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Offline zeNBowyer

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Re: Book suggestions on the topic "how to make traditional bow"?
« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2009, 09:30:38 am »
                             
                                                   American Indian Archery

By Reginald and  Gladys Laubin,  very  interesting book  on  American  Indian  Archery, covering designs, techniques, lots color  prints, here's  an  excerpt from  one  chapter on  Indian skirmishes:

     "De Soto took  an  Indian  prisoner and  had  him  demonstrate  the  power and  accuracy  of  his shooting. He  pierced  a  coat  of  chain  mail at  150  paces. A  second  coat  of  mail was  then  placed  on  top of  the  first,  and  an  arrow  pierced  both of them  but did  not  go  completely through as  it  had  the  first  time"


no  sissy  bows  here!

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"There's  something  immoral  about  abandoning  your  own  judgement"
Cowards always run in  packs
Ishi did not become the arrow, I suspect. The arrow became Ishi.

Offline mox1968

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Re: Book suggestions on the topic "how to make traditional bow"?
« Reply #16 on: November 12, 2009, 12:30:25 pm »
the bowyers bibles definately ,hunting the osage bow ,the archers craft ,bent stick  all good reading !!

Offline shamus

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Re: Book suggestions on the topic "how to make traditional bow"?
« Reply #17 on: November 12, 2009, 08:26:50 pm »
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bows and arrows the cherokee way by al herin,

Absolutely! Al is a great guy and the Cherokee Bows and Arrows"  is a valuable resource.