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    • woodsman84
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        I’m an inexpirienced bowyer and am attemptingto make a selfbow. Could anyone tell me which volume of the bowyers bible collection would be most helpful or any other book?

      • Dan Sweeney
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          The single most helpful volume is certainly Volume 1. Focus on the tillering chapter and the design chapter. Following that, Volume 4 is the next most helpful as far as getting started making functional bows. They both have good simple starter designs and plans detailed. All volumes are excellent and worth having, but 2 and 3 tend to focus more on specific designs and adaptations and whatnot rather than on the construction/tillering of a first or early selfbow.

          “Ishi and Elvis” by Jim Hamm is also good. While not actually a “bow making” book, it does offer, as part of the story, some account of working with Osage.

          There are lots of others, but I’d say that TBB I and IV are the best starting points.

        • woodsman84
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            Well thanks Dan, I’ll certainly check those two out.

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