Thanks for watching guys.
I may one day progress to a level where I would be happy to sell them, but currently I only do it out of love for the past time.
Seasoning the wood for hazel is very easy. I will shape the wood within a few days of cutting, then rub it with bee's wax and paint over the tips with sealing paint (model aircraft paint works). Then just leave it in a warm, dry place. Forced seasoning can be done in a few weeks if hung over a warm (not hot) radiator. This can lead to cracking though, if dried too quickly. The seasoning will keep happening as you use the bow over a few years. eventualy you will have a very tough and flexible and dry stave. I usualy don't shoot the bows untill a few weeks after cutting them and shaping, or they tend to keep the bend and lose flex.
Arrows are made with a fletching jig. I usualy buy the shafts, flights and tips seperately then build them. Sometimes I use goose feather fletching or drill and grind heads myself but honestly my results are never as good as a shop bought part. Shafts are so hard to make perfectly without a laith. So yes they are sort of homemade, but the parts are all best when bought seperately to make at home.
As BowHTR and Ghosth say, aiming is more of a 'feel' than anything else. The bow becomes an extension of your body when you are comfortable with it. I am really just an amateur who enjoys it more than depends on it.
Hazel wood grows in woodland clearings and along pathways in the UK.
AKH, that clip was filmed at 04:00am and I have no idea what that noise was, dont think it was a car. I was wondering what was coming for a second or two
I have not read Hardy's book. Perhaps I should.
Micky, hadoukens would certainly be more effective at close range, but more effort and less stealthy.
This outlaw's accent would be from 30 miles west of London, England!
