How to Build a Primitive Bow by Jamie Burleigh

Author:Jamie Burleigh [Burleigh, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sports & Outdoors, Hiking & Camping, Instructional, Individual Sports, Archery, 30 Minutes (12-21 Pages), Outdoors & Nature
Amazon: B00DOE00CM
Publisher: Jamie L. Burleigh
Published: 2013-06-26T04:00:00+00:00

• How much wood do I remove?

• The bow will determine its final shape, you just have "listen" to what the bow tells you to do...for example

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• If your drawknife is chattering on the wood in a certain spot, work it from another direction...

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• If the knot in the wood keeps pulling up splinters...work from another angle, or just let it be...

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• Some parts of the bow may be thick, and some parts of the bow may look like they are getting thinner than the rest, take note of this and mark it with a pencil as some parts of the wood may be naturally stiffer than other spots...

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• When removing wood you can never really work too slowly! You can not put wood back on to the bow! Go slow!

• At this point get to know your bow, every dip, every twist, around every knot etc. Using a nice scraper at this point to go over the whole bow removing all the tiny missed spots of bark and tool marks.

• Every time you work on the bow, and after every completed "stage" you should wipe the bow down with fat and burnish it in. Really take the time to cover every inch of the bow, and do not be afraid to really work it in deep with pressure, I usually use a hardwood stick, or an antler tine when I do this.

• Generally I try to work the bow gently from the center of the handle section to each tip in a gradual taper.

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