A couple of days ago, my five year old twins made a working bow and arrow by themselves! I made them unhappy because I had to take it away ... the arrows were really quite sharp and they could really shoot with it! (I got them some rubber-tipped arrows instead. This “raising young primates” stuff is difficult! LOL!)
What a timely article. I was working with a buddy of mine who is usually on a different shift today. He’s a full-blooded Paiute...told me he has been learning to make bows and arrows of late and it’s been really fascinating. I asked him to put me on the list for one when he completes his. According to him they are made from a single, highly worked, piece of hickory...nice back up for when the SHTF...
LOL. Wait a few years when they graduate to the internal combustion engine.
***I made them unhappy because I had to take it away ... the arrows were really quite sharp and they could really shoot with it!***
Back in 1956, we made our own bows and arrows from reed. While playing with them I got hit right under the left eye with one that was sharp.
Thankfully it was 1/2 inch below the pupil. Not long after I got hit with a store bought target point in the shoulder.
How I survived childhood I will never know!