Process of Making a Traditional English Longbow From Scratch - Start To Finish

Nice work on your yew longbow ❤

This is how I prepare for my holidays to France as well!

One of the best videos I've ever watched. I'm 73 been working wood all my life, as my father before me did. Was "into" archery fifty years ago as a teenager. What I like and appreciate is the soft background music, great camera work, and NO endless chatter like so many woodworkers do in their videos; j Just the wonderful sounds of a true craftsman at work. Thanks a million, I'm a new subscriber as a result of stumbling on this video. PS: your canine friend is a nice touch too.

My favourite and most relatable bit of this is 07:30 when we inevitably end up in the kitchen doing something we'll inevitably get in trouble for later... 😀

Master Bowyer! I love watching craftsmen at work !

Beauty , simplicity and wonderful craftsmanship.

Wow! It's truely an honor to watch a true master craftsman at work.

Nice to see a bowyer's knot being used. I can make a good bow string but have trouble making it the right length. A bowyer's knot simplifies that.

I've recently finished reading Bernard Cornwell's books in his Grail Series, and the longbow is a key player in these stories. Great to watch one being made.

Hello, I'm Jordan. One of Robert's students from Lake Bolac and I wanted to say, this is amazing! Seeing my favourite teacher in a video is absolutely flabbergasting, even one of my classmates were astonished from this. I was actually the first to see this by the way in my school. Again, I, along with the other classmates were flabbergasted and amazed 👏. I also like to thank the people behind the scenes who're shooting an incredible video, our teacher is absolutely inspiring.

I wish this was an hour long, could watch this all day.

Absolutely amazing. You're ability to see quality timber, the ability to turn that timber into a piece of art and simply knowing how to work with your hands leads me to believe you're a master craftsman. Not a claim that can be made by many these days. Well done, I wish I had half your skills and ability. Great video as well, thank you for sharing.

Impressive craftsmanship.

Outstanding. Thank You. And the bird calls make me homesick too.

Wow - now i have an idea of how my bow was made. i don't know where i got it, but it's about 6', has a D cross-section without those horn points (just notches), no arrow-rest, just slightly thickened in the centre. it doesn't have a heavy pull - maybe 30lb at 1 yard (the full length of the arrow) - but plenty for me (i'm 5'2"). i've only done target with my local SCA Barony with it, but i've developed a weird way of using it: it's tilted about 30-45° to the right, so the arrow can rest on the bow next to my hand, since it doesn't have a spot that will hold it. Hey, it works! Love the craft-ship and craeft-ship of this. Beautiful!

Always good to see a bowyer at work. Good vid. Clean the face of the dial, I couldn't see what the draw was. The traditional English Superglue was a nice touch!

Fun to watch a boyer work the craft. Even more so doing it. Especially like his shave horse design and that of the tillering machine.

Beautiful thanks for sharing with us 👍

What a great fascinating video....excellent work and craftsmanship!

I really enjoyed watching this, thank you. It’s inspired me to have a go at making one myself 🏹