One for the Ladies – you can do it.

How to make a Bow, a String or a Set of Arrows. Making equipment & tools for use in Traditional Archery and Bowhunting.

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One for the Ladies – you can do it.

#1 Post by greybeard » Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:48 pm

I thought this was quite an enjoyable build along. Notice the home made fletching jig.

Daryl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NfeBgtVFrY
"And you must not stick for a groat or twelvepence more than another man would give, if it be a good bow.
For a good bow twice paid for, is better than an ill bow once broken.
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#2 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:04 pm

Very interesting and we can be so thankful to live here and have the tools etc that we have. It would have been good if they showed more details like aligning the limbs and tillering etc. She certainly knew what she was doing. Thanks for posting it up Daryl.

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#3 Post by greybeard » Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:44 pm

Jeff,

I have been watching quite a few videos on making traditional bows in Asia and the bowyers appear to prefer using traditional hand tools.
Perhaps they believe using traditional tools is the way it should be.

Daryl.
"And you must not stick for a groat or twelvepence more than another man would give, if it be a good bow.
For a good bow twice paid for, is better than an ill bow once broken.
[Ascham]

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” [Einstein]

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#4 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:22 pm

greybeard wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:44 pm Jeff,

I have been watching quite a few videos on making traditional bows in Asia and the bowyers appear to prefer using traditional hand tools.
Perhaps they believe using traditional tools is the way it should be.
Perhaps they do.

Jeff

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