How to Turn a Wood into a 175cm One-Piece LongBow!

[@Xiaoqianfeng]

Thank you for watching! In this video, I crafted a 1.75-meter single-piece straight bow from Tuo wood, designed with tapered limbs for both elegance and functionality. The bow measures 175 cm with a draw weight of around 40 pounds. Crafting a single-piece bow has its challenges, especially in selecting straight-grained, well-seasoned wood, dried for at least two years. I’ll guide you through every step, from shaping the limbs to finalizing the design. If you’re passionate about traditional bow-making or curious about the process, don’t miss it! Hope you enjoy the video and feel inspired to create your own masterpiece!

[@TomoShibi3]

some times... u find a tool that not meny ppl found useful an d th i s is where the magic begins ;)

[@halloola3636]

Xiaoqianfeng, you´re crafty, beautiful and smart! What a stunning combination!

[@BlackWolf18C]

I remember putting up a half dozen beautiful red cedar logs to dry and age properly for turning into a single-piece bow. When they were finally ready, I had about two weeks left of classes before I could start on my project. My mother burned them for firewood somewhere in that two weeks. That ended my bow project in a hurry and started my desire to live alone in the mountains... Now that I live alone in the mountains, I've begun scoping out trees. Found a nice hickory recently that might just have to get cut down and stacked to dry. Never let go of your dreams.

[@iammichaeldavis]

Mothers, bro

[@shadownet3d]

I love your two helpers. They may not be the best assistants, but they are very affectionate. Great build and video presentation as always. You always make my day when you post.

[@Vinterfrid]

I dislike your two helpers. Extremely annoying with those pets who adds nothing to the video.

[@andrevantonder8206]

@@Vinterfrid 🤣🤣🤣

[@19MarcoPolo71]

Nothing gets past your Quality Control Department 😉 It’s nice to see how they’re always by your side as you work. Thank you for another outstanding video ☺️

[@Rubin5342]

Xiao, your talent is endless and . . . You have the cutest, sweetest kitty cat in the world. Thank you for great videos of fabulous craftsmanship. //ji Oregon

[@boucherphilippe2141]

Je ne connaissais pas ce type de bois ( le bois de Tuo ) . Bravo ma belle continue comme ça , tu as un admirateur... Je t'offre 75€ .... N'oublie pas de faire plein de gros bisous a tes fidèles compagnons ( 🐈❤️🐕❤️🐕❤️ ). Prend soin de toi... 😘😘😘

[@mfrederickson1]

Thank you for explaining in English - love your videos.

[@Priestbokmei1]

Wow! You sculpted a bow. Your craftsmanship is just excellent!🙂👏👏👏

[@stevenedmund5680]

your cat and dog are too cute ..great job on the bow

[@regamor9454]

I've only just found your channel. It's brilliant! You can learn so much through observation, without the need for endless chatter. Your skills are amazing. Thank you.

[@welshcrusade9837]

Wow, this is perfect. Like, 2 crafts I very much adore, Archery and Woodworking, with some lovely scenery, and cute animals. can't get much better than that

[@BMO_Creative]

Wow! Amazing skills and patience and beauty on display! Great video!

[@michaelsimbeck8262]

The place you live looks so nice. It looks like a small paradise.....

[@butsukete1806]

That table you're using for the glue-up is so nice. Love the end grain.

[@jhonm6347]

That's a beautiful city, I could easily live somewhere like this. I'm so impressed by how few tools you used to turn that log into this bow.

[@RayJohn-n4r]

This video is so great! You're one very talented lady. The longbow turned out beatifully, but it was your skill that made it so. Thank you for showing you shooting your bow and those arrows you made. And, thank you for a video that is without talking, just the easy listening music. I subscribed.

[@krispypriest5116]

I carve wood and make cos-play EVA foam weapons/armor and your skills are 2nd to none. As some have said in the thread, your First Nation Flatbow design is flawless (I'm Mi'kmaq FN). Thanks for sharing your beautiful life with the world.

[@Dawin4e]

A like for a cat is the main helper.

[@JonnyRZ]

Danke! Nice Work 😊

[@Priestbokmei1]

Oh, yes, your patience is NEXT LEVEL!

[@TomoShibi3]

your craftmanship is amazing t o feel

[@chipsettt1]

What a wonderful girl!!! Beautiful, modest and hardworking. I wish you good health and success in all your endeavors!!!

[@RagnarThorolfsson]

I love it, as always ! Great art, great manufacturing, beautiful nature scenes, funny animals and calming music 👍🏻🙏🏻☺️

[@flyingarrow6672]

I remember whittling a club out of oak with an axe, my hand got tired. I am amazed at this woman's endurance.

[@dillipphunbar7924]

What a beautifully crafted set, gorgeous footage of garden, animals and surroundings, and expertly demonstrated right down to the gestures and outfit! Subscribed.

[@vdrlng]

A beautiful example of dedication to craft..mMEOWww ! 💢

[@pauljoseph8338]

Her videos are so soothing.

[@danhei]

I greatly enjoy your videos. So glad you chose this life path and to share it with others. Cheers from 🇨🇦

[@NiJIcolaGirardI]

The cat is so cute😻😻😻

[@daniellewis984]

I watched a Yakutian cross country ski-maker, and he insisted the best skis are made from unbroken wood grain because you can get them lighter while retaining the maximum strength. To achieve this, he had made a special flat-one-sided seemingly dull axe which he didn't swing, but rather placed and struck. He then finished it with a draw knife similar to the one you seemed to use, which is probably what you seem to be achieving?

[@sambo170a]

Great job very skilled woman

[@johnford7847]

You are an archer and a very skilled bowyer and fletcher. Thank you for sharing. I would like to ask, is the red wood at the ends of the bow chosen for aesthetics or performance? Thank you.

[@th.burggraf7814]

Awesome ! That's what putting pride and dedication in your work means... 👍🏻

[@vladimirchurkin6106]

You and your videos are so amazing and meditative! Keep going please, you are a great artist. From Russia with love :)

[@kamikace8476]

looks like a beautiful place to live

[@kpopahjussi]

Your videos show what an amazing artist you are. But it is your skill as a bowyer that makes me want you to be on my team when the zombie apocalypse comes.

[@kpopahjussi]

@@silverlining_1995 Bowyer is the term for someone who makes bows as she does.

[@silverlining_1995]

@ I see

[@Zaharath7]

Another beautiful bow for the collection. I like how soothing your videos are. And clouds are nice. 😁

[@robertr4193]

Very nice looking long bow. Nice craftsmanship. The wood looks a lot like what we here in the USA call Osage Orange.

[@michaw3248]

Każdy Twój film oglądam z prawdziwą satysfakcją. Piękna robota😊

[@rolandvasquezguzman9083]

It is always a real joy to watch your videos. Thank you for sharing.

[@LostinNoir]

I've greatly enjoyed this channel for little while

[@Roborebonzo]

Just came across your videos today. This is the third one I've watched and I have similar bows to the first two I watched, a Chinese bow and an American hunting bow. This bow is the very same profile and shape as my flatbow except mine is 189 centimeters long. I have just subscribed!

[@JTP1982]

I so enjoy when I see a video from your channel. I love it. I love the style of it all. The old fashion style is awesome. Would love seeing a crossbow

[@py2rpjrubens450]

A hard and beautiful work! Yours "assistents" are funny! Thank's for sharing!!

[@reggiep75]

As always, a nice, calm and relaxing video.

[@이현겸-k4m]

I'm just waiting for this girl's video to be updated in Korea. a great video.a beautiful girl. a cute cat

[@frostphoenyx]

Absolutely superb. You are a master craftswoman.

[@jerrycapizzi2081]

Wow, she is deadly accurate with that bow!

[@christiestratton8005]

You are an amazing inspiration. I wish for you to have much happiness and success.

[@steverosse]

Excellent. You are an inspiration.

[@ericmueller1987]

Craftsman and an archer!

[@andrewreeman2805]

very talented lady wonderful craft making a longbow and arrows and to use thr bow is great lovely video

[@DBELLTREE]

Such a cool build and video. Hello from Detroit.

[@fabienmargerie6815]

It's always a pleasure, love your work.👍😎

[@libervolucion]

Such a perfect piece of art. Keep it up.

[@jorgemeza-gt7jj]

Our love and respect for you. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing your videos.

[@malc121]

You work very hard to make a beautiful bow,your skills are amazing thank you for sharing ❤❤❤❤

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

thank you for this wonderful video. greetings from germany,

[@ValkoBranislav]

Úžasná práca. A máš veľmi pekných spoločníkov a pomocníkov. Hlavne tú krásnu mačku...😁😁😁🌹

[@Savinov_Pavel-03.02]

Итак, берёшь сосновое бревно на 30 сантиметров в диаметре и при помощи перочинного ножика и пилки для ногтей превращаешь его в палочку для еды или возможно лук😂😮😊 Добавлю, а работать с деревом разными инструментами она умеет. Подписан и смотрю её уже четыре года. 🤗

[@aquahoodjd]

I'm in the middle of making a 2 m laminated bow and it's my first attempt and it's turning out okay. I had to laminate it because it was store-bought wood and it was the only would I had access to so I bought it and let it chill for about a year before I laminated it and started shaping it and I'm about 75% done with it before I start tuning it. I was thinking of adding one more piece of lamination just to clean up any nicks or parts of the lamination where because I'm new I might have damages a little.

[@ahsokatano6059]

love the autofill quiver

[@gugungunawan3023]

It's been a long time since I saw Miss Xiao Qian Feng. happy to see you who made the longest bow. Xiao Qian Feng cantik dan kreatif ❤🫶❤️

[@chainreaction8977]

Invaluable skills, thank you! ...also, thank you for the eye-candy...

[@yume750]

What a beautiful result, especially when you give your working process a little cinematographic flavor. Just a humble notice tho, if you intend to go with oil finish it's better to not use a high grit sandpaper. 200 is generally the top border. A higher grid will close up the pores of the wood with very fine wooden dust and it'll prevent oils from soaking deep into the surface. Edit: I'm not arguing against the fine sending, it is important to get a good feel for the grip. Just saying that it would be better to do a 180 grit, apply oil, let it soak first and *then* do the finer sending and apply oil again.

[@lwks1]

Você está sempre fazendo algo incrível 🙂

[@exzendar2523]

Amazing work and video ❤🫡👍🐱

[@HANZLA722]

Love your art and i am also an artist Keep it up and well doing💖💖

[@mishakrokodiloff2305]

Спасибо за удовольствие от просмотра этого отличного видео, желаю удачи и новых творческих успехов! 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@yves-noel-mariegonnet1043]

Extraordinairement magnifique, admirable: un très grand Bravo! Un très grand Merci!

[@notfeedynotlazy]

Very interesting how you shoot an European bow Chinese style - *and it works!* Also, I'm totally stealing that shark skin strip for my next bow 😀

[@Tribecasoothsayer]

Excellent craftsmanship and video! The scenes with your sweet furry companions are lovely. How long did the whole process take once the wood was dried?

[@sennoriQQ]

日本から観てます、いつも可愛くて素敵です💓

[@geronimodantas2724]

Parabéns. Seu trabalho é excelente. Sucesso e paz.

[@michaelbrinks8089]

She's a pretty 😍 little Princess

[@nickstoic2944]

Great work of art, awesome.

[@juandiego149]

U are a diamond woman. I love how outstanding u are in ur craft, passion and discipline as a martial arts. But with the soft feminine sweet spirit that a man dream to find in a girl and the love for archery. U rock

[@chrisparti]

Your videos are always so enchanting and peaceful and your skills are so amazing and varied... Your cat and dog are so wonderful playing together, what are their names? ❤

[@luisfernandez3118]

Excelente trabajo y muy hermoso el lugar donde vives saludos desde Chile

[@nevillesavage2012]

For the Bowyers out there. TUO WOOD was used according to the description. Looks alot like Osage- but at 6:46 We can see the Sap Wood still intact for the back of the bow. If Osage I think the maker would know that it is not ideal for Sap wood to be the back. Just an observation. Great job all around though. Liked the use of clamps instead of a vice

[@marcoscontreras3758]

hola, te felicito quedo hermoso gracias por mostrar tus trabajos cuidate, saludos desde Chile

[@ПавелПекарь-м8т]

first time when i see, bowmaster woman, but its good if u can make it, great bow

[@miguelangelcarbonellrojas5362]

lo que mas me impreciona es que haces todo a mano sin maquinas

[@RobertoLobina-fn1or]

Complimenti per te e la tua manualità 🏹🏹🏹❤👍

[@ThePCExpertAmateur]

Well done!

[@michaeldavid4227]

Parabéns moça ótimo trabalho 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰☺️❤️🌹congratulations great job

[@Richard.D]

Simply beautifully made bow, by a beautiful lady 😊

[@johncoleman6908]

You are an amazing maker! I love your videos, because, you actually do all the work yourself. There are no camera tricks, or time jumps in your videos, and it shows your diligence to represent the Maker World in a wonderful light. I also like, for this bow, how you used the tools that were used by the men and women of the past. Keep up the great work!❤️

[@Scarecrows2018]

💜💜💜💜

[@yvancoissieu7390]

❤Beaucoup. Beau travail 😊👌👍

[@Neko-vt6df]

Интересно узнать, что за местность в Китае на видео! Хотелось бы там побывать когда-нибудь! Райское местечко!)

[@Mahmmaddz]

You are great good work keep it up ❤

[@user-mq9ms7bn8n]

Amo estos videos

[@esalehtismaki]

Nice woodwork. Medeival English longbows were made so that outside was sapwood and inside was heartwood. It took up to 4 years to make one, as the wood was slowly worked to shape. It also took a long training to use one, because they were very stiff.

[@faustchen2669]

小芊楓真愛做弓，你已經做多少把啦 @@a

[@lucianoeguchi2122]

WORK OF ARTE!🤩

[@MarcelinoDanielsson-le4mz]

The prettiest white australian aboriginal I´ve seen.

[@Alex_Was_Taken]

the cat in the background at 2:02 🤣

[@zhizn_kak_ona_est]

Это девушка может всё: удивительная 😊😊❤

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

There is a major Chinese movie genre about the quiet girl genius martial artist. This woman is a real life example of a martial artist and craftswoman.