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Badger:
   I saw a post today on a book and it got me thinking. I have discussed this with Tim Baker a few times and really think it would be a worthwhile project. We have a lot of old bowyers in this country that won't be with us too much longer, some of them are in their 90's and many of them have allready passed. What if we nominated a bunch of bowyers to be published in a book. The top 6 nominations would be the subject of the first book. We have some amazing talent write here in P.A. that could handle the interviews and writing. Maybe have one interviewer and writer per bowyer and try to put out 1 book per year. We could come up with a basic list of questions for the interview and the interviewer could add some of his own. We could talk about the content matter, I personally would like to concentrate more on the bowyer than a how to type manual, hear his pet theories and maybe get a few trade secrets here and their. Old photos and new photos, lots of photos. Maybe the proceeds could go toward building some kind of priimtive archery museum or something along those lines. Very doable project, what do you guys think? Steve

NTD:
I think it's an incredible idea.  Unfortunately I have no skills to help with the project.  But I'll buy the books ;) ;D

Justin Snyder:
I like the idea of a collection of short biographies and bow building philosophies. Of course you would want to start with the older bowyers, partly because our time with them may be limited, partly because they have seen the most and are usually most interesting.  ;)

NOMADIC PIRATE:
Allways thinking Steve, i like the way your brain functions,...good Idea !

Badger:
We have a man named Saffor out here in Ca, lives in the mountains about 100 miles from me that is 94 yrs old, been building bows since he was a kid. Knows all the old greats on a first name basis. He is one guy I would like to interview for sure.

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