How to make a Longbow

Instructions on how to make Longbow and wooden Arrows, Yew Bows and Laminated English Longbows. Easy to follow videos on all aspects of bow making and how to make arrows.

How to Make Longbows and and Arrows

I had one of my best mornings of #archery this morning. Not because I shot well but because I had fun. Doug and Keith have just finished our clubs beginners course and they really liked the look of my longbow. So... I said "I have some spare bows in my van, do you want a go?"

Of course they wanted a go and they had a lot of fun trying my lower poundage #longbows We had a good chat too. I think I have converted them to #TraditionalArchery

7/x Yew trees were also a favoured (very hard) wood for #LongBows and #Spears, from #prehistoric times right to the middle ages and beyond. Even now, the German bowmaker Ulli Stehli travels to the #Uetli forest in #Switzerland to get #Yew wood for his bows

https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/104216/

https://www.waldwissen.net/de/lebensraum-wald/baeume-und-waldpflanzen/nadelbaeume/die-eibe-ein-baum-voller-magie

Yew wood, would you? An exploration of the selection of wood for Pleistocene spears - CentAUR

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I had the chance to get up close and personal with some incredible Tudor artefacts this week, including this beautiful horn inkwell and some longbows 🤩
#tudor #tudorartefacts #longbows #tudorlongbows #greatbows