In this article I’ll show you how to cut your own wood and turn it into a fully-functional bow, capable of taking deer, in as little as a few days. Let’s get started. You’ll also need a tillering rack ...

If you find yourself alone in a perilous backcountry situation, here are the items you can use to build a traditional bow and arrows. The right piece of wood is out there, if you know what you ...

The key to fire-by-friction methods like the bow drill and hand drill is to use soft, non-resinous wood. So a wood like pine, while being soft, is not going to work due to the sap, which causes ...

After first drawing up a plan he headed down to the shop to cut out the wooden riser (the middle part of a bow). Unlike traditional recurve bows this is made up of three parts. Traditionally you ...

To begin building a bow, she needs raw materials from specific regions of the world. The most essential are Pernambuco wood from Brazil and horsehair from Mongolia that costs $900 a pound.

It costs under a $50 in materials and will only take a few hours to complete, though you will have to allow time for the stained wood to dry. Best of all, it keeps our bows off the floor and out of ...