Building a Snakey Osage Orange SelfBow - Start to Finish

This week we're back with another traditional bow building video, building a snakey osage orange selfbow from start to finish. We'll start with a seasoned osage bow stave and use a draw knife to remove the bark. Then we chase a ring to get the bow's back to one single growth ring. I'm using a very basic bow building tool kit on this one - for the most part just a draw knife and farrier's rasp. I'll take you through laying the bow out, drawing the limb profiles, roughing out the bow and final tillering. When we're all done I strap on a bow quiver, load it up with arrows and head out to the pasture to shoot a few arrows. This longbow has slightly reflexed tips but you could use the same heat bending techniques to make a recurve bow if desired. For the most part this is an ASMR video but you should be able to see what's going on if you want to use this as a guide for building your own osage longbow. But i do have other videos on the channel that explain primitive bow making in depth. Don't forget to subscribe to the channel. We're uploading a new video each week that features one of the following topics: archery, bow hunting, bow building, survival skills, bushcraft, self reliance, primitive skills, primitive bows, hunting, camping, fishing, and a lot more! Surviving Alone by Clay Hayes - https://amzn.to/3Qqou3l Big thanks to our partners who help support these videos! Backpacks - https://kifaru.net/ Archery Gear - https://www.3riversarchery.com/ Tents & Tarps - https://seekoutside.com Binoculars - https://www.vortexoptics.com Arrow Shafts - https://surewoodshafts.com/ Clothing - https://www.firstlite.com/ You can also connect with me on my other media outlets! Website: https://www.twistedstave.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clayhayeshunter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clayhayeshunter/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/clayhayes