New Bow! Selfbow out of one piece of dogwood (Introduction + shooting)

[@snakeriverscotto]

A very nice video and good shooting! I enjoy making and shooting selfbows. I have found that they shoot as fast as my modern longbow when properly constructed. A Mollegabet design seems to consistently be the fastest. But we should not worry ourselves about such things! Enjoy the outdoors with a bow in hand.

[@ahmadzuhairi]

Very nice shooting both of you.

[@TheDayne]

Thank you! Still loving that bow, although it lost a bit of its poundage (about 2#). But I changed my arrow material and shoot lighter arrows, so all good still ;)

[@rxverb6537]

Great shooting!

[@danielbothke4869]

Schöner Charakter Bogen aus einem schönen Stück Holz, so ein gerades und dickes Stück Hartriegel bekommt man auch nicht so leicht, schön schnelles spannen des Bogens bei den Temperaturen ist langes Ankern tödlich für das Material. Wie oft sage ich das meiner Frau 😁

[@jimmoiscuderiaolive3408]

cool !!! very nice bow !!! you're lucky !!! nice shots !!

[@TheDayne]

+jim moi Merci Jim! I'm indeed lucky with that bow, it's a rarity, because it's made of dogwood. Also it performs well, i hope it will not break too soon. When you have a self made wood bow the first few weeks of shooting are the most critical, when it survives that, theres a good chance it will live long and prosper ;)

[@jimmoiscuderiaolive3408]

cool !!

[@AboCaveman]

Thanks for coming to my channel! You are a Very Good shot. I need to practice more. I'm also subscribed now.

[@TheDayne]

+AboCaveman Thank you for subscribing! I saw your video about the dogwood selfbow and just had to show you mine. Dogwood bows are really rare, my friend who made this bow told me that its hard to find a suitable piece of dogwood to build a bow out of.

[@AboCaveman]

your friend is right!

[@MikoArcher]

Congratulations! very nice bow!

[@TheDayne]

+Miko_Archer Thx Miko! I'm very happy with it :)

[@MikoArcher]

+TheDayne nice! and I want say you rather good archer!

[@TheDayne]

+Miko_Archer Thank you, you are a great shot too! I'm always working on getting better :)

[@MikoArcher]

+TheDayne THAT is very good and you shooting better than me.

[@sebiKing1507]

Schicker Bogen und schön geschossen! :)

[@TheDayne]

+Sebastian König Danke! Bin sehr glücklich mit dem Bogen, muss aber noch passende Pfeile dazu basteln. Die, die ich in dem Video verwende, gehören zu meinem Langbogen und sind ne gute Nummer zu steif für den Holzbogen :D

[@5tonyvvvv]

+TheDayne That Bow is fast! Very Good!!

[@Rowanbows]

schöner bogen. bei hartriegel bietet sich heat treating an is recht schwer das holz. dafür hälts ne menge aus. heat treating kannste auch mit alten bögen machen

[@TheDayne]

Hey, danke! Lustig, dass du das gerade erwähnst, weil erst vor ein paar Tagen hat mir ein Vereinskollege das für meinen Rubinien-Flachbogen empfohlen, da der schon ein sichtbares Stringfollow entwickelt hat (nicht unbedingt von Nachteil, aber trotzdem...). Der Hartriegel aus dem Video hat bisher kein Stringfollow entwickelt, denke da werde ich von einer Hitzebehandlung erstmal absehen.

[@Rowanbows]

@@TheDayne vielleicht hat der auch schon eine bekommen beim bau das beugt ja vor. bei robinie hab ich auch einiges rausgeholt mit wärme aber da hab ichs überm glutbett gemacht.

[@gatorkountry1136]

Very nice shooting. Just curious of what type of string material you're using on the primitive bow?

[@TheDayne]

+GatorKountry Thank you! I am using a selfmade dacron string, flemish twist.

[@Aaron-ud6wk]

I can speak German but can't write it! Grrrrr! Anyways great bow and video. Do you know what size diameter tree your pal cut? I see a lot of crown on the back so I thought it was from a sapling.

[@TheDayne]

Aaron Luna hey, i dont know the exact size, but dogwood itself rarely grows very tall and thick since its more a bush than a tree. the younger saplings are much too small to build a bow out of them. I'll see if i can reach my pal and ask him if he can remember.

[@Aaron-ud6wk]

LongbowArchery Don't worry about it. Asking your friend. I've worked with dogwood before but was wondering about your bow. Good stuff bud.

[@TheDayne]

If i reach him, i will write you here. By the way, i have since built my own first bow two months ago, you might want to check out my video about it. Its a white ash wood flat bow. came out really nice and shoots like a charm! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn68XqqmqLaXnrM