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 If
it looks like a bear and smells like a bear
but shoots like a bow, it’s a bow (photo
1). Just call me “Black Bear.” Robert
H. Miller, in his article Yes, But Will
It Fly, introduced me to a word I am unable
to find in Webster’s dictionary: “Tweakability.” I
heartily thank him for introducing that word
into my vocabulary. To me the word means, “There
are no hard and fast rules when it comes to
a rchery.”
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If your desire
is to make a wood bow, you are going to need
some tools. This article will deal with the
tools used in the making of natural-wood onepiece
bows (not backed, laminated, or board bows).
I will reference Osage a lot in this article
because I use it a lot, but the principals
of tool use work for all the woods, whether
whitewood or yellow.
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Imagine gateways
and entrances, open terraces with traces of fresh
herbs, walkways, living fences from bamboo, a dojo,
privacy, frogs croaking, then silence as a snake
approaches.Outside, working in open air, the steps
to making arrows seem simple. You begin by choosing
your shaft.
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 Making
an accurate reproduction of a Plains Indian arrow
is a hobby that many archers have today. There are
numerous sources of information available to accomplish
this worthy task. Available sources of information
include books, articles, published photographs, and
museum displays.
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