New hazel bow

[Niels]

So I managed to string it up with some nylon cordage, I'll have to go looking for something else though.
My intention was to go for a real aboriginal bow, using only my knife. I ended up using many tools though.
I didn't use a tillerboard, just my windows. I'm not sure what a longbow tiller is supposed to look like. I kept the thing nice and long so I don't think it will break soon.


003 by Sami knives, on Flickr


002 by Sami knives, on Flickr

I have no way of measuring, but it feels like it's about 50#



Thanks for looking and please tell me what you think

 

[Dreadhead]

looks braw nice one mate

 

[huntersforge]

Nice one Niels. Looks good

 

[Rockmonkey]

Well done my fellow member, that look great, keep us up to date on how the arrows fly!
Are you gonna make your own arrows?

RM

 

[copper_head]

Looks good Niels

 

[grey-array]

Not bad my friend, not bad.
I should tiller it one time, more throughly as there is still a stiff point in the upperlimb,
but not bad, lets us know how that beauty shoots ^^
I need to get my self around to making one
Yours sincerely, yer fellow dutchy Ruud

 

[crosslandkelly]

Well done mate!

 

[Niels]

Thanks fellows, I will be making it some arrows from dogwood saplings I have drying on the heater.
And Ruud now that you mention it, I do believe the upper limb could do with another scraping.

 

[dwardo]

Thats a great nice start nice one

On the next one try and get the mid limbs working a little more. The bend seems to be more concentrated around the handle area.

Either way good job

 

[Niels]

Thanks! Maybe with some rasping it will get a little bit better. Here are my dogwood arrows drying over the heater. I dried the bow like that too and it worked fine, went from green to bow in 3-4 weeks.

2012-12-12 21.22.55 by Sami knives, on Flickr