Villosa's Bow Building debut

[CN]

Well Here he is as i was told last night he had a Native American Projcet for school . He asked me to help him Build a Bow ,An being we have such short time to build a Plains Indian Bow I chose Willow as it will dry much much faster but it is a very very spongy wood so not a good shooter . Any How here is the Bowyer Now .
Drum Roll.............

Picked out a tree (Hickory for a Later Project)

piece of Barbed wire kept hitting on every swing . it scared the heck out of him ......I about died laughing .

Looking for a good center

The cut . We Chose the bow to be 36" inches because most Bows shot from Horse Back were very short

After cutting the Stave to Length . He drew the shape of the bow an is now centering his lines .

At this stage things happen very fast he is removing lots of wood very quickly This is called Roughing out. We Stopped here for the day to give the Stave a day to loose some moisture.

we will Continue Tomorrow Night . So till then

CN & Villosa

 

[SirKristoff]

nice hope it comes out well and he gets an A on the project. he better, looks like hes putting some hard work into it! keep it up!

 

[uphwiz]

this is a very cool project
thanks ill b watching

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

I can't wait to see it finished! I have often wanted to make a bow, but lacked, well, lots of stuff, including motivation.

 

[CN]

He had alot of fun with this Today says he cant wait till after school

 

[Capensis]

Neat-o. Can't wait to see the finished product. ;D

 

[Wolfn]

I'm Native American myself

 

[CN]

So am I i am A Kickapoo

 

[CN]

All Done

 

[SirKristoff]

nice!!!! should atleast sand it down a bit though ;p

 

[rattler]

most the natives around here use compound bows, tell him to start whittling out some cams

 

[CN]

LOL......... Rattler That's funny.

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nice!!!! should atleast sand it down a bit though ;p

We are ........ LOL

 

[rattler]

28 years on the rez, the natives i know that bow hunt used compounds, do know a few white boys that use a stick and string though.......mostly though the natives prefer something like a 30-06 :grin:

neat project though......if he is seriously interested in this stuff there are a couple magazines, Primitive Archer and Traditional Bowhunter that can be found on most newsstands with a good selection of hunting mags....Backwoodsman is another good one about making outdoor stuff yourself and the like....

 

[CN]

Yep rattler I get all three magizines. They are great. But don't forget Stickbow.com