bow woods call for the back of the bow being at different levels under the bark due to different heartwood, sapwood, spring wood, and summer wood ratios. Osage is an example of this. I made note in the video that you can just leave the back as it was. But people have also made bows completely reversed where the belly of the bow is facing the outside of the tree..There are many ways to skin a catfish ;)
josef2424 7 months ago
@erikgeorgebaker you don't have to let it cure for a year to make a good bow.
TheMo365 4 weeks ago
This is only your second bow? You could be a bowyer when you grow up. I like how humble you are in the beginning, ha.
ningabushman 7 months ago
Dude me and my friend r soooooooo gonna make one of those and then we will do a review of it and a link to this vid. Thanks!!!! Ur like the only person that has a proper tutorial of how to make a self bow and I think u r a very skilled person!!!!!
Skillet5123 8 months ago
good job, I enjoyed this vid. good to see your doing something productive at a young age damn Im getting old.....lol
swtchbckshtr 9 months ago
great video man
Tylerstallings1 11 months ago
Thanks for the video!
117dude 1 year ago
Grasshoppers are a great scource of protein, but taste bad as I'm sure you know. Might want to cook it to kill any parasites in it though. Saw a long worm thing pop out of one that drowned in a puddle once. It was pretty gross.
hellerZauberer 1 year ago