Bow Making
Course
In Bognor Regis
Description
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Type
Workshop
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Level
Beginner
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Location
Bognor regis
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Duration
3 Days
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Start date
Different dates available
By the end of the course you should leave with your own shooting Flat Bow and a hand crafted arrow. Suitable for: Everyone interested in learning to craft a traditional Bow.
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
About this course
Improve you skills using axe and other hand tools to craft a shooting bow.
16 years plus.
None
Maximum of 4 students on the courses. Fully catered.
Reviews
Subjects
- History
- Axe skills
- Bow making
- Archery
- Resilience
- Woodwork
- Bushcraft
- Crafts
- Arrow making
- Natural cordage making
- Plant identification
Teachers and trainers (1)
Wayne Jones
Founder and Chief Instructor
Owner of Forestknights Bushcraft School. Based in South West Sussex. Expedition leader and Wilderness Medic. Founder member of the Prehistoric Archery and Atlatl Society. Keen craftsman teaching traditional skills throughout the world.
Course programme
3 Day Bow Making Courses near Arundel West Sussex.
Our bowmaker will guide you through the rough shaping with an axe;
carving with drawknives, spokeshaves and planes; and finishing with
rasps and scrapers. He will help you to recognise where to remove wood
and advise on how to handle any character in the wood.
The price in includes all meals,snacks materials and use of tools to create your own bow and arrow to keep.
Camping is available but not essential for this course.
Bow Making