[Archers] Book Review

[michael sheppard]

Nice, and thank you Mungo!

Saphir


On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:25 PM, <loreleielkins at aol.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the information on this book, Lord Mungo.  I am going to pick
> up a copy as a prize for the Youth range shoots at War of the Wings.
>
>  Cheers!
> Lorelei
>
>  Anyone have ideas on  youth prizes?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Groff, Garth (ggg9y) (ggg9y) <ggg9y at virginia.edu>
> To: archers <archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
> Sent: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 7:06 am
> Subject: [Archers] Book Review
>
>   Noble Friends of the Bow,
>
> I recently bought a copy of Wulf Hein’s MAKING BOWS WITH CHILDREN
> (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., ISBN 9780764344428). This is really a neat book
> for getting children started in archery. Besides making simple bows, it
> shows arrow building, accessories, how to shoot, plus a section on range
> safety. Even if kids aren’t going to make their own equipment, the range
> instructions are worthwhile for teaching them the basics. What makes this
> work really useful to us are the many step-by-step illustrations, including
> how to tie off whipping around fletches, how to make a closed loop bow
> string, and how to tie a bowyer’s knot. Great stuff! I noticed that the
> book is in the new arrivals section of the 3Rivers on-line catalog. I
> bought mine through Edward R. Hamilton Bookseller (online:
> http://www.hamiltonbook.com/ ) at a substantial discount. It is a really
> useful book, and should be in the library of every Scadian archery marshal
> whether you work with children or not.
>
> Yours Aye,
>
> Lord Mungo Napier, The Archer of Mallard Lodge
> Read “The Tale of Mungo Napier”:
> http://people.virginia.edu/~ggg9y/napier1.html
>
>
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