Primitive Technology - Bow and Arrow - General

I used to make bows, 60-70% of the time when you stress test them they split. It's a gamble

[QUOTE=Glitchman;49996139]I used to make bows, 60-70% of the time when you stress test them they split. It's a gamble[/QUOTE] What's it got to do with, grain pattern? The type of wood?

[QUOTE=IrishBandit;49993701] He even made a quiver.[/QUOTE] he makes me quiver

I once did all of this. [sp]In Cataclysm DDA[/sp]

[QUOTE=ewitwins;49996164]What's it got to do with, grain pattern? The type of wood?[/QUOTE] about a million different factors play into it if you really wanna craft a bow of a high quality, you gotta get the right wood type from the right tree in the right weather conditions, even at the right -age-

[QUOTE=azure 505;49994031]I'm actually surprised his archery technique isn't better, but that said he probably shoots better with that selfbow than I do with my recurve lmao. Fuckin' crazy. Says in the description it's the same wood he uses for axe handles, so it must be pretty tough stuff.[/QUOTE] I think he's probably not trained in archery, and it's also probably likely that the poor make of the bow means he took a weird posture because it was easiest to use that way, since it's probably not very symmetrical, plus wrist slap like you guys said before.

[QUOTE=Empty_Shadow;49997264]I think he's probably not trained in archery, and it's also probably likely that the poor make of the bow means he took a weird posture because it was easiest to use that way, since it's probably not very symmetrical, plus wrist slap like you guys said before.[/QUOTE] well that and just olympic style shooting is not practical for hunting on the move, his form clearly allowed for a quicker draw if he had to track something that was running off, for example.

[QUOTE=No Party Hats;49997274]well that and just olympic style shooting is not practical for hunting on the move, his form clearly allowed for a quicker draw if he had to track something that was running off, for example.[/QUOTE] You can't hunt in australia so I doubt he did anything like that. But I guess he might have been mimicking it for authenticity, who knows

[QUOTE=Empty_Shadow;49997279]You can't hunt in australia so I doubt he did anything like that. But I guess he might have been mimicking it for authenticity, who knows[/QUOTE] [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_in_Australia"] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_in_Australia[/URL] edgucate yourself

I was really surprised at the power of the bow and his accuracy. Guy's got some skill.

I can imagine him doing this like he's playing a game of Rise of Nations or Civilization or something. First he lives in a hut of clay and a wooden bow and arrow, but keeps expanding until he has a fortress and armor of steel and a sword.

Watching his videos is making wish I could just go out into the forest & live like that Unfortunately I don't have the knowledge to do this & of course there are no rainforests in England

[QUOTE=abcpea;49997294][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_in_Australia"] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_in_Australia[/URL] edgucate yourself[/QUOTE] But abcpea, you can't hunt in Australia, didn't you know?

Taken from the Wikipedia page on fire hardening: [QUOTE]Subsequent firings and polishings of the wooden tip of the spear would eventually form a hardened glaze consisting of pitch, wood particles and carbon on the tip which could eventually be [B]even harder than a copper tip[/B].[/QUOTE] That's nuts. So even without a stone or metal arrowhead these things can do some serious damage.

[QUOTE=The Rifleman;49993896]Every single one of this guy's video is fucking great. Is there any videogame where i can go out and live like this guy[/QUOTE] Stranded 2? Cataclysm DDA? Unreal World?

[QUOTE=No Party Hats;49997230]about a million different factors play into it if you really wanna craft a bow of a high quality, you gotta get the right wood type from the right tree in the right weather conditions, even at the right -age-[/QUOTE] Not really, you can make a good longbow out of a store bought board of kiln-dried oak. I've even seem board bows whittled out of knotty pine boards.

[QUOTE=The Rifleman;49993896]Every single one of this guy's video is fucking great. Is there any videogame where i can go out and live like this guy[/QUOTE] Believe it or not, rust is as close as it gets if only it wasn't a sausage fest though.

[QUOTE=Blah360;49993988]yeah it's called Real Life[/QUOTE] I hear the graphical fidelity is shit and there's terrible latency issues.

[QUOTE=Bredirish123;50006836]I hear the graphical fidelity is shit and there's terrible latency issues.[/QUOTE] It's pay 2 win.

[QUOTE=gdfsgdfg;50006590]Believe it or not, rust is as close as it gets if only it wasn't a sausage fest though.[/QUOTE] Rusts survival is the same shallow and unchallenging "rub two resources together to craft intricate machine" that you get in a majority of "survival" games/mods out there. Though there are about a dozen true wilderness survival games that are good, terrafirmacraft, hydrocraft, wurm, cataclysm: dda, and unreal world are a few.