a) To fletch a bow you need to following items: a carving knife, a shaper (bought in Leth Dariel, Langenfirth or Shard), and a limb (pine, maple, ect....)

b) Start with the limb in your left hand and carving knife in your right, SHAPE longbow (or short bow) from limb. ["You shave the bark away from the limb revealing the clean wood beneath and forming it into the shape of a longbow."]

Next using your shaper, SHAPE longbow from limb. ["You shape out the upper and lower limbs leaving the bulk of the hand riser for later."]

Still using your shaper, SHAPE longbow from limb. ["With care and caution, you shape and form the upper limb of the longbow, keeping in mind the flex for power."]

Using the shaper again, SHAPE longbow from limb. ["With care and caution, you shape and form the lower limb of the longbow, keeping in mind the flex for power."]

With the carving knife, SHAPE longbow from limb. [Testing it constantly by holding the longbow out in front of you several times, you carve the hand riser to a balance that fits well in your hand."]

Back to the shaper, SHAPE longbow from limb. ["With care, you shave and then test the upper limb of the longbow, getting just the right flex for power."]

Using the shaper, SHAPE longbow from limb. ["With care, you shave and then test the lower limb of the longbow, getting just the right flex for power."]

Switching to the knife, SHAPE longbow from limb. ["You carve the tips of the longbow so that the bow strings will be secure and not slip."]

Finally, with the knife, SHAPE longbow from limb. ["With great care you carve the nock just above the riser assuring a flat surface for the arrow."]

**Hint** ["You fear you may have shaved too deep on one side throwing off the balance."] This means you need to forage up another limb and start again! Start with the softer woods and work your way up. Keeping your mechanical lore in the same range of your bow skill is helpful for making better bows too.

a) To till arrows you need: a carving knife, flight shears, wood shaper, feather flights, flight glue, an arrowhead, and a stick.

b) Starting with the carving knife in your right hand and stick in your left, SHAPE shaft from stick. ["You shave the bark away from the stick revealing the clean wood beneath."]

With the knife, SHAPE shaft from stick. ["You shave excess wood away from the stick revealing the clean wood beneath. It finally looks like a shaft."]

Now using your shaper, SHAPE shaft. ["Working with the shaper you round the shaft and bring it to a respectable balance, making sure it is smooth and straight."]

Switch back to the knife, NOTCH shaft with my knife. ["You carefully notch the shaft's tip preparing it for the arrowhead."]

With the knife, NOTCH shaft with my knife. ["Being careful to center it just right, you notch the shaft creating its nock."]

With the knife, FLETCH shaft with my knife. ["You carefully cut the slots that will hold the flights."]

With the flights, FLETCH my shaft. ["You carefully fit the flights into the slots of the shaft making sure to align them properly."]

With the glue, FLETCH my shaft. ["You cautiously dab a small portion of glue along the edge of the flights making sure there is enough but not too much."]

With the shears, FLETCH my shaft. ["With controlled cuts, you trim the flights with the shears."]

With the arrowhead, AFFIX arrowhead. ["You affix a barbed arrowhead to the shaft and secure it tightly, finishing the arrow."]

**Hint** If at anytime you feel you have made a mistake, ["You fear you may have cut the notch at a slight angle which will throw off the some of the flight qualities."] discard the arrow and start over. Arrows like bows can be made of different woods, try them all out starting with the softest and working your way up to the hardest.