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Title: The Traditonal Bowyer's Bible, Volume 1 by Jim Hamm ISBN: 1-58574-085-3 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.54 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must have for lovers of the old style bows....
Comment: The Traditional Bowyers Bible is the best book on the subject I have read so far on this interesting subject. All 3 volumes are worth having, but this one, the first volume, offers the beginning bowyer a complete course in building a wooden bow. I disagree with an earlier reviewer of this book on its value to the beginner. I am a novice bowyer (bow-builder) if not a novice archer, and I thought the book was especially valuable. In fact that seems tobe exactly the person Hamm and the other contributors to this book seem to have had in mind....All three books come under the heading of "don't miss", but this one in particular is a "DON'T miss"...
Rating: 5
Summary: Extremely valuable information for making bows
Comment: The amount of information in this book is staggering. I never knew that there was so much to know about turning a piece of wood into a bow. This book covers it all. It contains very detailed information about different woods, wood selection, tillering, wood grains, bow physics and theory. Word of warning, this book has a unbridled bias towards flat-bows. But, the information is invaluable regardless the style of bows you intend to build.
The amount of information in this book may be a little daunting to the beginner, but I would highly recommend it to anyone thinking about building a quality bow of any style.
Rating: 5
Summary: the beginning bowyers goldmine
Comment: If, like me, you find yourself searching the internet endlessly for articles on making longbows, composite bows and everything in between, then look no further. Together, the three volumes in this set would have to be among, if not THE the most valuable texts on making archery tackle that there is.
The photographs are in black and white, but they are excellent quality, and often appear within the well bound covers. Detailed illustrations also accompany the well thought out and clearly presented text. A lot of thought went into the production of these books, and I must say that the effort payed off.
Living in another country and studying with no job, I had to save every bit of loose change I had for about 18 months to get these books, and they were worth every cent.
I recommend these three books to all who aspire to one day loose arrows from their own hand crafted weapons of antiquity.
This review does NOT refer to the paperback edition
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Title: Making Indian Bows and Arrows, The Old Way by Douglas Wallentine, Douglas Spotted Eagle ISBN: 0943604214 Publisher: Eagle's View Publishing Pub. Date: October, 1988 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Making Arrows the Old Way!! by Doug Wallentine, Douglas Wallentine, Douglas Spotted Eagle, Montejon Smith ISBN: 0943604222 Publisher: Eagle's View Publishing Pub. Date: March, 1989 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: Traditional Archery by Sam Fadala ISBN: 0811729435 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Become the Arrow (On Target Series) by Byron Ferguson, Glenn Helgeland ISBN: 091330509X Publisher: Target Communications Corp Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Flintknapping : Making and Understanding Stone Tools by John C. Whittaker ISBN: 029279083X Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1994 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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