Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11985 in Books
• Published on: 2000-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
"For anyone interested in the bow as a hunting tool. . . endless fascination."--Field & Stream

Customer Reviews

A masterpiece
This is surely the best book ever written about the subject. It contains everything you need to know in order to build traditional bows, whether you're an experienced craftsman or a complete novice.

It's also an engrossing, utterly fascinating read for anybody interested in any aspect of archery, whether technical, social or historical. The section on bow design, explaining how bows work and what makes a good one, is worth the money on its own.

Even if you haven't the slightest intention of setting plane to plank, if you're at all interested in bows and arrows, this is a book you must buy. Above all, it's written with wonderfully infectious enthusiasm, warmth and wit by men who live for the joy of the bent stick.

A superb book which has given me a great deal of pleasure

If you want to build an all wood bow, this book is a must!
This book starts by teaching you the basic knowledge of wood and how it will affect the bow's performance. From there it will take you into building a couple different types of bows and the best way to accomplish it. The only better way to learn is to have someone teach you. If you don't have anyone then this book is your best bet!

Very entertaining and complete, but not too well organized
Technical accounts from experienced bowyers, interspersed with war stories on bow making and bow hunting. Chock full with - black and white - pictures of bows, bow details and key operations in bow making. Each author's/bowyers' idiosyncrasies are given much leeway. On the downside, this book is not for the complete novice. Many technical terms are used without explanation, and a basic understanding of wooden bows is required.