Making an English long Bow part one
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Published 2023-01-19
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For all of us with strong English ancestry but historically, generations removed from the UK, this was a thoroughly wonderful episode! I've dreamt of crafting my own longbow for decades. I may still get to it one day, but it will be quite a task trying to find pure English Yew here in the prairie east of the Black Hills of South Dakota! Thank you so much for covering this subject matter in so clear and inviting a manner and in so lovely a countryside as your own community!
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greetings sir and everyone.i was very excited to come across your video lesson.made a cup of coffee and enjoyed your lesson.
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Very interesting subject 👌
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That was so neat to see that Ancient Stone Church and those genuine Yew trees. I was, little by little, buying a "Pacific Yew" longbow from an Archery Shop, but a big guy way overdrew the bow and it broke. It was built by John Strunk and I had to have it because I had read about John in Traditional Bowyer's Bible and the bow shot smooth and fast at my 26" draw length. Now, I am going to look and see if you did a follow up video to this one.
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Good man! Well done for perseverance. Looking forward to the finished product. Must try not to shoot the Vicar!
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Nice, hey draw knives are very affordable now if you can't find one at the second hand shops. Just found your channel through the youtube suggestion lottery! Handles are my weakness so I will see if you have vids on that topic in your libary or in future vids!
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You've hit the mark with this video. Why? Because you actually select yew. The processes' involved in making the bow are absolute reality; no "cutting corners" ( using oak/hickory et al).
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Is it possible to artificially dry the wood if you aren't able to wait years for the stave to dry?
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Estaria bueno que lo tradujeran al español auque sea con subtitulos gracias..
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I started Bow building like 2 month ago. So far i only worked with easy wood like Hasel or Maple. I cant find fitting tree for a english longbow where i live
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Please look at Tillering your long bow 😊
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I’m pretty sure that any ships bringing in goods to London/ England around Henry Eighths time had to supply staves for longbows as tax
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What kind of wood is this?
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Do you have 2 sheds?
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Nice to see people giving it a go, well done. If you need help with making English longbows then maybe my channel will help.
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I don’t know why the video quality is so bad
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no part 2?
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Anyone used a palm sander to remove the bark?
