Building a PRIMITIVE Bow and Arrow with Stone Tools

In this week's primitive skills video, we're going back to the stone age and building a 100% primitive bow and arrow entirely from scratch. For this bow building project, I'm using no modern tools whatsoever. Everything will be done with primitive stone tools, pottery, sinew, rawhide, and other natural materials. Building a primitive self bow and arrows with stone tools is challenging to say the least. What might take just a few seconds with a proper saw or hatchet might take a half hour using stone age tools. This primitive bow is made from hawthorn, force dried and fire hardened over a bed of coals. My bow building tools consist of obsidian flakes and antler wedges. The primitive arrows are made from ocean spray shoots, fletched with hide glue, turkey feather fletchings, and elk sinew. The primitive bow string is made from elk back sinew and I'll be flint knapping stone arrowheads from obsidian. To mount the stone tips, I'll make pine pitch glue. This video is full of primitive technology and there will be more to come. This is a survival asmr style video but there are lots of text descriptions to help you follow along. Don't forget to subscribe to the channel. We're uploading a new video each week that features one of the following topics: archery, bow hunting, bow building, survival skills, bushcraft, self reliance, primitive skills, primitive bows, hunting, camping, fishing, and a lot more! GEAR I USE: Knives - https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/ Backpacks - https://kifaru.net/CLAYHAYES Archery Gear - https://www.3riversarchery.com/ Optics - https://www.vortexoptics.com Clothing - https://www.firstlite.com/?lang=en_US&bid=firstlite&utm_source=social&utm_medium=firstlite_clayhayes&utm_campaign=2025&utm_term=flpro_team Camera Gear - https://amzn.to/47HZFrz Essential Backcountry Gear - https://amzn.to/3u6H0If Surviving Alone by Clay Hayes - https://amzn.to/3Qqou3l You can also connect with me on my other media outlets! Website: https://www.twistedstave.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clayhayeshunter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clayhayeshunter/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/clayhayes