New to trad archery and building

[OKC_archer]

Hey everyone,
I am fairly new to traditional archery. I shot a long bow when i was younger (15yrs or so ago). I was a kid then and it was just for fun. Now I want to get serious about it. I was wondering if anybody knew of any good resources in or around the Edmond/ Oklahoma City area. also was wondering if anyone could recommend some good books or websites dedicated to building bow's.
Thank you,
James

[wood carver 2]

Welcome to the site. You can learn a lot about bow building right here. There are a lot of very experienced bowyers here on the bench and good advice is free for the asking.
Just one thing though. Once you start building, you'll be hooked.    
Dave.

[Ironfist_Canada]

http://www.archerylibrary.com/books/flatbow/     Try this little book by Hunt and Metz  the Flatbow. a Great read with all you need to build a bow.  Also my favorite video is Making a wooden bow  by Mark Keller. Its got  to be the best begginners video out there.  Well worth owning.You cannot go wrong with this video. Good luck  John.

[Blackie76]

Also check out the Bowyer's Bible Volumes 1-4.  Great stuff.

[kennym]

Welcome James!!

All-wood, boo-backed, or glass?

Plenty of info and help for any of em here!

[mwosborn]

2x on the Mark Keller video.  Gary Davis' video is very good also.  I have watched both many times.

[KellyG]

Kenny asked the most important question are you looking to make a glass or lam style bows or self bows.

They I guess if you did all wood lams it would you would be kinda of learning processes needed for both.

[OKC_archer]

Yeah I dont really know much about any of them. I want to read about all three and learn whats best about each and go from there. I apreciate everyones posts and I will definately check out the videos and book.

[OKC_archer]

I am still fairly uncertain on what I would like to build. I know eventualy want to build a a recurve takedown, but that might be quite the undertaking for a first bow. Any suggestions on a good starter build, or should I go straight into the takedown?