Splitting English Elm for Longbow Staves using Beech and Steel Wedges. Ancient English Bow Woods HD

Splitting English Elm for Longbow Staves using Beech and Steel Wedges. Ancient English Bow Woods. Three months ago I felled an English elm and the time has come to split the log into staves from which I hope to make several longbows. Elm can be tough to split - and this is my first attempt at splitting elm and only my second try at making bow staves from a log - the first attempt was hazel and it was a disaster! So this is a voyage of discovery for me. First stage will be to split the log into two pieces, after that I will further split or saw the halves so that I get three to four bow staves. If you attempt to split a log using steel on steel, do make sure you wear some basic eye protection. https://mickgrewcock.blog My Gear: Panasonic GH5 Panasonic GH4 25mm f1.7 Lumix 14mm-140mm f3.5-f5.6 100mm-400mm f4.0-f6.3 Canon G7X GoPro Hero iPhone 7 Bushnell Aggressor Trail Cam Velbon DV-7000 tripod and fluid head Mini slider dolly DJI Mavic Pro drone Videos edited with Final Cut Pro X Coloured with Pixel Film Studios Cinematic LUTs MacBook Pro 15" iMac 27" GTech & My Passport Storage Thank you for watching. Comments, likes, suggestions and subscriptions all very welcome. Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr_zw4hK5YIIcE59-iymfxg Connect here: https://twitter.com/AMGREDFOXWOOD And here: https://www.facebook.com/redfoxwood/ And here: https://www.instagram.com/mickgrewcock/ Music by Epidemic Sound #mickgrewcock #longbow #warbow