Arrow Building Workshop
Description:
A bow is only as good as the arrows shot from it. Even the straightest stick you can find will still have wobbles and twists that need to be straightened before it is ready to be made into an arrow.
This two day workshop teaches the complete process of primitive arrow making. From harvesting the arrow shaft to taking the shot, you will learn all the steps it takes to make the most important piece of the bow hunting equation. You will learn different sources of arrow shafts, two methods of arrow straightening, spine testing, and how to fletch and haft your own arrow. You will walk away from this class with a deeper respect and understanding of the primitive arrow and hunting. If time permits there will be a flint knapping demonstration on how stone points are made.
Ages: 18 & Older
Where: Ancestral Knowledge Museum & Research Center - Riverdale, MD
When: June 20-21, 9am-5pm
Registration Fee: $125-$225 Sliding Scale (pay what you are comfortable)
Bill Kaczor - Executive Director/Co-founder 2007-Present
Bill is the Executive Director and a co-founder of Ancestral Knowledge. Bill has worked and studied intensively with the masters in the fields of; youth mentoring, naturalist studies, primitive technology and tracking. He has been teaching children and adults in these subjects since 1998 — Bill was a lead instructor at Children of the Earth Foundations- Coyote Tracks summer camps for 5 years, and two years as the assistant director. He has instructed students at the University of Maryland, Georgetown University, Rivercane & Falling Leaves Rendezvous, Mid-Atlantic Primitive Skills Gathering (MAPS Meet), Bill can often be found instructing at Tom Brown Jr.’s Tracker School teaching primitive traps, bow making, flint knapping, pottery and hide tanning. In 1999 after 11 years, Bill chose to leave his skateboard/snowboard business and dedicate his life to helping people connect with the Earth through ancient skills. Shortly afterwards, Bill designed and was granted an after school and summer program for the 21st Century Learning Community in Public School District 150 of Peoria, Illinois. This program was successful in that it led the children to a respect for nature, respect for themselves and others, self-discipline and adventure. Bill is a specialist in bow making, stone tool technologies, hide tanning, fire by friction and hunting and experienced in many more skills.
If you are interested in building and hunting with your own equipment, please check out our Whitetail Hunting Tactics with Longbows and Recurves Apprenticeship
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