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Title: Best bowyers book
Post by: kevinbarry on February 26, 2013, 09:42:00 PM

If you could own only one book on building lam bows what would it be.Thanks all.

Title: Re: Best bowyers book
Post by: Brock on February 26, 2013, 10:27:00 PM

glass backed or natural?

for natural...i would say Hunting the Osage Bow by Dean Torges...on making a bamboo backed osage bow.

for selfbows I found Paul Comstock, The Bent Stick to be one of the easiest to follow and learn from.\\


For glass backed.....only one I ever recommended was a Bingham Kit to a friend and he loves it.

Title: Re: Best bowyers book
Post by: Pat B on February 26, 2013, 11:19:00 PM

For selfbows, "The Art of Building Selfbows" by Stim Wilcox, "Hunting the Oasge Bow"  by Dean Torges, "The Bent Stick" by Paul Comstock,"Billets to Bows" by Glenn St Charles, "Primitive Archery and "The Bowyers Craft" by Jay Massey, TBBI,II,III,IV...and the list goes on.

Title: Re: Best bowyers book
Post by: kevinbarry on February 26, 2013, 11:32:00 PM

Brock glass lam bows

Title: Re: Best bowyers book
Post by: Bowjunkie on February 27, 2013, 05:51:00 AM

Traditional Bowyer: More Unnecessary Fun by Jack Harrison