New bow books!

Stiks-n-Strings · December 25, 2009, 11:10:00 AM

Found a complete set of the Bowyers bibles, a copy of the bent stick and a copy of Hunting the osage bow under the tree this morning!

Merry Christmas Guys!

razorback · December 25, 2009, 11:17:00 AM

Santa loves Sticks-n-Strings, Santa loves Stiks-n-Strings, Santa loves Stiks-n-Strings.

Stiks-n-Strings · December 25, 2009, 12:08:00 PM

Sure reckon he does LOL
Merry Christmas All!

Pat B · December 25, 2009, 12:21:00 PM

You will love them all. Start with The Bent Stick. It is basic and will set you up for Hunting the Osage Bow. Read the TBB series in order. Number 4 updates the first 3 plus great info from Marc St Louis(heat treating bellies)and Steve Gardner's Mass Theory and others.
I have them all and am constantly referring to one or the other.

Apex Predator · December 25, 2009, 12:57:00 PM

What Pat said! Congrats!

dutchwarbow · December 25, 2009, 07:43:00 PM

one of the best books you'll ever read!

TBB 4 has quite alot of updates from TBB1. interesting parts in TBB2 are the chapters about board bows, steambending/recurves, and broadheads (for hunters). TBB3 is great with the info about all different kinds of bows, TBB1 is the basis for these books. TBB4 teaches you how to get the best performing bows. Enjoy the read!!

and I agree with Pat. Start with the bent stick. Haven't read hunting the osage bow yet :s

goodluck!

Nick

Stiks-n-Strings · December 25, 2009, 08:57:00 PM

I was gonna ask some of you guys which ones you thought I should read first.
Thanks for the input.

I'm gonna spend the next couple of days cutting timber to make staves. Got access to BL, Mulberry, Hickory and Osage all by the truck load

2treks · December 25, 2009, 09:27:00 PM

That will keep you busy Reading till Easter(No I'm not a slow reader). Them are just some great books.
By the truck load huh? You got a FUN FUN FUN witer in store. enjoy it. It is some good fun.
Chuck

Pat B · December 25, 2009, 11:17:00 PM

Read Dean Torges chapters on finding and cutting osage first. Lots of good insight there before you go a cuttin".

Stiks-n-Strings · December 26, 2009, 01:37:00 AM

Sounds good Pat, I cut an osage tree the other day and sure wish I would of known Santa was gonna be so good to me cause it split when I cut it. Live and learn I guess.
Any of you guys go to cloverdale in june? If so I might bring a few staves looking for a new home for some of you fellas who have been so helpful along the start of this journey I have begun. I plan on cutting a load of 'em

David Holt · December 26, 2009, 10:33:00 AM

Got the TBB4 from santa an haven't put it down yet...Awsome book!

4est trekker · December 26, 2009, 12:16:00 PM

Read four times, measure twice, cut once.

Igor · December 26, 2009, 01:41:00 PM

Great information and well put togther

Enjoy!

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Glenn