A little help to help my teacher

[kid bow]

Ok my teacher is an sat/act teacher. He's a real cool guy and we call him the Ginja because of his red hair. He saw me reading tbb book in class and wanted to know if I could make him a bow.... I told him no but I did tell him if my act score went up I would help him make one. Anyway, I'm painstakingly writing down everything I know from start to finish on how to make a primitive bow might even throw my info on how I make my arrows But I feel my small amount of experience won't be enough so I you guys could reply with some tips for him to make his own bows maybe a couple stories, tips and tricks if he runs into problems, types of woods, what kinds of designs are best. I know this is a lot of information I'm asking from you all but I know you guys have amazing bow making skills so I came to where I might get the best and brightest info. Please help me

[bushboy]

first off ,.get an elm or osage stave!or hickory ,maple or.or,or.....................

[kid bow]

Hmmmmm interesting lol keep going

[huisme]

Black locust, it's a heck of a learning wood and screaming fast if you get it right 

[PatM]

Loan him the book. I'd bet he can read.

[Weylin]

Or send him a link to this forum...

[PrimitiveTim]

When my brother wanted some help making a bow I told him to watch Billy Berger's 4 part series on it.  I gave him a hackberry stave and he made a really nice bow.  It was far better than my first several bows.  I just advised him when he ran into certain issues, like how to deal with some natural deflex and where he needed to take off some wood and things like that.  He's much more artistic than me so I think it came easier to him.