Primitive Self Bow with String, Stone Age Replica

A simple self bow, carved from a single piece of wood, with a gentle curve, a wrapped grip in the middle, small nocks at each tip and a straight string strung between them. The limbs have a light wood-grain texture. Bows are among the great inventions of the Stone Age. The Holmegaard bows from Denmark, about 9,000 years old, are among the oldest complete bows found, and their design was efficient enough that modern bowyers still copy it. Self bows of elm or yew remained in use for thousands of…

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