doomsday survival

Chapter 49 Bow Making ([-])

Xia Rou took the bow from Shi Jian's hand and held it in her arms like a baby, unwilling to let go.Seeing her appearance, Shi Jian smiled and said, "Xiao Rou, how about giving you a glorious and difficult task?"

"Tell me." When Xia Rou heard that there was a mission, she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.

Shi Jian handed her a towel, and said, "How about you go and wipe the whole bow with the meat oil?"

Xia Rou took the towel and ran away happily to wipe the bow handle.

Shi Jian said to Xia Qing again: "You have to help me fix the bowstring in a while."

Xia Qing nodded in agreement.

Shi Jian checked the information, and it said that the bowstring is best made of steel wire or tire wire. In the wild, raw cowhide can be used, or old castor bark can be used to make it.Shi Jian doesn't have any of these things, but thinking about the requirements of bow strings, as long as they are strong and durable instead of elastic, Shi Jian thought of one thing - climbing rope.

Shi Jian's climbing rope is a static rope. When I bought it on Taobao, the seller said it was made of Kevlar, but I don't know if it is true or not.However, the climbing rope is strong and durable enough, and the static rope is not very elastic, so it should be used as a bowstring.

Shi Jian went to find the climbing rope. It was more than 40 meters long, but Shi Jian used it as a trap for zombies and cut it into two sections of more than 20 meters long, but it was enough.Shi Jian's climbing rope is ten millimeters thick, too thick to be used directly as a bowstring, and must be disassembled before it can be used.

The outer layer of the climbing rope is a sheath made of multi-strand monofilament. Shi Jian needs to use the rope core inside, so he had to use a knife to cut open the sheath bit by bit. Fortunately, with Xia Qing's help, the two split up. The action is not too slow.

After the sheath was cut open, the inner rope core was exposed. There were six three-layer white cores in total. When Shi Jian saw it, he couldn't help cursing: "What the hell is Kevlar, it's nylon! You're a profiteer!"

Xia Qing didn't know why, so he looked at Shi Jian suspiciously, and Shi Jian explained: "Kevlar is a material, much better than this nylon."

But no matter what, it is impossible for Shi Jian to give a bad review to that seller. Anyway, although the nylon one is worse, it is still good enough. The tire thread is actually nylon.

The diameter of the bowstring is generally three millimeters, and Shi Jian has to use two rope cores to weave it. Compared with those who weave bowstrings with thin threads, Shi Jian has saved a lot of trouble, and with Xia Qing, Shi Jian Jian decided to hand over this glorious and arduous task.

Of course, Xia Qing couldn't do it alone, and Shi Jian had to help.Shi Jian took two rope cores, pinched them for more than ten centimeters with his hands and fixed them, and then asked Xia Qing to start weaving.It has to be said that girls are born with braids, which has a lot to do with their braids. Xia Qing braids so well and quickly that Shi Jian couldn't help but applaud.

According to Shi Jian's request, Xia Qing stopped when he weaved about eight centimeters, took the two strands of rope in Shi Jian's hand, and weaved them together with four ropes, thus forming a rope circle. Shi Jian explained to Xia Qing Said: "This string buckle is used to put on the bow."

After the string was left, Xia Qing continued to weave down. When it reached 1.6 meters, Shi Jian asked her to stop.Shi Jian doesn't know how to calculate the string length, but he also has his own method.He asked Xia Rou to take the bow handle, put the string buckle on the groove at one end, then put the bow on the ground, stepped on it with his feet, and pulled the bow string hard to bend the bow handle.Then, Shi Jian passed the bowstring around the groove at the other end, making the grooves on both sides level with the bowstring, and recorded the length of the bowstring.

"As long as they're level, there's minimal friction on the strings," Shi said.

Next, Shi Jian asked Xia Qing to disassemble the braided bowstring again, and when the remaining length was five centimeters shorter than the measured length, insert a thin branch in the middle, and then continue weaving until the length is enough than the measured length It stopped again when it was ten centimeters longer.Shi Jian took a rope end and passed it through the gap left by the branches, and asked Xia Qing to weave a short length, cut the rope, and the second string buckle was completed.

Afterwards, Shi Jian began to deal with the small extra part of the buckle.He took a piece of rope and folded it first, leaving a loop, so that the double-strand part was longer than the part with the extra string buckle.Then Shi Jian put the rope and the bowstring side by side, wound the long end tightly clockwise until it reached the bottom of the bowstring, passed through the newly left loop, clamped the short end with pliers and pulled it hard, the loop carried The extra cord goes into the wrap and is held securely so it won't unravel.Shi Jian cut off the excess rope, and the bowstring was finished.

Shi Jian bent the bow again, put on the bowstring at this end, pulled the bow hard, felt it, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "We finally made it, and now we have long-range weapons!"

Xia Qing and Xia Rou also gathered around excitedly, admiring the newly made bow.Xia Rou asked: "Brother Jian, can you shoot a wolf?"

"It should be possible." Shi Jian was a little uncertain, but he intuitively felt that he could be shot without being killed.

"What about the zombies?" Xia Rou asked again.

"This..." Shi Jian has no confidence now. Although the muscles of the zombies are dry, their strength seems to have increased, so he is really not sure, especially if the zombies do not destroy their brains, they will not die, but he Still hesitating, he said, "If it can hit the eyes or the mouth, it should be fine."

"Then can we shoot arrows now?" Xia Rou always had countless questions.

Shi Jian rubbed her little head and said: "Not yet, there is still a process that has not been completed."

"What?" Xia Rou continued to ask.

"Wrap the protective string, otherwise the bowstring will be broken by the arrow within a few strokes." Shi Jian simply explained to little Lolita.

The protective rope is a must, and should be added to the string buckle and the arrow nock, but it is too thick to wrap with a climbing rope core, and Shi Jian has to untie the rope core.In fact, the rope core is also twisted together with multiple strands of fiber, but it takes a lot of effort to untie it, but with Xia Qing, a careful person, Shi Jian entrusted her to do all these, and made arrows by himself. It is also euphemistically called "coordinated distribution".

Birch is the most suitable material for arrows. Shi Jian still has a lot of birch here. He selected some straight birch branches to trim and shape them. The length is about [-] centimeters and the width is also [-] centimeters. Jian also used ropes to hang stones as lead pendants and compared them one by one, and finally selected [-] branches that fully met the requirements.

When Shi Jian finished selecting the arrow branches one by one, Xia Qing also finished her work, so Shi Jian put the arrow making aside and finished the last step of the bow first.Fortunately, the core of the rope is not made of monofilament, but twisted from several small strands of fiber. Shi Jian doesn't intend to wrap the entire bowstring with a protective rope. His own rope is too little, so he can save a little if he can. So he only wound the string and the nock.The method of winding the guard rope is the same as the previous winding of the buckle. Shi Jian, who is already proficient, finished winding the guard rope in a short time.Shi Jian put on the bowstring again, and this time he really finished all the work, only the making of the arrow sticks remained.

There were too many arrows to be made, so Shi Jian took an arrow and showed Xia Qing how to make it. Xia Qing and him should finish the rest together. As for Xia Rou, Shi Jian would not exploit child labor anymore.

It is much simpler to make arrows. It is basically enough to sharpen one end and flatten the other end before engraving the groove. The sharpened end should be quenched to make it harder.In order to make the arrow more accurate, it is also necessary to ensure that the arrow branch is absolutely smooth and add tail feathers. The smoothness of the birch wood after peeling off the skin is completely suitable, and only the tail feathers are added.

Shi Jian handed over the work of cutting the arrows to Xia Qing, and added tail feathers to the arrows himself.He dug out the original pheasant feathers, started from the top, tore the feathers to the center of the quill, leaving a [-] mm wide quill at each end of the feather, so that it could be tied to the arrow shaft, and then the circumference of the arrow shaft Divide it into thirds, tie three quills symmetrical to each other, and an arrow is completed in this way.

Shi Jian fiddled with the arrow in his hand and said to Xia Qing: "It's a pity that there is not enough time and materials. Otherwise, if you use flint or bone to polish it as an arrow, it will have a much better effect than direct quenching."

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