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How do you build a bow and an arrow?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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If your serious about making a bow, start with a heavy or dense wood, Indians used osage orange for the're short bows, Europe used Yew for the're long bows, Both were effective. A simple way to make a Bow is to get 3 sapplings of your choice of wood, 1" (inch) in diameter, (Dry, Season, or Cure for a year in a cool dry place, Now use the 1/3 method. Make 1- 4ft 1- 3ft and 1- 2ft long, mark each stick in the center and match up the center line of your sticks, now use a strong cord and wined 3 or 4 times an knot, move a couple of inches and do again, do this from the center out until all your sticks are bound together, for your string I would use fishing-line, 30lb test and use 3 or 4 together and wax them. Good-Luck Answer If your serious about making a bow you will forget everything you read above and go to this website.http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/archer.html Whoever wrote that has obviously never made a bow and has no idea what they are talking about. I have made nearly twenty bows and the guy who made this site is an excellent bowyer and has a very educational site. Follow his instructions and you will be able to make first rate bows.

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