How to Make a Longbow

Posted by nbernard 4/11/2025

How to Make a Longbow(www.howtomakealongbow.co.uk)

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gnuser 4/11/2025|

In my family boys are taught this at about 8. This makes me want to do it again. I had my grandfathers bow stolen out of the trunk of my car and haven’t nooked an arrow in a long time.

airbreather 6 days ago||

I went down to the local hardware store and bought a laminted bamboo broomstick.

Less than an hour shaping with a plane and a knife used as a scraper I had a pretty good longbow.

Seemed that laminated bamboo is fairly forgiving, and capable of some serious deflection making a powerful bow.

Next, a crossbow, though I am wary of that much stored energy with a trivial trigger.

nvader 7 days ago||

Steve Boss, an artist and craftsman at the Portland Art Market, sold me an American Flatbow several years ago. He also handmade, fletched and tested the arrows himself. I wish I could refer to his website but I don't think he has an online presence outside of a personal Facebook page.

Although I've only shot the bow a handful of times, it's always been a really fulfilling experience.

pugworthy 4/11/2025||

There is an out of print book from the 50's that's a great resource for bow making.

The full title is, "The Archer's Craft; a Sheaf of Notes on Certain Matters Concerning Archers and Archery, the making of archers' Tackle and the Art of Hunting with the Bow" and the author is Adrian Eliot Hodgkin.

WillAdams 7 days ago|

There are a fair number of them --- one of my favourites was Hunt's _The FlatBow_:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3977436-the-flat-bow

(having read a number of his other books)

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/paleoplanet69529/decurve-ref...

aktuel 4/11/2025||

Waiting for "how to use a longbow" and "how to not kill anyone with a longbow".

glacier5674 7 days ago|

Grape Brick style: "It is of the utmost importance that you do not do the following with your longbow. Lest you maximize its lethality, please take care to avoid carrying out these specific instructions with your new purely decorative longbow. At all times, ensure that the bow is never fired in the direction of the vital points outlined on the anatomical chart (FIG. 1)"

raffael_de 4/11/2025||

Just yesterday I randomly stumbled across this very interesting clip on youtube about longbow crafting in Japan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPKts3cHvv8

buescher 4/11/2025||

I made a self-bow in a class and will need to make another one. If you think you'd like to make a bow and you have the opportunity to learn from someone, jump on it.

Beestie 4/11/2025||

Finally - something I can actually use.

wewewedxfgdf 4/11/2025||

I've been thinking lately "I wonder how to make a longbow?" and here it is.

NoSalt 4/11/2025|

All I can think of is: "Poor Boromir." :-(

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