Making a Highland Longbow (and a wee bit of history)
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- čas přidán 27. 12. 2018
- Archery was a big part of the Highland warrior culture and bows were used in the Highlands up to the 1690's. Now, I'm a beginner to bow making, but in this video I try to make a longbow from the materials that might have been available to someone in the 17th century Scottish Highlands.
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I am liking the historic bent of the channel. Everybody does "bushcraft" videos, but the history and getting and idea of some ancestral connection / history is cool.
He breathes life into his info with living connection to our history.💚
Fire Creek Forge well said.
Agreed
For future projects, please for your own sake, use a mask when working with deer antler. I have a close friend who was making knife scales from antler and didn't use any protection. It can cause a major issue in the lungs and as he found out, even occasional use can cause the damage. He's only got one lung now and it's a transplanted lung. He has nearly died many times, so anyone working with antler, do it in a well ventilated area and use at least a paper mask to keep the dust out of your airway. Same goes for napping flint if you try that.
Oh jeez, thanks for the warning.
Why what did it do to his lung
@@codymarkley8372 fibrotic lung disease which also leads to mesothelioma cancer
Wow..
I wish I'd heard that when I was a wee boy as I used to go hunting for old antlers and either selling them for pennies or drilling & sanding them down for specific purposes
Usually letter openers & handle grips
Not only Antler dust isn’t healthy - yew wood is toxic, too.
So good ventilation and if not possible, a pretty FFP2 mask ist advised.
Nonetheless your successful attempt to make a longbow out of this knotty stave shows quite a bit of craftsmanship. Congratulations! Also the bits of historic research you pass on is quite interesting. Thank you very much - by the way a nice remembrance of of a vacation my wife and I had in the highlands in 2006 😉
beginner to making bows maybe .... but that bow shoots real straight and real fast so regardless of the mistakes you may or may not have made and regardless of the criticism you may get from any bow making experts out there, that bow works and it's powerful so you still get a lot of credit for being the one to make it :-D
who else is here to learn the process so you too can honour your ancestors? I am going to use mine for sport, highland games, hunting and fishing #ScottishPride
For @Fandabi Dozi you have done a wonderful job on your weapon. Your family and ancestors are proud for keeping our culture alive.
I started building bows in the early 1950's as a youngster. It took me about 10 attempts to get one that gave me a modicum of satisfaction.
As a individual with both Scottish and Native American ancestry this video on longbow making appealed to me on two levels. You do a good job of making history come alive.
European peoples had similar lifestyles to those of American Indians, it was just much farther back in the past.
@@AudioJeep it’s interesting to hear you feel this way towards native culture. I have ancestry to both Scotland and Native American, but I only grew up exposed to the Native American side. Hearing you talk about native culture, I could say all the same things about what im learning in Scottish culture, at least how cool I think it all is, and often take growing up learning native ways for granted.
Hope this helps you appreciate your Scottish heritage more
Och aye the noo Jimmy!
Absolutely loving these historical videos. Side note: I could listen to you talk all day everyday, I absolutely love your accent.
Jack Churchill was still using a longbow in WWII so if you count that then the Scottish longbow was still in use to 1945.
He was captured in 1944, and he got too late to the Pacific theater to do anything there.
He also used a long sword if I’m not mistaken
@@skeltonslay8er781 broadsword
He was from shrilanka, his parents were english. He only played the bagpipes because of the military traditions. in shrilanka. His longbow was english, as are almost all longbows. The "scottish" longbow only exists because the scots knicked it from the english.
I think he use a English long bow aka a warbow
Now I want an authentic Scottish RPG in the vein of KCD. Man that would potentially be really cool.
I love how much history you include in your videos (I'm a major history buff). I really want to visit Scotland and get more hands-on research.
In the Americas bows were sometimes sealed with birch tar, which leaves a really pretty finish.
I made a NA bow. I really like making things. That bow, hands down, was the physically hardest thing I have ever crafted. The tools used were remarkably simple which I felt was encouraging because anyone with access to a junk store could gather the needed supplies minus the wood and cord.
After bow making, a friend let me use his atlatl. I really preferred it to my bow. I could throw very accurately and it it simply made me feel like a kid again. Now making the arrows....thats another endeavor.
Running all the way from so far.. I thought you'll just say : It's... (cue the Flying Circus intro)
He'd have to be out of breath for that.
"And now for something completely different..."
Fits his videos perfectly as an intro lol.
You did a damned fine job! Keep doing these videos, and keep working your hand at perfecting the bow! I have a feeling that you will perfect it!
Amazed at how fast the fleche actually travells once fired. Well done. Very interesting and exciting to watch you make the long bow.
Thanks for the video and the history. Like the kilt. Went out last Friday with a piper friend (where we live in Mt. Horeb, WI) and had a Wee deoch n doris of Glenlivet. Both parents were born in Scotland and still remember my dad singing the old songs.
I applaude your effort in making a long bow!!! Great job at finding and explaining the history of Scotish long bow use!!! Thank you SO very much for your education!!!!
I KNOW it's not the same, but I'm learning Irish (Gaeilge), and I also like Jas. Townsend and Son (American frontier historian and reliving history guru).
These videos are like the Townsend's...Brilliant, and combine cool cultural history, skills and life. Except this stuff pre dates American settlers skills.
It's fun to realize where American skills came from.
ALL over. 💚
I adore your channel.
Thanks!💚
I am an archer and I have never made my own bow, but I know a small things about it anyway. Blood was often used on the bows as a coating, I think ötzi had a bow covered in blood and test shows its not a bad options. Your option is probably as good as that for all I know. By the looks of the arrow impacts your bow seems to shoot straight and the arrows are well made. The crack you discovered and tried to fix will have made this your every day bow since it will eventually break, back then someone would start up making a perfect one pretty fast. Since this is your second bow and you did not have a teacher I think you did really good.
In a Jacobite society myself, and just loving your bow. Also have spent the night wrapped in my plaid on Culloden moor. Keep up your excellent informative work
American here. So are you a Jacobite or a Jacobite historian? It's be cool to think the Jacobites are still an active group
@@likejohnnyandjune2024 In a Jacobite society which does commemorative events . We used to do battle exhibition but it became too tied up in red tape etc.
@@scottishcanaltrash7067 how dae yi join wan ae them sounds class
Props for getting stuck in. How many years have I had the same book, and talked of making a bow? I rather not say.
With the exception of your torch I like that you did most of the work by hand
Tom, im an Archer as well as a "Bushcrafter" that is an awesome video! Top, top job. I also think that the bow stayed popular was because (sometimes) the ammunition was reusable and of course it was quite. Which im sure a Highland raider would appreciate. Great upload, one of my favourites. Thanks for sharing :-)
This looks like so much fun, I have always loved archers and bows and your one shoots so fast!
Dude! Idk if you can tell, but your scottish accent is very mild. I'm from the US, North Carolina, most of us here are descendants of Scottish people, at least where I live. It's crazy, because some of the words you say, I can hear a North Carolina/Appalachian accent in your voice. I enjoy your videos dude!
That's where the southern accent comes from! It's a rhotic English/Scottish accent that eventually turned into what you hear now. The proper/posh English accent is typically non-rhotic and didn't start coming to the fore until the mid 1700's. There's some fascinating stuff out there about the connection between the Britain, immigration, and the US's Southern accents.
His accents extremely common for anyone living in central Scotland.
I noticed that first when watching Diane Jennings (an awesomely sweet and fun Irish CZcamsr, if you don't know...).
I completely understand what you mean!
There are lots of Irish, in my research of family lineage and the areas my ancestors settled (Cades Cove, for one...Shady Grove, Florida for another). I heard vocal attributes of the Irish folks I hear, and my family's "accent".💚🇺🇸
@@MasterMichelleFL oh I love Cades Cove! My family used to take trips to Eastern Tennessee all the time. That's where you're talking about right?
I loved the slow meandering drive through the park and all the nature and animals we got to see. And then stopping off at those old cabins and houses and churches. Such good memories 😊
@@stellarguymk YES! I am a direct descendant of the Olivers... John and Lucretia, and others in the area. They were the first white settlers, had to leave when the government stole all the land, sent native people and friendly settlers off the land they worked so hard to survive, on...😥
You saw their cabin, and others, probably. ❤
The descriptions make it sound like they left voluntarily. They didn't, according to family history.
I’m in North America of Chickasaw-Choctaw and Henry clan Scottish… I have spent a lot of my life learning the “old ways” but have no exposure to the indigenous knowledge of my European ancestors
This is really changing my life
Fantastic video! Facinating to see how the highlanders lived and what they used in the harsh terrain. Amazing power and strengh in that bow! Very good shooting.
Great video and great job on your first bow! Keep up the good work! Loved the history lesson!
For an amateur bowyer from western canada where we have no yew or oak that stave looks beautiful. Great video.
Great video! You know, if you're not making any mistakes, you're not getting anything done! Well done making the bow. I especially liked the view of the arrows coming at the camera. That was a good idea!
Your videos make me so proud of our Scottish heritage
It looks like the first time out you already have a winner, good job lad.
I like your bow so much! Greeting from Vietnam.
Fun fact: the european yew, once a very common tree, has become extremely rare in the wild. The reason for that is that they were systematically cut down and exported to England for making English long bows. By 1568 there was according to Duke Albrecht no "yew worth cutting down anymore" in all of Bavaria. It's extremely rare that you will come across a true european yew (other species of yew are being grown in cities) by chance in the wild. That's a shame, because yew trees are extremely slow-growing and long-lived, and could potentially live up to 2000 years, though no tree of that age has survived to our knowledge. So to anybody from Europe who wants to make longbows themselves: please consider making your bow out of ash or oak wood, or use imported wood from other yew species♥don't go into the forest and cut down a yew tree.
That bow is of such pure beauty that it literally touches me.
Sympathic guy. Easy to watch and highly appreciated thanks
Outstanding! I appreciate how you are not afraid to dive into a project, and I like the historical aspect of your videos.
Nicely done! The longbow in one form or another is a pretty useful and simple tool.
Got some power :-) Good for your second time making one, I used to have a long bow just loved it.
This is brilliant. Educational. Inspiring. Skilful. Love your passion!
Thanks for the video. Keep the Highlander videos coming.
Super Vid. Go back a wee bit to Bannockburn 1314. Scottish archers confounded the English by using triangular formations on the flanks of the Scots to drive the English into the centre of the Scottish formation. The fabled Shiltron of the Scots. Edward the 3rd (son of the defeated Edward the 2nd - English King at Bannockburn) was so impressed (and very, very, angry) he adopted and improved the tactics of the Scots. Have you heard of Crecy? Humm! How History Flows!Very Much looking forward to all of your videos. Thanks.
This was really well done. Thanks for sharing.
Very enjoyable watch. Thanks.
Sandy
Brilliant work with the bow.
Great job! Looks brilliant. I'm really enjoying this channel.
Short and sweet, well done.
That bow has an impressive amount of cast to it. Very nicely done!
This is great and really informative. Thanks for sharing it!
I enjoy your amateur approach and enthusiasm. You are trying to learn and experiment and aren't afraid to risk the consequences.
Excellent job.
Very cool! I really like the antler knock
Just wanted to say much respect to your culture and you for sharing it with us, I appreciate learning more about it. You deserve more subscribes and likes. Great job! Keep it up please. :)
Nice video. Love the scenery outdoors, too.
Beautiful bow and impressive bow, good job!
Well done. Great job
Excellent work on the Bow, Impressive for a first build. Thanks for sharing :) ATB.
👍The channel has grown , an it is fresh , always good ideas , brilliant👍
I started using a bow as a child. I found your bow making video interesting and engaging.
Thanks for sharing
I've been a bowyer for about a year. My first bow was made of PVC and fiber glass rods so it was easy. It still sucked real bad. For this being your second attempt I gotta give you props because this bow kicks ass. Sent those arrows fast and straight. Good job man
Well done, that bow is working great.
You have fantastic aim!
Very well done for a first ever bow! You are a good shot with it as well!
Thanks buddy! I have made quick bows lots of times before but this was the first "proper" one. Where I took the time to season the wood etc. :)
I enjoy your channel. It's much more personable than just reading a book. And, you put a lot of enthusiastic energy into your presentations. I chuckled when I noticed you use a Black & Decker Workmate. It looks like a twin to the one I've used for over 40 years, even to the moveable orange stops.
Awesome work.
Is there no end to your talent? I really enjoy learning from your videos. Great job, keep up the good work.
Well done I appreciate your efforts. Thank you
Yew is a beautiful wood. Well done, fully working and functional bow. Great enthusiasm and energy in your presentation. Great action shots of arrows flying too !
Excellent bow! thanks for sharing this
I love your video! That is a serious bow you made, you've inspired me to make one. Thank you.
I love Scotland and I love bows
I love this video
Love what this guy does ..
Thanks very much! :D
Another Great video. Keep them coming please.
Still made it really well, and I liked the information.
I actually just found your channel yesterday while sitting in my hospital room. Your videos are awesome I love this kind of content.
That's fantastic! Great job!
Awesome job!
It looks pretty nice!
Well done Tom, it's not easy to make a decent bow from native yew. You did yourself proud there. Love the channel. Keep it up.
Well done.
It looks amazing.
Best of luck with it
Beautiful!
Very cool...cheers from New Scotland 👍 never really even thought about bows in Scotland.
Well done. Art at its best.
Great work!
Great job.
Fine craftsmanship bro!
Really enjoyed watching this, well done.
Beautiful bow and great video. 👍🏻👍🏻
Great video. I really enjoyed the way you presented the history of the longbow in both Scotland and England. The process in th bow making was very well done and interesting. Cheers
Looks good, shoots well, good work!
You can see the energy in you placed arrows, that will take large game or people. Way better than my first bows
Sweet second bow!
You've made a very useful and good bow, first time too - well done !
I used to shoot in English longbows, up to 80 llbs force. Now as I'm much older, I shoot Nottingham Forest made, laminated American style flat bows which give very good accurate shots and flat trajectories for very low poundages. Simple, bare bow archery is great fun and pretty cheap to do.
Pretty good looking bow.
Wow! You could really put someone’s eye out with that! Good stuff! 😉👍
LMAO
American joke?
@None of Yourbusiness oooh...LMAO
I missed that reference, thanks!
BB guns are dangerous!!!🤣🤣🤣💚
Gorgeous and wow!
Great videos, nice use for the old fishbox!
Real nice bow and video. I made the Yew bows for Hunterston Castle in West Kilbride, Scotland. A #120 war bow, #65 long bow and #35 target bow.
For your first bow, you did excellent.
Very cool mate. Inspiring work...