Do you know the difference between a Bowyer and a Fletcher?It has been said that any old stick can become a bow, but an arrow is a work of art. The person who makes bows is called a bowyer and the person who makes arrows is a fletcher. The word is derived from the French word flèche, meaning "arrow". Fetching is an art form which encompasses a variety of knowledge and skills and is arguably much more difficult than being a bowyer.Do you know about t...

Let this concise guide show you how to make your own English Longbow. One of the easiest to make traditional selfbows. This book will show you how to select the wood, make the jigs, tiller the bow. Everything you need to know to make your very own longbow.

Let this concise guide show you how to make your own professional bowstrings. Using this guide you'll learn how to make both Flemish Twist and Endless Loop bowstrings. In addition this book contains plans and instructions to allow you to create your own bowstring jigs at home with common materials. If you've ever wanted to make your own bowstrings or want to develop a hobby which people would pay for, then this is it. Learn to make bowstrings today.

Did you know the American Flatbow is considered the most robust design for an bow? The flatbow is a superior bow design because the stress is more evenly spread out across the limbs than for a rounded bow. When a limb is round like the English longbow some material sticks out farther from the neutral axis and therefore under greater stress. Conversely on a flatbow the most strained material is a uniform distance from the neutral axis. This acts to spread the load o...

This is the complete series of Traditional and Modern Archery Manufacture including all five books: How To Make Arrows How To Make an English Longbow How To Make an American Flatbow How To Make a Bowstring How To Make a Recurve Bow These guides include instructions, plans, as well as plans for Jigs, Formers and everything you need to make you're own archery equipment.

This concise guide will show you how to make your own recurve bow. It covers all of the information you need to make jigs, forms, templates as well as information on epoxy and laminations. Everything you need to make your own recurve bow, build by you, designed by you, for you.

The first in a series of action-packed novellas set in Ancient Rome introducing Pavo, a novice gladiator, and featuring Simon Scarrow's ongoing soldier character Optio Macro.It is AD 41. The savage Gaul Britomaris has defeated the best of the Roman gladiators in the arena. Now a young volunteer, Marcus Valerius Pavo, the son of a murdered general, has been given a month to prepare to face Britomaris in a fight which only one man can survive. He is to be trained by veteran soldier M...

Carl von Clausewitz was a 19th century military theorist who drew many of his ideas from his own experience as a Prussian soldier. Clausewitz's conception of war is strikingly unique: characterizing it as a Hegelian dialectic of opposing factors which interact and build upon each other, Clausewitz's theories are surprisingly romantic. Nevertheless, the author stresses war as a political action that must be ruthless and uncompromising in its annihilation of the enemy.

Written by an acknowledged expert, this invaluable book is aimed at archers of all levels, from those starting out in the sport to those taking part in competitions at the highest levels. The author analyses shooting techniques and tuning, and also emphasizes the development of mental toughness; he argues that this goes hand in hand with the mastery of the physical aspects of the sport.

There's something intriguing about a machine with well-crafted wooden parts . . . cogs and cams that fit together "just so" to perform a task. There's also precise challenge in building such a wooden wonder - and a special satisfaction in watching the excitement of those who turn the handle to see what happens.Making Wooden Mechanical Models contains plans for fifteen good-looking and incredibly clever machines with visible wheels, cranks, pistons and other moving parts ma...

The Everything Woodworking Book is an essential guide for tapping into the exciting world of woodcraft. Popular Woodworking's Jim Stack packs tons of practical information-from learning how to set up shop by selecting the right tools to understanding the fundamentals of basic woodworking joints and furniture design-into one comprehensive package. Filled with easy-to-follow techniques, two-color inserts, and dozens of clear black-and-white photographs, the reader i...

Knife SharpeningThis is a training booklet that applies to all walks of life, including the sharpness of the knife one chooses to use in survival. The time taken to master knife sharpening is highly variable. Once you know what to do the fast learner takes about 4 accumulated hours to put a shaving edge on his or her knife the first time, after which it takes moments to re-establish your edge.Written by Mors Kochanski