The Challenge: Make an American self-Flatbow using as few tools as possible...
Split a stave off a log I had here and got to work on Wednesday last week. First thing was to get a thinner stave from the split log so using a tomahawk I started thinning. Unfortunately the stave split with a twist at one end so that would need fixing later on.
Can see the twist in the end of the thinned stave.
Then I roughed in the handle. Next was to get the limbs thinned out a bit so it started looking like a bow. Still with the tomahawk. Some serious blisters kicking in by this point!!
I made sure to follow the twist when thinning. After this photo there was a second pass of thinning done with the tomahawk and then the limbs were rough shaped to width profile.
Heres where the picture stopped for a bit... and so did the work because my hands were had it!!
Will get more photos and continue the story tomorrow
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Colin