Splitting bowstaves out of an elm tree - Bow building 

Can't wait to see it. Appreciate your videos!!

Hi mate I'm a Australian farmer pork and beef and venison I'm just starting 2 use internet lol have always lived simple but good no TV or computer just a rifle and a bow or a fishing pole. I have been bow hunting for 30 years and still love it every time I hit the trees . love watching your stuff happy hunting if u ever want 2 come 2 Australia look me up I have my own personal deer park fallow russa and samba

I have always wanted to make a COMANCHE bow out of Osage Orange. In Europe it is called Boise de Arch. It is a very hard wood. I have also wondered about Chinese Elm. It's not as hard or stiff. Comanche bows typically are only 40 to 48 inches long. The shooting style is different also. Plains Indians brought down BUFFALO with bows with 45 to 55 pounds draw. I will try your elm bow. I will work with fire Hardening. But knowing wood.. The heart of the elm is red. there are white and dark bands of growth rings that go out from the heart wood. Each one bends in a different way. The darker the stiffer and harder. The lighter, the softer and more malleable in Elm. As a Sailor and rescue swimmer... NEVER fight the tides of Nature, Rule number 1. You need to find the Harmony, the spirit of each thing you share in this world. We share and find the way to make it work for us! Each ring in that wood is a year of Life in that tree. Make it work for you! I like laminates. they DO work together and in harmony, sometimes. The tree already provided the lines to color in. I'll let you know how I do here in Texas my Nordic Brother. I intend to build a few bows from scratch bottom up! I intend to laminate them with skins from critters I gather here! There is a sacred magic of the circle of life with every bite of food and every spirit shared to make it. It ties us all to Mother Earth and each other.

I never made a bow out of Elm. Mostly Hickory and Sweetgum.

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Sharpen your drawknife and we will see what it becomes a year from now .Thanks for sharing and good luck when the day comes that you start that bow .

i have split maybe 45 elm trees. it ain;t easy

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Looking forward to watching your progress over the next year on this bow, Peter.

Hey, Peter. Nice to see your videos!. Welcome to the world of bow making; you won´t scape! Day 3 of march has the right moon to harvest your elm (waning moon). And you have a couple of beautiful staves there for bows. In order to avoid drying cracks along the stave, is good to cover with something the extremes of your staves. For example cheap white glue or any old painting you can have there arround. Also, if you have an initial idea of the design of the future bows, you can reduce some more these wood. Thats because to improve the drying process. Let´s see how it continues!

Hello Peter. Some years ago I had an elm tree in front of my house here in germany. It had the double thickness of my upper arm. The elm tree sickness let it become dry and before it was nearly dead I cut it down. Two years I let it dry and then I had the best bow I'd ever built. I hope yours will also be so good.

Your elm splits much easier than ours in U.S.!