Primitive Technology: Bow and Arrow
I made this bow and arrow using only primitive tools and bow is 1. 25 m (55 inches) long and shoots 60 cm (2 feet) long arrows. I don t know the draw weight safe to say greater than 15 kg (35 pounds) perhaps The stave was made from a tree that was cut with a stone axe and split in half with a stone chisel. I don t know it s name but it s common here and is the same wood I use for axe handles (probably Northern Olive (Chionanthus ramiflora). One half was used for the bow and was cut to a leng br, br,
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