Longbow Natural Laminate

Part of our bow making series of videos we take a quick look at the basic process of laminating a longbow and using a former to give the stave some set bac.

Longbow natural laminate.

A brief background woods and laminations backings belly s cores preparing the wood gluing the stave making a laminated longbow. Laminating the backing onto a bow both increases. Using laminated materials to make bows is a technique that dates back far into antiquity but using all wood laminates to make bows in the style of an english longbow is a process developed by the bowyers of england during the 18th century and. Bow length is 70 and is self nocked.

Your longbow is handcrafted using selected woods from around the world even bows made from the same planks of timber can never be identical each bow is unique. Traditional composite bows are normally not included although their construction with horn wood and sinew might bring them within the above definition. Basic longbow natural basic longbow for beginners larp and reenactment archery. This will be the first time i ve completed a bow on video and it s fun to break.

Care of your longbow. A laminated bow offers more options as far as wood combinations and design goes. The egyptian scythian and assyrian people had been making laminate bows out of combinations of wood horn and. Made from natural colour manau palm wood this bow is perfect for the beginner or reenactor wanting to try a longbow in a traditional style without spending a lot of money.

I m really excited to be building a longbow from osage orange in this video. At this point the bow is no longer considered a self bow rather it is a laminate bow and is the most common type of bow particularly with recurves that are being made today. See our selection of exotic hardwood bow laminations from around the world. Use our bow building laminations to build your one of a kind masterpiece longbow.

But before a persons gets to the point that the benefits of laminating are outweighing the extra troubles a laminated bow creates you have to do some serious experimenting and to expect some failed bows. The process of backing a bow with another strip of wood generally involves a very strong epoxy adhesive.