How to Make A Survival Bow | 1 Hour Build 

Wonderful video, as always. Like the music. It's from your cousin, isn't it?

You sir are a great bowyer. From my respect, you earn my subscription!

And the 20 hour bow in one hour 😂

Clearly you've never edited a video.

@@rmsg7504 hes just making a joke, m8 :D

@@rmsg7504clearly you’ve never seen a joke

Hilarious. What an original comment...

Yes the job of the string is to spring load the bow and not to act as a spring itself.

Yes. I definitely used rubber bands. They didn't work that well, and didn't last very long

how old were you back then?

@@michalmikulasi5193 Dunno 12 or so? People are just idiots who don't take you seriously.

Same buti believed my parents,if i didn't id be a master bowman by now,tryna recindle a childhood passion this is why im here

هل يُمكن صناعة القوس بأي نوع شجر ؟

Yes and no, some woods just are way too brittle, like pine.​@@aboodadmin9023

​@@aboodadmin9023Only some, I don't know where you live so I can't tell you but you should research what kind of wood works from wherever you are.

I make them for fun, any tree has worked for me

@@aboodadmin9023 Nearly. Some are more difficult than others though, and may need different methods. If you know the types of species around your area, look up how others have made a bow using them. Another insight could be by looking at how the region would historically make different kinds of bows. That only helps with native species, so keep that in mind.

Good luck!

Ok, you got it!

Absolutely!!

Yes please!

Really, even if someone made 3 arrows, in a survival situation, with firehardened tips, and grass for fletching, that even remotely worked, it would be useful. Thanks for a great video, God Bless.

@@DanSantanaBows Then make the arrows 9all after finding the materials, then learn to shoot! then learn to hunt! Or save your energy and conserve heat, dont endanger yourself and wait to be found!

It really is a lot of fun making something in one sitting. Doesn’t perform like a real bow but you can’t have one of those in an hour

Absolutely! I kind of get that feeling when I make a pvc bow.

I would insist that these are well sized tips for a self bow. The tips carry very little draw weight and making unnecessarily big big tips is a notorious beginner mistake that costs arrow speed and leads to handshock The idea that self bows need reinforced nocks is an old timey myth caused by modern bows as well as english warbows with horn nocks. Those need the reinforcements not only because of the 100+ pounds of draw weight but because they have violated backs. I’ve built 70+ pound bows with self nocks and skinnier tips than this. Among all the good bowyers I’ve talked to Id say it’s a pretty much consensus issue that you should make the tips as light as possible as long as they’re strong enough. I even use fastflight strings on bows with no overlays and know dozens of bowyers who do so as well. Pick up the bowyers bible series of a books for some deep dives into the effect of tip mass on performance

thank you Aurora!

Dan certainly is artistic in many facets.

thanks steve!

Thanks and good luck with your bow!

That sounds like an awesome time. I’ll let you know when I plan on getting everyone together. A survival bow challenge would be a ton of fun

Great to hear!

You just saw him do it with a hatchet, pocket knife, and paracord... Just add 1 step, dig a six foot trench build a fire in it, and hang your bow above it to dry it quicker. Then do what he did.

Thanks Erica that’s a great idea! I’ve been making some notes for a video just like that

Thank you!

See my other tutorials for a good hunting bow. Check out the playlist of beginner essentials. Also see videos by swiftwood bows, clay hayes, and huntprimitive

Good luck!

That’s the trouble with making green wood bows. If you retiller them when they dry out you can avoid it breaking but it’s always better to start with dry wood.

Could be indefinite if the tiller is good and the bow is designed for the draw weight it will have when it dries out. But bending green will cause a lot of set compared to using properly dried wood so the bow will always be sluggish compared to something well made

You could try clamping the entire bow to a 2×4 with or without recurve and heat treating the belly to remove some of the set but it would need retillering at that point.

@@ethanz0mbie488 Also check out the beginner essentials playlist when you’re ready to jump down the rabbit hole

@@DanSantanaBows thank you

Oh thank you!

So make a throwing spear with a long blade.

i'd argue that if you are anywhere close to a farmer, hay bales or baling twine, you are not actually in a survival situation. the hour it takes you to build that bow could be better invested in walking, because i highly doubt that it would take you long to figure out where that farm is.

@@thatguy4305 I appreciate that. But I carry some of that twine when I hike. I know how to spin a string from tall nettle or milkweed, but that doesn’t necessarily grow everywhere or at every time. Per

See my board bow tutorial, there’s a chapter on strings. Clay hayes also has some good videos

@@hl_crowbar Check out my beginners essentials playlist for more basics

@@pabsmart Hell yeah! Congrats. You don’t need to put a metal tip on the arrow but they fly better if you do. I have other arrow making vids where I use horn for the tips. Other materials work as well, especially for blunts. You can put pictures for the community on r/bowyer on reddit www.reddit.com/r/Bowyer/s/QsNqMTi6uw

Sure but If I properly dried the wood this would no longer be a green wood tutorial. See my quick drying and heat treating videos for my views about that. I also heat treat over coals I would say heat treating makes a bow more likely to break in tension. You’re making a trade off of brittleness for increased compression strength. For tension strong whitewoods this is a great deal, but for something like osage there’s not as much to be gained

@@DanSantanaBows I have seen your videos I watch you quite often actually. And your right it wouldn't be a greenwood if you did that so I understand why you didn't here but I know you have in the past as I have seen you do it before. Hickory I suggest a heat treat. I wouldn't suggest it for Osage however I think it does it's best as a raw wood bow doesn't even need a backing in my opinion in most cases. But as I said I am here in the Southeast US where whitewoods like Hickory are very common to find so that's what I use and have easy access to get.

I have a couple arrow tutorials out. Still working on one for survival arrows though!

Sure thing! Up next-Tillering, Explained, and then a video all about drawknives

“Survival” bow videos are considered a red flag in the bowyer community. This was my attempt to steal from that audience while still teaching some real bow making concepts. For much better instructions check out my board bow tutorial. Clay Hayes and Swiftwood bows also have some excellent step by step tutorials

How’d it go?