$13 Homemade Bow

[The Big Guy]

Found this video randomly. Was instantly captivated by the story... Very cool! May have to make (or try to make) a homemade bow too!

 

[Dirtshooter]

I admire the time invested, but I will pass at this time. LOL

[E4 No More]

6 minutes ago, Dirtshooter said:

I admire the time invested, but I will pass at this time. LOL

I feel ya! I would not have the patience to do all of that hand work.

[Smith]

That's awesome!

[OLDNEWBIE]

A good skill to learn indeed!

An excerpt from a review of the classic Apocolyptic/Dystopian novel "Earth Abides" by George R. Stewart

New lives are born into the clan, and they learn to navigate, not by street signs, but by waterways, bridges, and church spires. Ish aspires to preserve civilization’s learning and culture for the coming generations. But reality seeps in – first gradually, then abruptly as his bright and curious son Joey dies in a rebound epidemic. Ish turns to the surviving children and shows them how to start a fire without matches and to fashion a bow and arrow – he realizes how much more useful these skills will be to future generations than trigonometry and architecture. Later, he observes that they have tipped the arrows with hammered coins – malleable nickels being the preferred denomination. 

[The Big Guy]

19 minutes ago, OLDNEWBIE said:

A good skill to learn indeed!

An excerpt from a review of the classic Apocolyptic/Dystopian novel "Earth Abides" by George R. Stewart

New lives are born into the clan, and they learn to navigate, not by street signs, but by waterways, bridges, and church spires. Ish aspires to preserve civilization’s learning and culture for the coming generations. But reality seeps in – first gradually, then abruptly as his bright and curious son Joey dies in a rebound epidemic. Ish turns to the surviving children and shows them how to start a fire without matches and to fashion a bow and arrow – he realizes how much more useful these skills will be to future generations than trigonometry and architecture. Later, he observes that they have tipped the arrows with hammered coins – malleable nickels being the preferred denomination. 

Dude, that's a great book!!!