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- From: lalonde@cs.ubc.ca (Paul Lalonde)
- Newsgroups: alt.archery
- Subject: Re: Traditional Archery
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 13:45:00 -0800
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- References: <1993Jan22.181837.28802@ryn.mro4.dec.com> <1k19gqINNhjk@harpo.cs.ubc.ca> <VADER.93Jan26182927@meryl.csd.uu.se>
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- In <VADER.93Jan26182927@meryl.csd.uu.se> vader@meryl.csd.uu.se (]ke Eldberg) writes:
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- >Paul, do you have any book or video references where one can
- >learn how to do the "flemish twist" type of strings?
- >]ke
-
- Well, I learned from an out of print book by Adrian Hodgkins (I think,
- I'm going from memory) titled "The Archer's Craft". It is quite a nice
- find. The author has a great attitude about doing things "right".
- Others have called him "The Crazy Brit". For instance his favourite
- tool for roughing out bowstaves is a hatchet :-)
-
- Anyhow, he has a really nice description of the process of making a
- flemish twist string. Apart from the technical information the
- presentation is a work of art. If you can find a copy it is well worth
- the price. If you can't I might be convinced to post you a copy. I'd
- type it, but I think the illustrations clarify things dramatically.
-
- Paul/Gaerhun
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- Paul A. Lalonde Internet: lalonde@cs.ubc.ca
-
- "On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible aux yeux"
- - Antoine de St.-Exupery
-
- --
- Paul A. Lalonde Internet: lalonde@cs.ubc.ca
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- "On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible aux yeux"
- - Antoine de St.-Exupery
-