How to Shape a Hupa Bow, Primitive Bowmaking

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

Really fascinating. I have always been fascinated by short bows.

[@jamesburnett7085]

You are amazing. I have had a seven foot piece of Osage Orange in my garage for twenty years. It has a fine grain and a lot of little knots. I wish I knew a bow maker to give it to. Michigan, USA Detroit area

[@knolltop314]

If it's still avail, will check with several of my primitive bow-making friends who are in MI.

[@haroldcroy922]

Respect from a Karuk Indian

[@wildearthproject_bushcraft]

Hey I've got a yew bow with long cracks in it, from drying will sinew backing work?

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

Just in time. I am about to start making one myself.

[@yellowsundarkside1418]

nice Shooting skills...

[@jacoblee5546]

So how wide are the mid limbs? And how thick is the handle area? (Not width but thickness for it to bend and work)

[@brushbum7508]

COOL ! TAKE CARE..

[@user-mb4se6km5p]

Very excited 😆😆😆

[@_boss_2833]

I don't perfect speak english. What wood is the bow made of?

[@leon-ki1ss]

q madera usan?

[@brawndothethirstmutilator9848]

Se puede usar una variedad de madera dura (tejo, roble, cedro, enebro, etc.). Arco hupa: Arco típico de los indios de California, hecho de tejo de buena calidad, ancho y plano en las extremidades, fuertemente reforzado con tendones y con muescas formadas por bandas superpuestas y circulares del mismo material. Tiene un fuerte reflejo. La empuñadura es de tira de piel de venado atada en el centro. Está pintada de rojo y azul en un diseño a cuadros en la parte posterior. Largo, 47 pulgadas; diámetros: debajo de la empuñadura, 1½ por ½ pulgadas, circunferencia, 3¾ pulgadas; en la mitad de las extremidades, 2¼ por ⅜, circunferencia, 4¾ pulgadas; en las puntas, ⅞ por 7/16, circunferencia 2 pulgadas. La cuerda es de tendón muy suavemente retorcido parecido a una cuerda de violonchelo, con un bucle formado en la parte superior y sujeto en la muesca inferior mediante nudos corredizos. Un poco de cuerda de algodón se extiende desde el bucle hasta la muesca superior. Cuando está tensado, este arco es muy musical, tiene una tensión suave y uniforme y pesa 40 libras; tensado a 22 pulgadas, dispara a 148 yardas. En acción, se dobla en el centro y, en consecuencia, patea en la mano. Parecería ser un buen arco para caza menor.

[@marvelschillman5209]

What kinda wood is it?

[@marvelschillman5209]

It's yew isn't it

[@user-mb4se6km5p]

Yes it's me

[@louiepacheco327]

Maybe juniper ?

[@chucklearnslithics3751]

Based on his location, the particulars of the knots, and the heartwood, my guess is juniper. Although there's not nearly as much cracking and checking I usually see in juniper.

[@markswanson3337]

It's what we call Shaggy Bark Juniper

[@dougsmith8421]

I heard that Steve Alley guy helped you TONS with Hupa bow information for a couple of years before you came out with this. Where's any of the credit to him, or did you just takel the info and run with it?

[@thesleeper530]

these are traditional bows, not steve alley bows

[@BigDaddyBangBang]

I noticed you actually didn't copy what Primitive Pathways does in his DVD. Congrats!