Over the years I have been making and shooting wood longbows and arrows. I have been gleaning information from people and books and teaching myself much by trial and error. Here I present a few photos and share some of my experiences along the way.
Unless otherwise noted, photography is by my wife and is copyright © Cindy Pavlinac, Sacred Land Photography.
The renaissance look with longbow and arrows.
Starting a new longbow of oak.The board is worked down with a drawknife to follow a single growth ring, which becomes the back of the bow.
(This fuzzy photo not by Cindy.) Here's another one, this one has
feathers spliced in the crest colors. 
Arrow shaft showing a self nock (cut directly into the wooden
shaft) and tied-on fletching. The nock is re-inforced with a wrapping
of silk thread and the entire fletched portion of the shaft is
given three coats of laquer.
