Bow Building for Beginners - Build Your First Primitive Bow

[@Bullseyearchery]

This is probably the most informative bow building video on KZbin. Thank you, sir.

[@matthewmememaker2848]

You taught me to build a bow when I was just 13 years old. It might have been mystery wood , low poundage, and later broke. But that’s was the funnest bow I ever had.

[@grady7389]

I seen the bow you made

[@grady7389]

I seen the bow you made

[@billhamilton5949]

Thanks Ryan, I really enjoy all of your videos, made my first "hand carved maple" bow at about 10 yrs. of age.I violated front and back growth rings ( green wood) and it broke at a hinge on the first draw, but it sure was the most fun. Learned a lot since then and still learning at 73 years. Thank you again.

[@bradthebrewer5732]

Thank you for putting this video out there for free!

[@naterodgers5851]

Ryan Gill is the best. Idk where I’d be without him in my primitive journey. He’s got me making my own bows, knapping my own points and shooting my own arrows. My only wishes from him are more videos and a hog hunt with him sometime. I really appreciate everything

[@pierceschmeichel8711]

Perfect, very thorough! This is definitely everything a beginner needs to know. Great job, Ryan!!

[@angelostampanoni7336]

You are a great teacher. Thank you for the instructions.

[@WildBearFoot]

Glad to be a subscriber, this is by far one of the best channels on yt. It gives more knowledge than ten or twenty other channels I could name combined.

[@locomotivecommanderpicca4869]

Your videos are always excellent and informative, but I believe this might be the best one yet especially for beginners like myself

[@TheWazsan]

Excellent video man, you delivered the info smoothly. Easy to understand and follow.. ❤

[@SVBlueRecluse]

best bow instruction video I've ever seen.

[@MrToband]

GREAT video dude!, I'm just finishing my first bow, I started a couple months ago taking my time and learning as I go. Watched a bunch of Clay Hayes videos and 1 Ed Scott video, not taking anything away from those guys they're great bowyers but man I wish I'd have seen this video first, great stuff lots of information

[@huntprimitive9918]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@davidbrand5326]

Good job, Ryan , I watched with one of the young men I work with, and he was enthralled with the part we got to see. he’s very excited to make his own bow now. He realizes it’s not just me that makes bows, but somebody famous on the Internet too.😂👍👍🏹🏹🏹 keep up the good work!

[@blackhatch46]

Amazing video. Really summarizes the book and serves as a great companion to it.

[@clarkansas6590]

Good job

[@mrflytyerpinewood3708]

Thank you! Very inspirational. Thank you for taking the time and effort explaining all the details.

[@fietsbel1234]

And another great video, thanks a bunch! You're a real inspirator!

[@JonesH-nd4cd]

I love the new book it’s helped me so much!

[@6oc2012]

Amazing Video ! Thank you for teaching us.

[@836dmar]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you!

[@janrobertbos]

...you`d have made a GREAT teacher...😀

[@billhamilton5949]

He is a great teacher.

[@robertcarte95]

Good stuff. Always enjoy watching!

[@ronaldortiz9833]

I like using hazle wood for my bows hickory is not abundant here in the PNW Love your tutorials 👍

[@andrewbarritt8599]

Great video! I've got a tree out back in mind too.

[@TheNibbiobruno]

In my area when we cut for poles for a fence for example we look at the Moon

[@DannySanders-nj8xn]

Just for future reference, the sap tube is called pith. Great video. 🙃

[@ScentBowhunting]

Great video Quick and easy sre the key words

[@lundysden6781]

great teaching!

[@NightsideOfParadise]

The tiller of My recent short bow came out kind of iffy. Good time to go through the basics.

[@fishmaniachannel]

Very knowledgeable vedio👌

[@RedmanOutdoors366]

Amazing information bud 😎👍💯🔥🏹

[@radagast6682]

We only have Bitternut Hickory around here, and it grows in a spiral. The Hophornbeam also grows with a twist. The Bitternut Hickory also splits like american elm. 😝

[@pixel6576]

19:57 How do i get my stave into that rectangular shape so i can draw on it?

[@asmith7876]

With the same woodworking tools you will use to carve it out. Just done by eye.

[@focusofthefuture8689]

awesome stuff

[@Toxicpoolofreekingmascul-lj4yd]

I have a 4 inch shagbark hickory sapling I harvested years ago with over 60 growth rings in my basement, bark on but I didn't know to split it when I harvested it. It is pretty old but looks good and has no splits that I can see. Do you think it's okay to use? Should I split it or saw it in half at this point?

[@NOTMYCIRCUSNOTMYMONKEY]

Thanks Excellent Video to make Bow🎉🙏👏

[@jeebusyaweirdo3733]

Some other good bow woods imo are Osage orange and the incredibly underrated and rarely used black locust.

[@brucematzen4678]

You must live around OK. somewhere.

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Inch? Is that 250 mm?

[@richjageman3976]

I have acres of hickory and a few oak and and some Osage orange. Of these 3 trees what do you think would be the best?

[@akilanan5490]

Any Indian woods suggestions please?

[@SaileAway]

Hi Ryan thank you, I found this incredibly helpful. I live in Alaska and I want to back a bow with halibut skin. After bark tanning it becomes an incredibly tough, inflexible material. Would you tiller again after backing the bow? Thanks

[@denisestarr2314]

My first hikory bow , I cut in spring. Varced it into a beutiful shape , it was not completely dry , I started tilling it to soon . I believe i ruined it . I will star another one soon . And I will let it dry a year , Was a set back .

[@j.w.elliot788]

Where do you sell your books? I couldn't find them on Amazon.

[@huntprimitive9918]

That are available at www.huntprimitive.com

[@YawasopJudah]

I live in Washington state and the only wood that I can get kinda easy is cherry wood (very marginal at best made a very low poundage and doesn't cast very well) i have a bunch of big leaf maple on the property but have heard bad things it. So I've been making them from lumber ie. Home Depot 😮‍💨

[@bdlit7165]

I've heard natives preferred to use fire killed or lightning struck. Any thoughts?

[@manuelwebe]

Very interesting and very good tutorial. Bow making is a very craftsman-specific art. Yours is perfectly fine, but people should understand that bow making is a DO IT BY YOURSELF craftsmanship and that they would learn and improve by actually MAKING MANY BOWS. Recommending or discouraging the use of some tools (vice, rasp, hatchet, draw knives. motor tools) is totally craftsman-dependent. I have seen perfectly functional and beautiful bows made with just a parang machete or a hatchet, or with the help of band saws and other motor tools. Go make some bows by yourself, blow some away by making silly mistakes, and LEARN BY DOING, not by watching this or that KZbinrs. Thanks for sharing!

[@WildernessStudy]

I have a question for the community about their thoughts on found arrowheads: leave them where you found them? Turn them into a tribal elder or cultural center? Use it to hunt with respect to the craftsman who created it? Many thanks!

[@firestorm8471]

I have a Hickory stave about half again as large as the one you are showing and about a foot longer. I also have a dogwood stave about the same size. The idea was a Hickory bow and a butt load of dogwood arrows. Thing is, that was about 15 years ago when I stashed them away in my basement.. I just found them again and they are like STONE ! So my question is, can wood be too dried and hard for a bow?

[@grayman7208]

i have a question for you. i have an indian type(montoc) flat bow made of hickory. it is 30# at 28". is it possible to shorten the bow ? ( i want it to be more like a comanche bow) i would like to reduce the length by about 2-3" from each limb. is that possible ? if i do that, will it increase the pull weight ? and reduce the draw length ?

[@WildernessStudy]

I have a question for the community about their thoughts on found arrowheads: leave them where you found them? Turn them into a tribal elder or cultural center? Use it to hunt with respect to the craftsman who created it? Many thanks!

[@zacherywadsworth1934]

Leave them, most tribal communities will say the same. I know for my tribe we were told by the elders to leave them and not bother them.

[@ImNotLuthien]

I imagine the worst part of being a beginner at this, is the constant anxiety of fucking the entire thing at any moment lol I have a functional bamboo traditional bow my parents gave to me when I was like 10, because I´m a die hard LOTR fan, but I´ve been thinking about building my own one, looks complicated as hell, but lets give it a try.

[@brucematzen4678]

Like a welsh longbow

[@zilla8232]

Also checkout a Japanese wood rasp.

[@Unknown-ys3uf]

I put mine on my dash board after thinning it out lol

[@rodneyowens7919]

I've got white oak..

[@dougtuck1449]

Question we had to have al the ash removed, and there is a huge tree laying on the ground it's been there for a year ,if I use a chainsaw to cut it lengthwise in order to get it manageable to split will it work after laying that long or just stick with a hickory stave I have, this ash would have at least 20 bows in it it's just to big to split without sawing it, maybe laying on the ground rui ed it, there is another piece 20 inches in diameter they threw on a brush pile, hast touched the ground if I can drag it out with my truck, it's 15 ft long 20 inches diameter, just wondering?

[@WildBearFoot]

Strip the bark, there's a decent chance the beetles and wood wasps have gotten to them already or if you get moderate rainfall there might be fungus underneath the bark. Best bet is to use something newer.

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

We Europeans only have to feet. , I'm 187 cm tall, middle size, so i get a stick that long i guess. Ash or Taxis I guess..

[@BrankoBalaško]

Dosadno

[@charlescox6608]

Your gonna end up with a girls bow if your not careful !!!

[@roddecker1900]

Watched your advance build while back.like this one too.want to build one now. Was raised with a recurve. Wasnt much o a hunter then.🦬🐎