HOW TO: Make a Stick or Self-Bow

In this tutorial I walk through how to make a Stick-Bow or "Self-Bow" out of elm for my daughter. I started this project Winter of 2017. I have been holding on to these videos to launch at once, but have since decided to release what I have as I finish up the process.

Here I split a length of elm I have been letting dry inside from the Winter of 2018...

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