Faszination Selfbow II für Insider und Experten

Product description

Faszination Selfbow Part 2 is aimed at ambitious bowyers who want to deepen their knowledge and build high-performance traditional wooden bows.
With well-founded practical knowledge, detailed step-by-step instructions and valuable tips from over 40 years of experience, Wolfgang Gailer guides the reader on the way to the next level of selfbow making.
With Faszination Selfbow Part 2, Wolfgang Gailer builds on the basics of the first volume and devotes himself to more demanding topics of traditional bow making.
The focus is on building a high-performance Osage recurve bow, whose creation is documented step by step.
In addition to the detailed building instructions, the book conveys well-founded knowledge about corrections during tillering, repairs of damaged bows and the optimisation of bow performance and shooting behaviour.
The content is complemented by numerous practical examples, experiments and field reports from over four decades of bow making.
With understandable explanations and a large number of photos and sketches, the book is suitable both for experienced selfbow makers and for ambitious beginners who want to develop their skills in a targeted way.

Features

• In-depth expertise for traditional selfbow making
• Detailed step-by-step instructions for building an Osage recurve bow
• Practical knowledge from over 40 years of bowyer experience
• Numerous photos and sketches illustrating all work steps
• Extensive tips on tillering, optimisation and error correction
• Instructions for repairing traditional wooden bows
• Analysis of various historical and modern bow designs
• Practical examples and field reports from bow making
• Clearly explained and easy to follow
• Valuable reference work for ambitious bowyers

Technical data

• Product type: Specialist book
• Title: Faszination Selfbow Part 2
• Author: Wolfgang Gailer
• Publisher: Vorderegger Verlag
• Language: German
• Publication date: 1 June 2017
• Edition: First Edition
• Number of pages: 250 pages

Content focus

• Building an Osage recurve bow
• Tillering and performance optimisation
• Corrections during bow making
• Repairs of traditional bows
• Historical and modern bow designs
• Experiments and practical tests
• Field reports from selfbow making
• Illustrations: Numerous photos and sketches

Scope of delivery

• 1x Specialist book Faszination Selfbow Part 2

Note
Faszination Selfbow Part 2 builds on the basics of the first volume and is aimed in particular at bowyers who want to expand their knowledge and build higher-performing selfbows.
The combination of detailed building instructions, error analyses, repair techniques and well-founded background knowledge makes the book a valuable reference work that goes far beyond a classic building guide.