How to Build your own Bow String

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Ryan Gill shows his method of bow string construction so you can make your own bow string by hand without any special tools.
A link to the book mentioned is here. gillsprimitivearchery.com/pro...
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  • @rupertbezuidenhout7455
    @rupertbezuidenhout74552 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Rayn. Been building selfbow for 3 years now with many ups and downs - but what a journey! The serving part intrigueds me. Going to try it. Your continued passion for primitive Archery amazes me. Thanks for your wholehearted shearing of your knowledge...

  • @grogthegorillafrog

    @grogthegorillafrog

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rayn cloud

  • @lunkydog
    @lunkydog2 жыл бұрын

    Ryan, thanks for your method for the counter twist for the bottom loop. That's the thing I was struggling with.

  • @xapa23
    @xapa232 жыл бұрын

    Always press like on the first second and never get disappointed. Thank you from Portugal.

  • @micahwilliams3026
    @micahwilliams30262 жыл бұрын

    I was telling my wife I've got to learn how to learn how to live off the land and make a primitive bow and primitive string and learn how to make old weapons just in case things ever go crazy and we're stuck in the woods. I got on youtube and searched and you popped up! WOW! I'm blown away. I wish I lived near you...I'd be trying to learn everything you know!

  • @micahwilliams3026

    @micahwilliams3026

    2 жыл бұрын

    Like today I'm telling my wife this and then found your channel and you had just posted this!

  • @michaelhanes8214
    @michaelhanes821411 ай бұрын

    Such a great instructional video! I am close to finishing my 1st self made bow from a red oak I cut last year. Currently floor tillering and I need to make a bow string. I’m going to apply your method here. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

  • @conga1
    @conga12 жыл бұрын

    Best bow string making video I have seen. Thank you.

  • @user-vq2su3dl9u
    @user-vq2su3dl9u3 ай бұрын

    Eres el mejor amigo te sigo desde 2014 se lo que digo, felicidades

  • @Lorenzo-vb1so
    @Lorenzo-vb1so2 жыл бұрын

    Been waiting for another video and this one is gonna help me out.

  • @bryonguenther6199
    @bryonguenther61992 жыл бұрын

    Thank for all the awesome information!

  • @Clyde_42
    @Clyde_422 жыл бұрын

    Great! Have made some bowstrings till now, but i will definitely make the next one that way. Big Thank you for sharing your knowledge in so many great videos.

  • @mitchdunn3813
    @mitchdunn38138 ай бұрын

    Nicely Done Sir! Thank You! 🙂

  • @potatoes8859
    @potatoes88592 жыл бұрын

    Very informative thank you sir!

  • @darknees5237
    @darknees5237 Жыл бұрын

    Very nice work and you can do There are many ways, and everyone has their own way

  • @beesmongeese2978
    @beesmongeese29782 жыл бұрын

    Ryan, I've seen this serving style on your Primitive Model and I wondered for a while how you did it. Thank you for demonstrating.

  • @huntprimitive9918

    @huntprimitive9918

    2 жыл бұрын

    my pleasure!

  • @tonymaurice4157

    @tonymaurice4157

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@huntprimitive9918 can yucca handle a 60lb bow? Rawhide is the toughest?

  • @sehrishmalik-ps8jw
    @sehrishmalik-ps8jw10 ай бұрын

    You just earned yourself a subscriber

  • @forrestdaniels6382
    @forrestdaniels6382Ай бұрын

    How about showing how to make a three ply bowstring?

  • @twinhawksoutdoors2757
    @twinhawksoutdoors27572 жыл бұрын

    Great video. I really like twisting the serving in there like that. Enjoying the building videos you’ve been putting out lately.

  • @jeffshaver185
    @jeffshaver1852 жыл бұрын

    Many years ago I lived on the Indian reservation and while I was there I learned to weave I knew exactly what you were gonna do when you put that string on your leg because that's the exact same way that you build a base for the strings for anything that you might weave on a traditional loom kind of interesting to see how similar both processes are

  • @PrimitiveVsns
    @PrimitiveVsns2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Have never seen a string served this way. How does it hold up compared to other serving being that the two main bundles are a part of the serving? Very interested in trying this! Thanks again Ryan for another great and informative video!!!

  • @lirabarbajavier
    @lirabarbajavier2 жыл бұрын

    That's what I need! Thanks! 😁😈

  • @schoolofthenomad
    @schoolofthenomad2 жыл бұрын

    Quick question, how do you tell if a tree is a hard wood? I know next to nothing of trees. Still have the copper bracelet. Love it.

  • @plan.b.erlebnis
    @plan.b.erlebnis2 жыл бұрын

    Hey Ryan! ... is there a digital version of the book for sale? Cause as far as I've seen, there's no option for shipping outside the US.

  • @pbandjcamp
    @pbandjcamp Жыл бұрын

    Rayn , great video ,do you use a nock. If so how ?

  • @justafloridamanfromthe75thRR
    @justafloridamanfromthe75thRR2 жыл бұрын

    cool

  • @jessereed1309
    @jessereed13092 жыл бұрын

    Will you bow strings work for crossbows?

  • @jonathanpoahway5705
    @jonathanpoahway5705 Жыл бұрын

    What ratio is the beeswax and pine pitch when mixed?

  • @WV591
    @WV59111 ай бұрын

    B55 stretches way too much.good info.TU

  • @andrijabus9027
    @andrijabus9027 Жыл бұрын

    What is the mixture ratio?

  • @Techno-Plays-Something
    @Techno-Plays-Something2 жыл бұрын

    can i use steel wire in my bow

  • @thefeatheredfrontiersman8135
    @thefeatheredfrontiersman81352 жыл бұрын

    I use dental floss. I am trying to get stinging nettle down as it's the season. I have made a small sinew string from varous bird tendons ( ruff grouse, Canada goose, duck pheasant ect.)

  • @wildshadowmatic1571
    @wildshadowmatic15712 жыл бұрын

    Hey Ryan 😊 im just learning to make bows and I cant get modern, sinyew or yucca but I can get nettle fibres would they work? Or they to weak?🤔 would it be made the same way as this?

  • @huntprimitive9918

    @huntprimitive9918

    2 жыл бұрын

    yes, bull nettle makes a good string as well. I have done several of those and you'll do it the same way as the yucca. best of luck

  • @wildshadowmatic1571

    @wildshadowmatic1571

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@huntprimitive9918 I will look up bull nettle😊 i have 2 types of stinging nettles here one has green stems and the others have red colour stems from experience I think the reds are stronger 😊 also do you have a video on nettle bow string?

  • @JarppaGuru
    @JarppaGuru2 жыл бұрын

    5:24 you twist top string then you flip bottom string up. same time that twisted string unwrap xD but same time bottom string twisting when it go up xD

  • @grogthegorillafrog
    @grogthegorillafrog2 жыл бұрын

    Do an arrowhead speedrun where you try and make an arrowhead as fast as possible and then at the end go kill a deer or something with it to confirm that it can be used in hunting even though it was made as fast as possible but still with the intent to kill your prey.

  • @smoothvern165
    @smoothvern1652 жыл бұрын

    Awesome demo!

  • @richardthompson3791
    @richardthompson37912 ай бұрын

    Yeah the high tech takes away the primative side of things.My recent primative Arrows are a combination of shoots and Phragmites reed.No scales or spine meters and they all shoot good.Please for the sake of authenticity keep it simple.Apart from that it was Ok Old school Richie

  • @Techno-Plays-Something
    @Techno-Plays-Something2 жыл бұрын

    i made everything but there are no animals to hunt i think you hunted all of them 🤦‍♂️

  • @1CT1
    @1CT12 жыл бұрын

    Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and you will be saved. John 3:16 (share the good news of the gospel around the world!) Have a wonderful day/night, may the LORD bless you all, and farewell!,.,,,,,, .,.,.,.,.,.,..,

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