Simple, Primitive Arrow Straightener

Finding proper arrow blanks can be difficult in the woods. Knowing how to make the right tools and then how to straighten the arrows is a great skill to own. I hope you enjoy the video of how to make a simple, primitive arrow straightener! For more information on classes and scheduling go to: waypointsurvival.com/

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  • @camerondoffer5875
    @camerondoffer58753 жыл бұрын

    I took off the bark with my hands, if you do it correctly the bark will make some good rope, some fire starters once dried out, ect.

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, very true. Thank you for watching!

  • @jeanpierreclerc9613
    @jeanpierreclerc9613Ай бұрын

    Nice to show and speak about primitives shafts.That s what natives did long time ago.👏

  • @chiefkirk
    @chiefkirk6 жыл бұрын

    Great tip brother James. Before cancer treatments robbed me of my strength, I won my state championship with a primitive bow. Hoping to get my strength built back up. Thanks for sharing oal.

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, brother. Hope you get all the way better soon. God bless!

  • @chiefkirk

    @chiefkirk

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks brother.

  • @sheelchandekar4561

    @sheelchandekar4561

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@chiefkirk do you live in USA? I know better treatment for cancer. Let me know in which country do u live

  • @markwallingford3252
    @markwallingford32526 жыл бұрын

    Very cool way to straighten the arrows.. Thanks for sharing ... Mark ....

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Mark!

  • @kevinmason930
    @kevinmason9306 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Easy to make and use. I can’t wait to try it.

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @jwnomad
    @jwnomad2 жыл бұрын

    Well straightened, Mr Bender

  • @Erykfib
    @Erykfib3 жыл бұрын

    Now that's a very usefull tutorial. I hope to get out of hospital to try it as soon as possible. Thank you!

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Hope you get well soon!

  • @francisvanloosbroek3502
    @francisvanloosbroek35023 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing James.

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching!

  • @achii.dulmith
    @achii.dulmith2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much. I won state championship with your techniques. Thanks into trillions Mister 🥰🥰

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome! Thanks for watching and letting me know!

  • @rogermabry2816
    @rogermabry28162 жыл бұрын

    Thank you , I learned something new thanks to you . Take care , God bless .

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks and God bless you too!

  • @audreybender739
    @audreybender7396 жыл бұрын

    Gotta love those bloopers at the end!

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @antonhinkel3828
    @antonhinkel38283 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this cool video, it probably helps me a lot ✌🏼😁

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching, glad I could help!

  • @BushCraftBums
    @BushCraftBums6 жыл бұрын

    Great Vid! Well presented Great execution! Thanks Brother! Blessings BCB

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @Balaclavaballistics
    @Balaclavaballistics3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tip will try something similar with dowels.

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome and thank you for watching and commenting!

  • @larryinc920
    @larryinc9206 жыл бұрын

    Very useful technique

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @Soviless99
    @Soviless994 жыл бұрын

    good job!!

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @zathrus8424
    @zathrus84244 жыл бұрын

    Great video mate exactly what I was looking for, have a question tho, I was wondering if ya have to use direct heat, would it maybe be easier, for shaping, to steam the wood, or I don't know will that weaken maybe

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I personally wouldn't use steam because that would introduce moisture which could then warp it when drying afterwards. Some do use steam or oil, I prefer not to. Besides, after harvesting the shafts, you bundle them together for drying. I don't want any more moisture than necessary, so I prefer just dry heat.

  • @libertyrogueoutdoors7369
    @libertyrogueoutdoors73696 жыл бұрын

    Good job! I have many ways to do this....maybe show ya another way....good video!

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, my friend. I will gladly learn from you!

  • @coronelsakura2841
    @coronelsakura28413 жыл бұрын

    B.R.I.L.L.I.AN.T. Thanks for the vid it was very helpful and excellently explained!

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, so glad to hear that you found it useful!

  • @flexnewgeneration6136
    @flexnewgeneration61363 жыл бұрын

    Thanx man

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @bobswoodlandadventures5722
    @bobswoodlandadventures57226 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Just the tool I need next. I have 20 wood shafts that have been drying since February this year. Some are straighter than others. Does this tool work with bamboo shafts as well? I just bought two packages of 10 pack bamboo garden stakes. I’ll be cutting the 5 ft stakes in have evenly to make arrows.

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it will definitely work with bamboo. Thanks for watching!

  • @bobswoodlandadventures5722

    @bobswoodlandadventures5722

    6 жыл бұрын

    WayPoint Survival cool. Thank You and you’re welcome

  • @Cheese_Boi1986
    @Cheese_Boi19864 жыл бұрын

    I went out last night and cut some shafts now watching you to learn how to deal with them lol

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's always an adventure...

  • @davidhinds9816
    @davidhinds98164 жыл бұрын

    Thanks very much well usefull thanks James0

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome and thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @PREPFORIT
    @PREPFORIT6 жыл бұрын

    Add " Fletcher" to your resume. That was a Great tip. If this knowledge is Not shared or passed down It will be lost Forever or a very long time. I now know about the first step in making an arrow. I have NO idea how to make an iPhone .

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    6 жыл бұрын

    Stay tuned for the next video in which I show how to attach a primitive stone tip to the arrow!

  • @DanielJPaczok
    @DanielJPaczok4 жыл бұрын

    Very cool. Most of the arrow straightening tutorials I could find are dealing with "slight bends".

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I feel that in real survival, a person would have to use less than optimal shafts for arrows. Glad you found it useful and thank you for watching and commenting!

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    4 жыл бұрын

    @jihad islam I have used the foot method as well and I prefer to heat bend it as shown, much faster.

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    4 жыл бұрын

    @jihad islamCedar does very well.

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    4 жыл бұрын

    @jihad islam Mulberry shoots should work well if that's what you have. However, first year shoots can be weak, second year shoots are better.

  • @robsarchery9679
    @robsarchery96794 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @Parcha24
    @Parcha243 жыл бұрын

    Is it needed to moist the timber first?

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    3 жыл бұрын

    Usually. This was a green branch that I started with. Thank you for watching and for your question.

  • @nidannow
    @nidannow2 жыл бұрын

    This is a different way I haven’t seen before I’ve seen it done using 2 pieces of bone, and my knife ( Tracker WSK ) has a hole in it as an arrow wrench it serves 2 purposes , 1 the obvious for straining and the other for a diameter gauge.

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @FordThunderErickson
    @FordThunderErickson2 жыл бұрын

    Cool arrow hack! I'll try that this year as I'm teaching the teams at a rabbit stick gathering! Hallelujar!

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent. Glad you liked it!

  • @kacythomas7436
    @kacythomas7436 Жыл бұрын

    If you put a tea kettle over the fire you would get steam in which to make you wood bendable for straighten.

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    Жыл бұрын

    Sure, but a tea kettle isn't considered primitive. Thanks for watching!

  • @nakoawarrior3186
    @nakoawarrior31862 жыл бұрын

    I think you use fire to burn and coals to heat,.....I'd wipe it with vegetable shortening to prevent burning and heat deeper. I have a deer antler that's mis-shapened flat like a moose with a hole through it. It works but I prefer a stick with an angle cut through it and filed and rounded so it simply just bend's the arrow and it don't dent the arrow. A sapling is a fine arrow you cut it long to get the spine that you want. I prefer Hazlenut,... but there are many others that work.

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds good, thanks for watching.

  • @eonrelaxationmusic1916
    @eonrelaxationmusic19163 жыл бұрын

    That saying of survival of the fittest, should be change to "survival of fitness & smartest".

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching.

  • @EricLoganBaruchHaShem311
    @EricLoganBaruchHaShem3116 жыл бұрын

    That tree didn't stand a chance, and neither does a crooked arrow. I didn't know fire could be used this way on wood, now I'm wondering about broader applications of the technique.

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Fire is definitely a multi-tool. So many applications.

  • @bobi_lopataru
    @bobi_lopataru3 жыл бұрын

    It's like using your hand but with extra steps

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    3 жыл бұрын

    Right, except that it can be difficult to hold it with your hand when it is very hot. However, using a glove or a piece of leather etc. It can be done easily by hand as well. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!

  • @bobi_lopataru

    @bobi_lopataru

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@WayPointSurvival I hope you didn't take that in a bad way, because I didn't mean it to be a hateful comment :D

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    3 жыл бұрын

    No worries, thank you for the clarification.

  • @lehrasaquian6864
    @lehrasaquian68643 жыл бұрын

    Damn, that intro was aggressive

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was going for upbeat and exciting, thank you for watching and commenting!

  • @lehrasaquian6864

    @lehrasaquian6864

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@WayPointSurvival oh, thanks i was trying to search about making primitive bows and how to make the fletchings not hit my fingers and i stumbled upon this video, you make pretty quality vids i hope you get more subs soon

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. The channel has grown pretty good this year, I appreciate the well wishes!

  • @lehrasaquian6864

    @lehrasaquian6864

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@WayPointSurvival thanks!

  • @maheswervenugopal873
    @maheswervenugopal8732 жыл бұрын

    Good but too lengthy bro

  • @WayPointSurvival

    @WayPointSurvival

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's an old video but lengthy for beginners.