Slyngorm wrote on Mar 12
th, 2021 at 11:13am:
Super informative video. Can't wait for the next part.
Personally I like the design of Primitive Technology:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLoukoBs8TEYou can cut a bow with this method in little over an hour minus fire hardening.
All my bows so far have been of European beech. Can't find much info on it and the little there is says it's not very good.
Sorry the next video is going so slow. I wont forget and it will explain a ton of stuff for you.
But as for Primitive Technology. Yes its a cool design Slyngorm. And they are fun to make.
So here’s a weird thing about survival bows like that one. They don’t really help you survive. That’s sort of the irony lol. Even with a really good, accurate longbow killing game is so hard lol. Even when not in a survival situation, but add on the hunger, thirst, disease and demoralization and it’s very hard.
You can ask Mersa all about that.
But he’s making those bows with just rocks. With your survival knife/ hatchet, and smaller knife you can make a longer bow that will outshoot that one all day long with probably less effort. That’s what they call a “meat-making” bow. A simple, beautiful longbow with little reflex, super accurate and durable due to the longer limbs spreading out the stress over a larger area. If you are in a true survival situation and you decide to try and make a bow, you want a longer one like 68 inches nock to nock.
Still you will notice in that video that I cut a 60” inch stave or less. I don’t always follow my own advice lol.