So during my hiatus, I wasn't completely out of ranger mode. I was speaking to my geography teacher the one day and he mentioned longbows. He showed me his and said it was made of hop hornbeam. I had never heard of this wood before so I did some research on it and its actually really good for bows! ...

Peter Remling wrote:Congrats on the Graduating

Why thank you

Wow it's been a long time since I sat down and explored the forum here. I have done a lot in the last several months and will be working on getting some pics of my stuff up. I still need to work on my attire a little but I am graduating in a few days so I will have loads more free time to ranger-up ...

So its been a little while I was just wondering if we were indeed still changing names?

I dont know if you are familiar with the Elder Scrolls at all, but I see you being a Nord. You got the awesome burly beard and the love of axes. Or in comparison to Ranger's Apprentice, a Skandian which is what Dwarves always put me in the mind of anyway, or well I guess it was more vice versa but y...

http://i.imgur.com/1hFj1TR.gifv

No hints, must see...

Just a couple links that I thought Id share. Im gonna try this in the spring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xmhc2j9m-k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J62XeowyuI

http://imgur.com/gallery/thlJ16M

I have not watched it myself but will soon see how much better it will be without all the BS. This is a link to the link, showing you what has been changed before you click the link to watch it.

I just though I would create a thread for people who have bows of various woods, or plan on making some, what woods to look for. I'll start. HICKORY- Everyone knows it and loves it. White in color and takes stain easily. My current flat-bow is made of hickory. Very nice OSAGE ORANGE- Considered bett...

I also found a really good tutorial video on YouTube. He makes the bow from osage and its not even straight! Here's the links.

PART I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpPnlYj5NPc
PART II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XyJ14yeEnI
PART III https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CaRB1sHVdw

Yup. In the SCA I'm known as Michael Brekebowe, for perhaps obvious reasons. I know the sound and feeling of a bow breaking all too well. Terrible feeling, that. Still, it was a noble attempt, and hopefully you have learned valuable information during the process! Yupp, stick to longbows or steamed...

Great links. I just know its gonna break So, it you don't string it, you have a wonderful decorative wall-hanger conversation piece. If you string it and it fails, you have kindling and after some reflection on why it failed, you have experience. If you string it and it works, then ... well then, t...

Hey thanks for all the wishes guys! And it's going fairly swell Ringulf

I feel like I disappeared for a while there so I'll be posting a few updates on my recent projects in the next few days

And again thank you for the birthday wishes

I snoop around on the internet all the time trying to find a good build-along for bows and I found one that I am gonna attempt eventually and another that I did follow, roughly and I dont know the outcome yet. LONGBOW: http://www.mrsoso.nl/bushcraft/Carving-an-Ash-Flat-Bow.pdf RECURVE: http://www.vi...

If and when I get out of tech school, I might consider moving to Indiana, but it all depends on job standing. If I ever do show up, I might even set up a little kiosk for my wooden wares