Indigenous Bowyer, making a recurve bow

Making a huntingweight recurve bow for next deer season. Bowmaking was passed down to me by my father and uncle. Many of the tools I used in this video are handmedowns. A good amount of knowledge was also gathered from books, research and forums. Today, there arent many Native bowyers alive that carry on these teachings where Im from. I want to keep what I learn alive for my future generations. + + This bow (65in) is longer than our traditional tlawitomeh (bows) which were on average 5055 inches. This is to account for my height and cornerofthemouth draw style for bow hunting. While I used osage orange, a beautiful bow wood, our traditional preference was oak because it was very accessible. + + The handle design I used in this video is JD Jones (of pinnacleselfbows) signature handle wrap style. He does a much better job than I did, so go check him out if youre interested in the design. + +, nativeamerican, archery, bowandarrow, selfbow, stickbow, bodark, osageorangebow, recurvebow