The Art Of Making Selfbows
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The Art Of Making Selfbows
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Author : Stim Wilcox
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2009-06
The Art Of Making Selfbows written by Stim Wilcox and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This book is meant to be understandable and fun to use. The topics range from the beginnings to the end -- cutting and curing wood through building a selfbow of almost any type and finishing it. Selfbows are wooden bows with no laminations in the limbs. Both beginners and advanced bowyers should find the book usable and worthwhile. There are extensive descriptions and directions throughout, supported by over 200 individual color illustrations. Besides the how-to directions, there are sections on heat-bending, splicing billets, shaping handles, and treating problems like knots, cracks, etc. Several other useful topics are addressed, such as suggestions on how to make a bow with only a few measurements, reduce handshock, eliminate stack, stabilize arrow flight, shoot where you look, and increase arrow speed.
Traditional Bowyer S Handbook
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Author : Clay C. Hayes
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-11-11
Traditional Bowyer S Handbook written by Clay C. Hayes and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-11 with categories.
I can't really explain my attraction to the bow and arrow. I can't explain the pull of a camp fire either, or the ocean, or the open hills where you can see forever. It's just there. These things are in all of us I think, some vestige of our primitive past buried so deep in our genome as to be inseparable from what it is to be human. What we think of as civilization is a new experiment in the eyes of Father Time. Experts say that humans have been around for some fifty thousand years. We've been carrying the bow for maybe five thousand (atlatls and spears before that), and pushing the plow for maybe two thousand. We have been hunters forever. We are built to run, to pursue big game on the open savannas, to kill and eat them. With the dwindling of the Pleistocene mega fauna, mammoths and such, the bow became more important and indeed helped to make us who we are today. It still holds that attraction, same as the hearth. When I was a kid I would make crude bows from green plum branches, big at one end and small at the other. A discarded hay string would serve as a bowstring. My arrows were fat and unfletched and would scarcely fly more than a few yards, usually tumbling over in midair. The small creatures around our home were plenty safe. When I was about 12 or so my brother brought me two old Ben Person recurves he'd found at a yard sale. One was a short bow, probably no more than 48 inches and the other was more of a standard size. They both drew about 50 lbs if I recall. That fall happened to be a good year for cottontails around our little farm and I spent countless hours walking the fields and shooting at them as they busted from underfoot. Although I'd get several shots a day I never did hit one on the fly but I remember that fall fondly nonetheless. The pleasure of jumping rabbits and seeing the feathered shaft streaking toward them was a thrill I've never forgotten. I made my first "real" bow when I was in high school, after getting a copy of the Traditional Bowyers Bible in the mail (more on this in a moment). My first bow, a decrowned mulberry flatbow, broke within about 10 shots. The second held together quite well and is probably still around somewhere and capable of shooting an arrow, though it would probably draw about 70lbs. When I first started making bows I used the woods I had close at hand; mulberry, common persimmon, red maple, white cedar, etc. I'd probably made more than a dozen bows of various woods before I ever saw a piece of Osage. People often ask me where they can find a bow stave and, invariably, I tell them to use what they have close by. No matter where you live, you'll have something near that will make a bow. Go cut it down and get started. This book is an attempt to share some of what I've learned over my years of bow making. The Traditional Bowyers Bible series, as mentioned earlier, is still a great source of information. Why write another book on making wood bows you might ask? The simple answer is that there are so many ways of doing and explaining things. There are still unanswered questions and we'll cover many of them here. We will cover all of the most frequently asked questions, and lay out a simple plan that should guide you through the entire process, from finding a stave to stringing your bow and shooting your first arrow. Some of what you'll find here, you'll find nowhere else.
The British Archer Or Tracts On Archery
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Author : Thomas Hastings
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1831
The British Archer Or Tracts On Archery written by Thomas Hastings and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1831 with Archery categories.
An Archer S Inner Life
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Author : Dave Sigurslid
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2001-03
An Archer S Inner Life written by Dave Sigurslid and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Since the early 19th century when the Romanticists developed the literary theme, interest in the subject of our place in nature grown enormously. The author’s interest was especially piqued one colorful autumn when he picked up an old book at an auction, The Witchery of Archery by Maurice Thompson. Its subject is the old archery of wood bows and arrows. It leads the author to examine the connection between making a wood bow and finding his own place. His crafting brought forward an entirely unanticipated flood of psychological material. He suffered a fit of discontent. He became morose and restless. He restudied his Jung. He had dreams. He underwent a transformation. Herein he writes of his change, of crafting the wood bow, of primitive artistry, of kaleidoscoping personae wherein artist and hunter are, as in the ancient past, indistinguishable. He has used the ideas brought forth by bowmaking to approach the idea of hunting, but he has arrived at a conclusion different from that held by the dominant sport hunting community. One of the earliest and still most prevalent influences in his thinking is Aldo Leopold. Leopold’s ideas, as well as those of Thoreau and Lao Tsu, are reformulated in this book to suit archers and hunters. It will be of interest to any lover of those thinkers, and to hunters, archers, outdoors-oriented people, and peripherally to anyone who is interested in personal transformation.
Traditional Bowyer S Bible
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Author : Jim Hamm
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-07-27
Traditional Bowyer S Bible written by Jim Hamm and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-27 with categories.
The Traditional Bowyer's Bible is a remarkably in-depth analysis of the wooden bow from its construction to its correct use by leading experts in the field. The emphasis here is on the history of these weapons and methods for building them from scratch, just as they were made before the advent of firearms.Invaluable information for anyone interested in the age-old lure of archery.
A Treatise On Archery Or The Art Of Shooting With The Long Bow
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Author : Thomas Waring
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1822
A Treatise On Archery Or The Art Of Shooting With The Long Bow written by Thomas Waring and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1822 with Archery categories.
A Treatise On Archery Or The Art Of Shooting With The Long Bow Etc
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Author : Thomas WARING (Manufacturer of Bows and Arrows.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1820
A Treatise On Archery Or The Art Of Shooting With The Long Bow Etc written by Thomas WARING (Manufacturer of Bows and Arrows.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1820 with categories.
Self Bows And Other Archery Tackle From The Tomb Of Tut Ankham N
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Author : Wallace McLeod
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Self Bows And Other Archery Tackle From The Tomb Of Tut Ankham N written by Wallace McLeod and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Archery categories.
This is a companion volume to Composite Bows from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, in which the author completes the full publication of all the items relating to archery. The catalogue deals in detail with the fourteen self bows and the many arrows found in the tomb, together with the decorated bow-case, the bow box, the two quivers, and two pairs of bracers. There are comparative notes on other Egyptian material, and Appendix with some important addenda to Composite Bows.
Beginner S Guide To Traditional Archery
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Author : Brian J. Sorrells
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2004
Beginner S Guide To Traditional Archery written by Brian J. Sorrells and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Author Brian J. Sorrells shares his time-tested training program for developing shooting skill and provides guidance on all aspects of traditional archery, from choosing arrow shafts to entering your first tournament.
Gifts From The Thunder Beings
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Author : Roland Bohr
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2014-05-01
Gifts From The Thunder Beings written by Roland Bohr and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with Social Science categories.
Gifts from the Thunder Beings examines North American Aboriginal peoples’ use of Indigenous and European distance weapons in big-game hunting and combat. Beyond the capabilities of European weapons, Aboriginal peoples’ ways of adapting and using this technology in combination with Indigenous weaponry contributed greatly to the impact these weapons had on Aboriginal cultures. This gradual transition took place from the beginning of the fur trade in the Hudson’s Bay Company trading territory to the treaty and reserve period that began in Canada in the 1870s. Technological change and the effects of European contact were not uniform throughout North America, as Roland Bohr illustrates by comparing the northern Great Plains and the Central Subarctic—two adjacent but environmentally different regions of North America—and their respective Indigenous cultures. Beginning with a brief survey of the subarctic and Northern Plains environments and the most common subsistence strategies in these regions around the time of contact, Bohr provides the context for a detailed examination of social, spiritual, and cultural aspects of bows, arrows, quivers, and firearms. His detailed analysis of the shifting usage of bows and arrows and firearms in the northern Great Plains and the Central Subarctic makes Gifts from the Thunder Beings an important addition to the canon of North American ethnology.