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Bows & Arrows of the Native Americans
A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Wooden Bows, Sinew-Backed Bows,
Composite Bows, Strings, Arrows & Quivers
by Jim Hamm

Table of Contents

FORWARD Part 1--Bows A Brief Lesson in Bow Physics Regional Styles Selecting, Cutting and Curing Wood SELF BOWS Working the Back of the Bow Laying out the Bow Bending and Shaping Nocks Tillering Finishing SINEW-BACKED BOWS Preparing the Stave Preparing the Sinew Preparing Glue Preparing the Bow Apply Sinew Curing Finishing COMPOSITE BOWS DECORATION Snakeskin Handles Horsehair, Quillwork, etc. Painted Designs STRINGS Knots

Part 2--Arrows Regional Styles WOODEN ARROWSHAFTS Types of Wood Cutting and Seasoning Shaping and Sizing To Groove or Not to Groove Straightening Finishing Nocks Cresting REED ARROWSHAFTS The Shaft Foreshaft Nocks FLETCHING Types of Feathers Preparing Feathers Applying Feathers with Glue Applying Feathers without Glue Trimming and Decoration POINTS Blunts Stone Bone Steel Part 3--Quivers and Bowcases Part 4--Shooting BOWS AND ERRORS

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The Traditional Bowyer's Bible
Volume One
Table of Contents

1. Why Traditional? by Jay Massey
2. Cutting and Seasoning Wood by Ron Hardcastle
3. Bow Design and Performance by Tim Baker
4. Yew Longbow by John Strunk
5. Osage Flat Bow by Ron Hardcastle
6. Other Bow Woods by Paul Comstock
7. Western Indian Bows by Steve Allely
8. Glue by Tim Baker
9. Splices by John Strunk
10. Sinew-Backing by Jim Hamm
11. Other Backings by Paul Comstock
12. Tillering by Jim Hamm
13. Finishes and Handles by John Strunk
14. Self Arrows by Jay Massey
15. A Comedy of Arrows by Jim Hamm

The Traditional Bowyer's Bible
Volume Two
Table of Contents

1. Tradition Begins with the Past by Jay Massey
2. Bows from Boards by Tim Baker
3. Eastern Woodland Bows by Al Herrin
4. Ancient European Bows by Paul Comstock
5. Composite Bows by Dr. Bert Grayson
6. Bending Wood by Paul Comstock
7. Recurves by Jim Hamm
8. Strings by Tim Baker
9. Helpful Hints and Shortcuts by Jay Massey
10. Steel Points by Glenn Parker
11. Improving Accuracy by G. Fred Asbell
12. Quivers & Other Gear by Jay Massey
13. "Old Ugly" and the Little Buck by Jim Hamm

The Traditional Bowyer's Bible
Volume Three
Table of Contents

1. Traditional Roots by Jay Massey
2. Tools by Paul Comstock
3. Bows of the World by Tim Baker
4. Korean Archery by Jeff Schmidt
5. Plains Indian Bows by Jim Hamm
6. African Archery by David Tukura
7. Take-Down Bows by Jay St. Charles
8. A Stone Age Bow by Tim Baker
9. Preventing and Solving Problems by Paul Comstock
10. Wooden Arrows by Gabriela Cosgrove
11. Custom Shafts by Gene Langston
12. Stone Points by Scott Silsby
13. Passing The Torch by Jim Hamm
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index for 3 Volumes

The Traditional Bowyer's Bible
Volume Four
Table of Contents

1. Out of the Shadows by Paul Comstock
2. Bow Wood by Tim Baker
3. Heat-Treating Bows by Marc St. Louis
4. A Copper Age Bow by Tom Mills
5. The Mass Principle by Steve Gardner
6. Turtle Bow by Jim Hamm
7. Design and Performance Revisited by Tim Baker
8. Flight Bows by Dan Perry
9. Laminated Wood Bows by Mike Westvang
10. Character Bows by Jim Welch
11. Arrows of the World by Mickey Lotz
12. Lessons From Target Archery by Jim Hamm
13. Ishi's Archery Tackle by Steve Allely
14. Bulls on a Stick by Jim Hamm

Appendix I
Awakenings by Tom Mills
Your First Wooden Bow by Tim Baker

Appendix II
Conversion Tables
Glossary
Bibliography
Volume 1 - 4 Tables of Contents
Index

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Stone Age Living Skills Video Classics Series
Arrows from the Stone Age
Two movies on one disc with Brian James

Pressure Flake Stone Arrowheads
      Learn to make your own stone arrowheads. In this flintknapping primer, Brian James demonstrates how to safely and effectively spall blades off of an obsidian core. He teaches how to pressure flake these blades into arrowheads using deer antler or copper tipped tools.

Arrows from the Stone Age
      A good bow won't make a bad arrow fly straight. In this video Brian James teaches how to make quality primitive arrows from both wild-crafted and purchased materials. Detailed instruction covers all of the steps from collecting the arrowshaft material to straightening, notching, preparing sinews, hide glue, and fletching, plus hafting the arrowpoint onto the shaft and painting the shaft with natural pigments.

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Encyclopedia of Native American Bows, Arrows & Quivers
Volume 1: Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest
by Steve Allely and Jim Hamm

Includes Coverage of These Native Americans:

NORTHEAST Powhatan Pamunkey Lenape (Delaware) Rappahanock Algonkian Mohegan Naraganset Wampanoag Passamaquoddy Penobscot Montagnais Naskapi Seneca Cayuga Oneida Iroquois Mohawk Onandaga Shawnee

SOUTHEAST Seminole Creek Catawba Tuscarora Cherokee Yuchi Chickasaw Choctaw Caddo MIDWEST Osage Cahokia Menominee Potowotami Sauk Fox Kickapoo Ojibwa (Chippewa) Winnebago Sioux

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Encyclopedia of Native American Bows, Arrows & Quivers
Volume 2: Plains & Southwest
by Steve Allely and Jim Hamm

Includes Coverage of These Native Americans:

PLAINS Blackfoot Mandan Arickaree Crow Sioux Plains Metal Points Cheyenne Arapaho Pawnee Kiowa Kiowa Apache Precolumbian Texas Comanche

SOUTHWEST Apache Seri Mohave Papago Yuma Pueblo Hopi Navajo Anasazi

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