Bows for the kids made of bed slats;)

• Here we have got some small bows for the kids from 4 years old and +,they are made from bed slats, easy to find and make a bow out of it, as the 'points' for the arrows a wine cork was used, kids just love it, so as adults :)....
  

• Here are 2 bows with a names engraved.

...more of them,some of them newly made with a bamboo quiver,

looks great..

 

Self-bow made of acacia tree/process of fabrication

• This particuliar piece of a stave is about 25cm in diameter, it has been split on four pieces...

• Carefully taking the back down to a single growth ring, it's a crucial step to the bow's durability..a lot of work i might add but worth it!!

• Once a growth ring established you can continue with a belly of the bow, a part of the bow facing you when shooting, carefully removing with a draw knife ...

• Using steam to straightened a bow, there is no perfectly straight piece of wood, in this case i had to do it several times...

• Rasping time, a lot's of rasping i might add, in this stage you want to go carefully with a wood removal, its time consuming but..

• It's getting it's shape, yoohooo:)

• That's the finished bow, it pulls about 30lbs, not bad at all...