Composite bowA composite bow is a bow made from many different materials. Composite bows can be made from any combination of horn, antler, bamboo, wood, or sinew. These materials are typically laminated together with glue. Materials such as horn or antler are added to composite bows because they have extraordinary compression strength, which complements the similarly exceptional tensile strength of sinew.
Card scraperA card scraper or cabinet scraper is a woodworking shaping and finishing tool. It is used to manually remove small amounts of material and excels in tricky grain areas where hand planes would cause tear out. Card scrapers are most suitable for working with hardwoods, and can be used instead of sandpaper. Scraping can produce a cleaner surface than sanding. It less often clogs the pores of the wood with dust, and may leave less torn wood fibers than sanding.
DrawknifeA drawknife (drawing knife, draw shave, shaving knife) is a traditional woodworkinghand tool used to shape wood by removing shavings. It consists of a blade with a handle at each end. The blade is much longer (along the cutting edge) than it is deep (from cutting edge to back edge). It is pulled or "drawn" (hence the name) toward the user. The drawknife in the illustration has a 23 cm (9.1 in) long blade, although much shorter drawknives are also made.
North AmericaNorth America is a continent in the Northern and Western hemispheres. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. North America covers an area of around 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), representing approximately 16.5% of Earth's land area and 4.8% of its total surface area.Holmegaard bowThe Holmegaard bows are a series of self bows found in the bogs of Northern Europe dating from c. 7000 BC in the Mesolithic age. They are named after the Holmegaard area of Denmark in which the first and earliest specimens were found, and are the oldest bows discovered anywhere in the world.
LongbowA longbow is a type of tall bow that makes a long draw possible. Longbows for hunting and warfare have been made from many different woods in many cultures; in Europe they date from the Paleolithic era and, since the Bronze Age, were made mainly from yew, or from wych elm if yew was unavailable. The historical longbow was a self bow made of a single piece of wood, but modern longbows may also be made from modern materials or by gluing different timbers together.
Taxus baccataSpecies of coniferTaxus baccata is a species of coniferous tree in the family Taxaceae. It is the tree originally known as yew, though to distinguish it from related species it is sometimes called common yew, European yew, or, in North America, English yew. It is a woodland tree in its native range, which spans much of Europe and parts of West Asia, the Caucasus and Northwest Africa.
HickoryHickory is a common name for trees composing the genus Carya, which includes 19 species accepted by Plants of the World Online. Seven species are native to Southeast Asia in China, Indochina, and northeastern India (Assam), and twelve are native to North America. A number of hickory species are used for their edible nuts or for their wood.
Bow and arrowThe bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows). Humans used bows and arrows for hunting and aggression long before recorded history, and the practice was common to many prehistoric cultures. They were important weapons of war from ancient history until the early modern period, when they were rendered increasingly obsolete by the development of the more powerful and accurate firearms.Modern competitive archeryModern competitive archery involves shooting arrows at a target for accuracy and precision from a set distance or distances. This is the most popular form of competitive archery worldwide and is called target archery. A form particularly popular in Europe, North America, and South America is field archery, shot at targets generally set at various distances in a wooded setting. There are also several other lesser-known and historical forms, as well as archery novelty games.
Pinus sylvestrisPinus sylvestris is a species of conifer, a pine, in the family Pinaceae. It is native to Eurasia. It is known as the Scots pine in English, alternatively as the Scotch pine in the United States, and occasionally the Baltic pine or European red pine. It can readily be identified by its combination of fairly short, blue-green leaves and orange-red bark. NamesBefore the 18th century, the species was more often known as Scots fir or Scotch fir.
Indigenous peoples of the Eastern WoodlandsThe Eastern Woodlands is a cultural region of the Indigenous people of North America. The Eastern Woodlands extended roughly from the Atlantic Ocean to the eastern Great Plains, and from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf of Mexico, which is now part of the Eastern United States and Canada. The Plains Indians culture area is to the west; the Subarctic area to the north.
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