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   Rod

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   06/12/09

   I guess that ultimately good bowmaking is about finesse and to a degree planning.
   Getting good shape early and then carefully refining it as you sneak up on draw-weight and length are the way to go.
   IMO using tools that oblige us to slow down, look more often and more carefully is more often than not the best strategy.
   A fine bow, though it can with experience be made very quickly, should probably not ever be made in haste.
   This is why some of the old hands used to describe a bucket of cold water as a most useful tool.
   Not only can you keep your beer cool in it, more usefully, when the urge to be hasty comes upon us, or we are tired and frustrated with the pace of the work, (sometimes it seems an interminable process and that the stave will never come to tiller, but beware, this is when haste will ruin a bow) we should stick our head in the bucket.
   The book I mentioned by Dean Torges is an easy read, proposes a useful strategy and is worth the price alone for his advice on tools.
   Not only is he a serious bowhunter, and a well known and respected bowyer, he is by profession a master cabinet maker and knows what he is talking about.
   It is a book worth reading.
   I look forward to seeing your next effort.
   Yours, Rod.
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   06/12/09

   Reply from CarvedTones:

   So where can I find this book at a reasonable price? The copies at Amazon are over $50! Those appear to be hardback from used resellers; Amazon doesn't list the paperback.
   
   -Andy

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   Rod

   8 Kudos

   06/11/09

   I'd rather be to be useful than uselessly polite. ;-)
   You know, the juvenile "Awesome man!" as an undifferentiated response to everything from the mediocre to the marvellous. ;-)
   
   I was thinking of recommending Dean Torges paperback "Hunting the Osage Bow" as a possible antidote to your power toll in haste issues....
   
   This book would probably be my choice in an "if you only ever bought one book about bowmaking" contest.
   
   Rod.
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   06/11/09

   Reply from CarvedTones:

   Thanks. My haste is definitely an issue. The reactions to power tools on the forum is interesting, but not surprising since it is Paleo. I have made one mistake out of about a dozen total using a power tool. The surform has been my weapon of choice for making the lion's share of mistakes.
   
   I did recently get a book on making NA bows the old way, partly because it was hand tool centric. I appreciate the polite candor.

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   Legba

   110 Kudos

   06/11/09

   Loved the troll (draging behind the boat comment)
   Very well done!

   
   

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   George Tsoukalas

   22 Kudos

   06/06/09

   Thanks, Carved. That's nice of you to say. George
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   rwelch

   53 Kudos

   06/05/09

   Thanks ,you are kind
   
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