159 French knights disliked this video. But seriously...I am finishing up a Meare Heath-style bow of hickory, and I have some Irish linen thread that I'll be using for a string. It will be my first attempt at making my own string, and I think the waxed linen will work well in the dry Wyoming climate. Love this video, Mick, and I'll definitely be checking out your others. Thank you!

Oh my god your videos are better quality than KZread's modern people these days, you should have more subscribers

Had the bow set up at a pro shop. It performed just fine kzread.infoUgkxQEKUoxLWwayEDZR0NKB-5limn4MBU-2L . And I would say this is a good starting now that I could pass down to my son when he is older.But the package was missing the release and a nock was missing from one arrow.Dealing with customer support was terrible. They suggested I buy a new release rather than correct their own quality control issue because it’s to expensive for the. to ship it out from China.Update: manufacturer got back to me and resolved the issue. I retract the above statement.

HI MICK. I'VE NEVER SEEN A BETTER DEMONSTRATED MOVIE ON MAKING A FLEMISH TWIST OR TIMBER HITCH. WELL DONE. THANK YOU GARE. O.K. NOW MICK. SERVING TIME.

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Gare, why thank you! Appreciate that. Yes, I'll be doing the serving one next! Thanks for watching. Atb, Mick

@abetteridge84

6 жыл бұрын

Two of my favourite Archery guys right here! You boys are awesome

@Starlingchaser

5 жыл бұрын

Serving time? Sounds like you're doing a stretch inside... :-)

@DaytonaStation

4 жыл бұрын

Gary ...I will make you a long bow. Mick I would like to hear from you. I am in NYC

@alejandroolivares6263

4 жыл бұрын

Either way your theory's r ignorant and pointless why the dog pound in what way is there demise important to these people how does their presence, lyrics, and actions affect our youth kids dont Even listen to there music all of there's fans r in there 40s and 50s

You have such a soothing soft spoken voice that not only is it a pleasure to watch you work, but to listen as you instruct as well. It's like you're the Bob Ross of bowyery. I look forward to putting your instruction to use! I may not have to make a Flemish Twist string jig after all, now that I've found your video!

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Hello! Yes, perfectly possible to make a good string without a jig. Of course a jig makes the taper from the loop very neat and even and if you want a double-looped string a jig definitely makes that task more straightforward. But if you are happy with a single loop, then making a string entirely in your hands is a good skill to have. Thanks for watching. Mick

@OldNavajoTricks

5 жыл бұрын

And just, Down here I think, yyeees, just by well, kind of near what I like to call the nocking point, we'll just add a happy little arrow, And nobody is happy alone so lets add him in a few friends.... Sergeants war cry.....Aaaarcherrrrrrrrrrss! Loose! And there we have it, a beautifully sussurrating swarm of syncopated shafts merrily flying towards the French lines, Simply beautiful.

Mick.... You're made for T.V. I see a 12 part series on the Discovery end of the t.v. schedule where Mick explores the history of war bows around the world. Episode 1, the English war bow, the making of and using of. Next 11 episodes , Mick takes his longbows around the world, visiting bowyers who make and shoot traditional war bows from their cultures, every episode ending with them trying to shoot your war bows. It's a winner, can't fail. You get a free world tour and a wad of cash ( don't forget me lol ) and we get something decent to watch on t.v. 👍👍👍

My gosh, this guy explains things very well. Excellent video!

@MickGrewcock

3 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

So modest. Makes some of the best looking longbows and strings.

@MickGrewcock

Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

Watched this video 4 years ago how to make bow string for my home made bows for myself and my kid. Now 4 years later it shoved up as watched when i searched how to make bowstring for my next kids first bow. Great video. ps The bowstring made 4 years ago still works ;)

@MickGrewcock

Ай бұрын

Thanks for coming back! Good luck.

I know this is an ’old’ video, but I think it needs to be said that your explanation of a quite complicated process is clear and lucid, and very easy to follow. Thank you. And I hope your back is showing some improvement! Les

@MickGrewcock

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Les 🙏

Thanks, you are a good teacher. I made strings a long time ago, but now I have to make new strings for a longbow I picked up.

Thank you for teaching me how to make a Flemish twist string. Nice clear and easy to follow. Good camera angles. Thanks again.

Wonderful tutor and excellent tutorial! I wish others on KZread were somewhere near you. Thank you!

Decided 30 seconds in i wasnt going to use this method, watched the whole video because its so relaxing Edit: Changed my mind, definitely doing this

@ReichenbachEsq

5 жыл бұрын

LittleHoodlums lol...I love it

It's a pleasure to hear it from you Mr Grewcock..

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sarajen - appreciate you watching. Atb, Mick

just had to say that was as clear and well presented a demonstration as I have ever seen. Thanks to you I now own a few self made bowstrings which shoot well and I had great fun and satisfaction in making. Keep up the good work.

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Hi David - thank you for that excellent comment! I'm delighted that you feel my video is clear to understand - and it seems you've had a try and succeeded. Well done. Thanks again for commenting and of course watching. Atb, Mick

Yes Please Mick!! A serving tutorial would be fantastic!

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

On the way! Atb, Mick

I had a friend show me how to do this year's ago but I forgot how to do it. Thanks for the refresher!

I’m not a archer so I didn’t understand making this and the terms but it was cool to watch and you are a good teacher.

I could watch you make a Flemish Twist several times, and each time is just as enjoyable as the first. God Bless you, Mick

@MickGrewcock

8 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks

You sir are a great teacher...I made a 40lb bow and Flemish twist string folowing your instruction....I lived and hunted in England for five years in Cambridgeshire...miss you guys!

@colecrissinger8797

3 жыл бұрын

My bow is 5 foot from notch to notch so 5 foot is 60 inches and you’re supposed to add 20 inches so do I set my nails I’m going to use make my strands at 80 inches?

I am ust starting to research how to make a bow. Not going for fancy, just function. This was great information, thank you

@mackenzieblack5402

Жыл бұрын

How is it coming along? I just got done with my first red oak board bow! It sure beats pvc pipe

That is hands down the best bowstring making video I've ever seen. Thank you so much. keep up the good work.

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Richard Ashton Thank you so much! Appreciated.

Sir, I'm glad that you share your experience, I hope I can learn more, please keep making videos, great job thanks a lot

Best Flemish twist tutorial I've seen.

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

+Charles Davis Thank you Charles!!

Thanks for taking the time to make this video. Excellent info.

Mick, you are the best presenter on youtube. It was indeed a pleasure to watch this video. I hope to make my first Flemish Twist in a day or so for the prod of the crossbow I have just finished making.

Thank you so much Mick, I have just been watching a few of your videos, i speak as someone who is about to take up traditional archery for 1st time ever, not to compete, but purely for enjoyment and fun, as i now have the time ( i work 4 on 4 off shift pattern) You have inspired me to go for it. It seems to me that you have a genuine "feel" for what you do, and i really like your style. Thanks for your inspiration.

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Hello Allan, well I'm delighted that you are going to have a try at traditional archery! I hope that you find it rewarding. Your shift pattern may help you get some time in with a bow, especially as we see the evenings getting lighter and the weather kinder. I started just 13 months ago and am entirely self-taught - I heat learned a lot without it consuming all my time. I am delighted that I have given you some inspiration to have a try and I appreciate you telling me that you enjoy my videos. Good luck with your new interest! Atb, Mick

THANKS SO MUCH FINALLY SOMEONE CAN TELL ME HOW TO TIE THE BOWYER"S KNOT PROPERLY

After accidentally cutting my string in half the night before a Field shoot this was very useful.😁

Ok I just finished my first bow string it came out very good if I do say so my self! Much better than the string that came with the bow! Thanks so much. 👍🏻

Thank you for this video! I made my first bowstring using this video as a guide and it worked spectacularly.

Your expertise is exceptional! We must all value the time proven art of doing things ourselves for goodness sakes. Teachers like yourself can help us less skilled bow enthusiasts and I urge beginners to pay attention to what these teachers of the old arts tell you. Thank you for your willingness to teach with no "strings" attached.

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark, that's a very kind comment. Appreciate you watching and commenting. Atb, Mick

Thanks Mick I really enjoy your videos , I myself am a raw beginner so watching Your explanations are so helpful and entertaining , Mick Collins novice bowman !

@MickGrewcock

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Heather 🙏

I found your demo easier than all the others I seen on KZread,, thank you

What an amazing guy... Great video Mick!

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lazar, appreciate you watching. Atb, Mick

I've wondered for years how to duplicate a bowstring such as the one you made in the video. Thank you for a great instructional video.

Thought I would try doing this with a cordless drill to speed up twisting and it worked.😉👍

Your videos are so calm and full of positive emotions! Keep it up! It is always a good thing to watch one of your videos after a long day

@MickGrewcock

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you - appreciated!

Wonderful knowledge! Thank you! The bowstring on my father's awesome wooden bow has just snapped so this is most excellent because I feel rather confident this tutorial will help immensely!

@MickGrewcock

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

A very calming voice, you should consider ASMR. Also great demonstration !

Excellent video! Very well explained, clear concise instructions.

Thanks for making a easy to understand demonstration I'll be needing this information soon

Thanks for the video Mick, very informative. I have been a traditional bow hunter on and off up till about 10 years ago, where I strictly started traditional only. I am 50 now and wanted to take hunting to a new level. I just cut my first trees to let dry to try to make my first long bow. I have been researching everything I could to try to get the proper knowledge to take on this task. The string was my biggest concern. Your video has put my nerves at ease. Thanks again and will use all your videos for guidance.

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Hello Jim, glad my video has helped. Thank you very much for watching, very much appreciated. Good luck with your longbow. Mick

Great informative presentation! I just learned how to do something new! I will definitely use the technique! Thanks very much, Mr. Grewcock! Well done video!

From one novice to another: BRAVO! Great demonstration! Looks as if it's going to be a challenge to my dexterity. Thank you.

@MickGrewcock

6 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Thanks for the video! I really enjoyed it - and learned quite a lot, too.

I just keep coming back for my master class! Remaking my strings for the coming season, and relaxing with the Amazing Mr Grewcock. Thanks (Again) Mick

@MickGrewcock

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Have a look at Swiftwood Bows youtube channel (Weylin Olive) for a good demo of how to make a double loop Flemish twist using a jog too. Cheers, Mick

Thanks for the explanation, seemed easier, just patience and practice.

Very nice way to show how easy it is done

Great Video, very informative and step by step instructions, Thank you Sir!!

G'day Mick thanks for making this video so easy to follow, you've a knack for making things very clear and concise.

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

G'day! Thanks for watching and glad you found it useful. Appreciate you taking time to comment. More videos on the way. Atb, Mick

Great video, well made and easy to understand. Will begin making my own bowstring forthwith. Thanks a lot.

omg my first string was a flemish twist with that timber hitch! i didnt even realize!

Very easy and simple way to explain and I just love it

Excellent, easy to follow your relaxed presentation, thank you.

thanks Mick, just finnishing my long bow of using your dimensions on a previous tutorial you did. i am using a knife and axe only as i don't have a draw knife or draw horse. but its going great!! just got the string to put together now thanks Sam

@MickGrewcock

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck and well done Sam!

thank you for the explanation,very nice to know,it's useful for other things too!

Fascinating and inspirational thank you for sharing!

One of the best of the many instructional videos I've seen (and I've seen quite a few!)

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

That's very kind of you, thank you for telling me - very much appreciated. Thanks for watching, Mick

Watched this one again! Thank you.

Holy smoke!!! It actually worked!! Thank you

I always enjoy your videos and instruction I’m running to make my own bow and strings thanks

This video was absolutely wonderful! I needed to learn and teach how to make a bow string. Thank you!! If I watch this a few more times I think I can do it!!

@MickGrewcock

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

I have built a powerful compound crossbow and am almost ready for the string. I could purchase one online but I want to make my own and this video has got me started. Thanks from New Zealand Mike

@MickGrewcock

4 жыл бұрын

Well done Neal! Stay well.

Very well explained. Thank you for sharing

Mick you must be the smartest kid in the class! Excellent video, very concise while also detailed. Just followed your video and made a flemish twist bowstring of my own! Looking forward to shooting my new homemade bow soon. Thanks for your help and keep up the great work

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

+Rafael Cahill Great stuff Rafael! Delighted my video was of some use! Mick

thank you . very easy to follow instructions

Thanks for the knowledge you share, sir!

I love your Videos so much!!! No matter what the topic of the video are, you make it soooo interesting :) and your voice is like a british narrator in documentarys :D

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Hello, thank you very much for that comment which is very much appreciated. Glad you enjoy my videos - and my voice! Thanks for watching, Atb, Mick

You make really nice bows for a "novice". Thumbs Up!

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Mick

Best demonstration I have ever see of flemish twist

@MickGrewcock

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

I appreciate you my Good Sir, thank you so very much for this video.

Brilliant Mike. Thank you.

A great demonstration Mick. Thank you.

Thanks Mick. I just finished my first flemish twist loop. Now that I can make one, I can teach others to as well. My shagbark hickory flat bow will have a proper string within the next couple hours. I'm not using dacron B-50. I'm using 20 lb. hemp twine. It's strong, cheap and readily available at Walmart. Cheers!

@MickGrewcock

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck Will!

@williammanning3174

3 жыл бұрын

@@MickGrewcock Thanks, brother. Now that it's strung up with a proper brace height, I can see that it needs a little tillering. One step at a time. Rome wasn't built in a day.

@MickGrewcock

3 жыл бұрын

@@williammanning3174 Go steady William. Getting the tiller right when at brace height is key to success as you bend it further. Getting to brace is a significant milestone on the way to full draw. A braced bow that looks right has every chance of being successful; continuing to bend the bow after brace height but with problems visible is asking for trouble. So, as you say, Rome wasn't built in a day.

@williammanning3174

3 жыл бұрын

@@MickGrewcock Steady as she goes, Captain. I'm gently scraping away with my razor sharp knife. The 20 lb. hemp twine string worked great til my razor sharp knife touched it. Then it went "BOING" and the end with the flemish loop flew halfway across the garage! As such...I'm performing the tillering with some paracord. It will get there eventually. I cut that nice shagbark hickory tree down and I want it to have a new purpose. It was just standing there, stripping the carbon atoms from CO2 molecules....exhaling O2 molecules....it would be absolutely criminal to not make something beautiful from the wood it provided.

Ok thank you, I keep watching video because I am going to make my first bow string today following your method! Thanks again.

@MickGrewcock

6 жыл бұрын

Good luck Robert!

Thanks! Made my first string today!

I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!

Hello Michael: I watch many of your presentations and I find them truly professional and easy to follow. Your presentation on making a bowstring I found to be particularly useful and I am no longer afraid to giving it a try -- so thank you and please keep up the good work. I hope that you do a follow-up on the serving. Melvyn Griffiths.

Thank you so very much for this video!!!!! Xoxoxoxoxo…you brought back so many memories that I had forgotten….now I remember too!!!! Xoxoxoxoxo

Good and clear video. Thank you

i will say this for you, your video production quality, on screen mannerisms, and articulation of information is at the very top standard for a you tube vid. Key information delivered without ums and ahs or stutters, and short and sweet sentences explaining what needs to be explained without deviating, slow demos, but fast enough to not get bored and slow enough to take in what your teaching, good positioning and lighting on all angles and some well placed transitions, that personal touch at the start of the video about documenting your fumbles as a novice was humbling, and of course, the finished product comes together perfectly at the end with a clear demo of the results, awesome.

@MickGrewcock

6 жыл бұрын

Blimey Aaron, that comment will go to my head if I'm not careful! Glad you liked this video. I guess I'm learning bow making and film making simultaneously and it's great to get feedback on the latter. As I'm sure you realise, good editing, camera work, lighting, narration etc should almost go unnoticed leaving space for the story - but it's useful for me to get feedback on that side of things. Thank you very much!

@aaronlewis848

6 жыл бұрын

Let it go to your head my friend, its rare for me to feel compelled to write praise on not only the content, but the production quality too. I genuinely enjoyed watching and learning from you, plus you have a very kind voice which, as strange as it sounds, is very relaxing and easy to listen too. Again, you are very open and honest about your level of skill and knowledge, and its really humbling, you are clearly a good man with a good soul and its people like yourself that make me proud to be a brit. Let the head swell a bit, you deserve it ;)

@MickGrewcock

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, I've gone all shy now Aaron :-) KZread is a crazy place to spend some of our time. Humbling to be valued for stuff I make in the shed. Thanks again.

So helpful like always. Thank you

very well explained, thank you very much

Easy to follow ! Thanks

I appreciate all your videos. I started making my first bow and your videos have really helped. I've also saved money so thanks for that :) you got another subscriber

@MickGrewcock

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I hope you enjoy my other videos! Thanks for watching. Mick

Had a tree fall in my back yard and a piece cut to make it easier to move was a perfect shape to make a short bow from so I am in the process of doing that! It’s going to purposely be pretty crude and rustic looking and it’s pretty small, more built to be used on horseback!

I learn something new today. Great video.

Thank you very interesting and enjoyable

Well done!

Great video! Thanks!!!

this was really chill, informative and easy to follow. Thank you.

@MickGrewcock

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Well, the flemish bowstring Is the best. All my bows, except one, have flemish bowstrings that I made myself. All oficina them work verywell AND have lasted very long!

@MickGrewcock

6 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thank you!

very clear...you made it look so easy I may just try it...thanks

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Go for it Mike, it's a doddle really. You don't need a jig, just fingers that do as they're told! Thanks for watching, Mick

Thank you Sir! You make just great Work! Very much appreciated!

@MickGrewcock

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for watching. Mick

very nice video Mich .. Happy always to see your exelent videos

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael. I appreciate you watching and commenting. Atb, Mick

Very instructional!

You're doing a fantastic job continue please

@MickGrewcock

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Appreciate that. More on the way. Mick