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.
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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
2 жыл бұрын
Rayn cloud
Ryan, thanks for your method for the counter twist for the bottom loop. That's the thing I was struggling with.
Always press like on the first second and never get disappointed. Thank you from Portugal.
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
2 жыл бұрын
Like today I'm telling my wife this and then found your channel and you had just posted this!
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.
Best bow string making video I have seen. Thank you.
Eres el mejor amigo te sigo desde 2014 se lo que digo, felicidades
Been waiting for another video and this one is gonna help me out.
Thank for all the awesome information!
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.
Nicely Done Sir! Thank You! 🙂
Very informative thank you sir!
Very nice work and you can do There are many ways, and everyone has their own way
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
2 жыл бұрын
my pleasure!
@tonymaurice4157
2 жыл бұрын
@@huntprimitive9918 can yucca handle a 60lb bow? Rawhide is the toughest?
You just earned yourself a subscriber
How about showing how to make a three ply bowstring?
Great video. I really like twisting the serving in there like that. Enjoying the building videos you’ve been putting out lately.
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
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!!!
That's what I need! Thanks! 😁😈
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.
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.
Rayn , great video ,do you use a nock. If so how ?
cool
Will you bow strings work for crossbows?
What ratio is the beeswax and pine pitch when mixed?
B55 stretches way too much.good info.TU
What is the mixture ratio?
can i use steel wire in my bow
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.)
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
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
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?
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
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.
Awesome demo!
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
i made everything but there are no animals to hunt i think you hunted all of them 🤦♂️
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