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Hi Nicholas. Asian butcher shops readily sell Ox tendons. They range in length anywhere from 6-10inches, this is where I source my sinew from

Love it ..... how'd you go with the sinew I sent you? Did you get onto the arduous task of splitting it all down yet

Hey Troy

Have made one with Aussie PVC, still works nice, but poundages aren't anywhere as good, aussie stuff has a wall thickness of 2mm at best where as the U.S schedule 40 has a 5mm? wall thickness

Thanks Daryl you're a champion

Hi all

Im in the market for some hickory backing strips, say 80" in length, not quite sure of thickness?, (what's the norm about 5mm?) . . . They'll be backing some yew

Thanks all

How **** is the world when you can't even oust a no gooder without potentially getting sued for defamation of character. ......looks like the 'bad' guys win

GAME OVER MAN! GAME OVER

Why wouldn't you name them?
By not doing so you're just protecting them!. . . and allowing others to fall victim

Political correctness?

So now if you make you make your own arrows you will be illegally manufacturing a controlled weapon/missile

There was a fella on paleoplanet undertaking a similar endeavor, as I recall he used yew for his limb at a similar length and pulling around the same poundage, ill have a dig around for it and send you the link once I find it

What length is the prod going to be?

Sounds like you need to use steel

Bugger!, hope she made a nice fire though!
Was it a flat bow or did it have a round belly? Also any pics?

I'm with you on that one clinglish!, in my opinion there should be two categories of traditional

Traditional Style: which would include laminated 'traditional' bows/arrows incorporating modern materials
Traditional: all true traditional equipment, no modern materials

Awesome job!!!, very appealing to the eye, this has given me inspiration for the next bow I paint

Great looking set of tools there Joe!

I'm especially diggin that bone chisel, how do you think the sandstone will hold up? Either way I'm looking foward to seeing you craft a true primitive bow & arrows!

That would have to be one of the most orignal looking & prettiest bows I have seen for awhile!...10/10

Awesome work Col!

I love seein them shorties what's the overall length of the bow?, if it's only 39" ntn and 48#@16 it would be a killer on your fingers!. What's the brace height on her?

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

Looks like he was getting some pretty decent fps out of that thing!. Can anyone I.D the tree that he used for his bow?

Excellent result!, did you use a grid behind your tiller or just eye ball it?

You'll want a few boards on hand as back ups, another thing when selecting your boards is to choose the ones that have the straightest grain throughout their length, the picture of the board on the right is the ideal grain you're looking for in a red oak board

Hi Daniel welcome to Ozbow My advice would be to get yourself to Masters and buy up a decent amount of red oak boards (if they still stock it that is!). If they have none in stock I would suggest buying a board of spotted gum and a piece of pole bamboo (about 6 inches in diameter) to use as a backin...

Very interesting read!

The ways of a time which has been long since forgotten & never even learned by the "great" white hunter
Thanks for sharing jacko

Ace lookin bow bigbob!, the denim has a nice contrast with the timber. Bummer about the splinter :( ... makes me wonder if a fabric backing has any real benefit, perhaps it's biggest benefit is it prevents you from punching yourself in the face if the bow fails but doesn't actually prevent the failu...

Here's my little number :Bow Horn belly with a sinew back, no wood core, tad over 4" in length, draws to a tad over 2"... and I think I could draw it back even further!, tillers pretty bad but it's good enough :roll: I'll try and max out the draw and break the bow but it's a pretty tough l...

You're on the money indie if you get that mid limb working more it will relieve that hinge that you're seeing at the fade

Looks nice so far indie, the left limb looks a tad stiff around the mid limb area but it looks like it's coming around nicely, ...I would also make a long string for the bow and string it up to a low brace height, say 3 or 4 inches then put her on the tiller & observe how she looks....slow and s...

Hi scott

Are you talking about using the white oak as a lamination, or using it as a solid piece and making a 'selfbow' type limb?
I know that white oak can be used to make selfbows so I can't see it being all that bad to use.

Holy smokes that's a small bow woodie! :shock: ....what did you use for string material? Looks like dental floss.....the little quiver and arrows have got me inspired to....think ill make my bow the same size and see if I can make some equipment to match :Axe Can you put up some more pic's of that 1...

Hi gang Just got this idea off a U.S trad bow site, would there be any takers on here?. Not thinking of this as a competition but more of a challenge really, here are the rules that they laid down for theirs Must be composed of one solid piece of wood. Longbow, recurve, flatbow, etc. Must be under 1...