Making a Longbow: Osage Orange

I’m really excited to be building a longbow from Osage Orange in this video. This will be the first time I’ve completed a bow on video and it’s fun to break these type of projects down for you. Although it was a challenge, it was definitely worth the trouble.
This type of long bow, which is actually a flatbow, because of the flat, rectangular shaped limbs, being made from one continuous piece of wood from tip to tip, is called a selfbow.
I’ll walk you through the steps of picking out a stave, chasing a growth ring, laying out the measurements of your bow, to finally tillering it to your final draw weight.
Thank you all for watching and I hope you are inspired to start, or continue, your own bow making adventure.

Here is the link to The Homestead Craftsman's draw horse video, where I took inspiration when building my draw horse.
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