Comments on: Building a bow

Building a bow

Upton O'Good — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:35:35 -0800

Arnold Smit shows, step by step, the crafting of a bow. More of his beautiful bows here. (Also available in Dutch.)

By: LoriFLA

LoriFLA — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:56:12 -0800

Darn. I thought this was going to be a how-to-make-awesome-bows-out-of-ribbon. I would be the hit at the next baby shower. I would never divulge my awesome bow making skills. :evil laugh:

By: DU

DU — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:25:54 -0800

It didn't even occur to me that this could be about ribbons. men assume THIS and women assume THIS amirite?

By: nowonmai

nowonmai — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:29:34 -0800

I thought I would learn how to make obeisance with greater flair.

By: sir_rubixalot

sir_rubixalot — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:53:20 -0800

ohhh.... bow. I'm an idiot.

By: Huplescat

Huplescat — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:53:35 -0800

The link hasn't loaded yet, but I can hardly wait to see all those boats.

By: sir_rubixalot

sir_rubixalot — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:03:51 -0800

Oh yeah that looks easy/hard to read. I'll let you know monday what the beautiful bows look like once it finished loading.

By: Fiasco da Gama

Fiasco da Gama — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:20:14 -0800

This fellow sounds very polite and respectful. He must have huge lower back problems from all that bowing, though.

By: sdodd

sdodd — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:35:46 -0800

Appreciation: That is one gorgeous piece of craftsmanship. And I'm delighted that individuals with such rare skills are documenting them for future generations. Snark: Fabulous web design. Wouldn't want search engines to find any of that text.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:39:20 -0800

I assumed it was about ribbons, too. Um. How about those Red Sox?

By: stet

stet — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:16:58 -0800

Ribbons? You people are dumb. The post is clearly about violin bows. Wait... What? [This is an awesome post]

By: Huplescat

Huplescat — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:22:05 -0800

This guy has a lot of power tools. But people used to make bows with sharp rocks and kill enormous wild animals with them.

By: kiltedtaco

kiltedtaco — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:56:39 -0800

I was actually thinking violin bows too...

By: TheophileEscargot

TheophileEscargot — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:04:07 -0800

Excellent post. And he didn't even need the help of his nephew.

By: ukdanae

ukdanae — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:30:46 -0800

I also assumed ribbons, but love the non-ribbon bows nonetheless! Stuff like this makes me wish I had any talent for craftsmanship.

By: quin

quin — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:50:28 -0800

I made a bow once. It started when I stood up, and then bent at the hip, inclining my upper half slightly forward as a form of polite deference. I didn't write a whole web page about it though. I'm so going to break out my recurve this summer. It's been too long since I got my archery on.

By: ysabet

ysabet — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:56:56 -0800

Bucking the gender-trend, i thought 'cool! archery! - ohwait, maybe music.' Ribbons didn't even occur to me.