Making a tiny bow isn't too difficult. This is a small 60 cm maple bow with an imperfect tiller but still shoots decent as a toy. Recommend just taking a small scrap of wood and giving it a shot:)

Finally done fletching these arrows for a commission. Need to get some materials for my own and try to replicate turkish nocks
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Historical bowstring construction with modern string material, I need to get suitable linen or silk for a real one #archery #bowyer

It shoots pretty good #archery

Finished seljuk ready for use
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Birch covering a composite seljuk bow #archery #bowyer

Now to prep the actual birch bark #archery #bowyer

Repaired seljuk is stable amd ready for it's birch bark cover #archery #bowyer

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Repaired composite bow that turned out to be delaminated at the siyah, nothing a bit of glue can't fix. #archery #bowyer

New set of English longbow arrows I made! #archery #fletching

Current projects in the works, frst biw is reafy for the seond sinew layer, the second bow is ready for sinew, third bow requires some more attention before sinew preparions and the last still needs a lot of shaping #archery #bowyer

2 more composite bows being in the process of shaping the core side #archery #bowyer

First layer of sinew added to the small composite bow. #archery #bowyer

Current work on a composite bow, it is now ready for prepping sinewing. Which gives me time to prepare birch bark for this and future projects #archery #bowyer

It's kind of funny, I am in the process of studying and replicating Egyptian bow (est. 1600-1500bc) in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. The arrows are indeed Reed with a hardwood foreshaft and sometimes still have the flint arrowhead. More info on materials: doi.org/10.2307/3821...