Tillering a 100lb Laminate English 'Warbow' Part Two. One of the biggest challenges for me during the making of longbows is tillering - the even distribution of tension and compression throughout the limbs. It always seems to me more of an art than a skill. Every single bow is a new journey - and not always with a happy ending. So when I was asked to make a video about how to tiller a laminate longbow I put it off for a long, long time. But one of the commonest questions I'm asked is "How do I find wood to make a longbow/warbow?" - and I have to admit the easiest way to obtain wood and gain experience in tillering is not finding some yew, elm or ash but by using a pre-shaped laminated stave. In this video I show my method of tillering such a stave.

Stave supplier: http://www.irondalelongbows.com

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Nick Keogh's Instagram. An inspirational journey into longbow and Warbow archery.

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John Turton. Warbow technique

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I'm Mick Grewcock, retired from business and now self-learning the arts of longbow- and film-making. Join me in my light-hearted quest for knowledge as I learn to combine the ancient woodworking craft of bow-making with digital videography and film making - I'd be delighted to have you for company on this bizarre journey combining digital and primitive technology.

I have a deep passion for the medieval English longbow, the great warbow - the powerful version of the English longbow that earned its fearsome reputation during the Middle Ages, notably the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries on the ferocious battle fields of France and England during the One Hundred Years War (and in the hands of Robin Hood too!). It is an iconic weapon - and to this day, exudes heritage and awesome power.

Lots of bow making on my channel - do browse, view, like comment and subscribe. I have videos on making yew, hazel, elm and blackthorn longbows as well as many others related to primitive and instinctive archery, target archery arrow and bow making. In my videos you will see and hear what it is like to self learn bow making. I am self-taught as a bowyer - learning the hard way to work wood to make a bow - and still discovering every day. Sometimes I fail, sometimes I succeed; but I'm always learning. I also explore the UK's rural landscape, sometimes in search of bow making woods, discovering survival skills, sometimes in search of the glories of this landscape.

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Some basic bow-building tools:

Wolverine pocket folding saw https://amzn.to/2t4w3TW
Bear Grylls Machette
Inexpensive hand axe
Bahco wood rasp
Block plane https://amzn.to/2JxYGnM
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Draw Knife
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200lb hanging scale https://amzn.to/2l3pMV8
Boiled linsed oil
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