Product Reviews for Crafting Traditional Flemish Strings DVD

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Crafting Traditional Flemish Strings DVD

3.3

(based on 17 reviews)

59%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

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Best Uses

Longbows (5)
Recurve bows (3)
Wooden bows (3)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Casual/ recreational (9), Beginner (4)
- Was this a gift?:
- No (9)

Most Liked Positive Review

Good information

The information is good and easy to follow, but there was too much "fluff" that didn't need to be there. And I felt like the DVD cost a bit too much.

Most Liked Negative Review

Whoops

3Rivers is a solid outfit, and I own a Diamond Tomahawk, which is a fine bow. Having said that, I found this particular instructional DVD to be way below par. There seem to...Read complete review

3Rivers is a solid outfit, and I own a Diamond Tomahawk, which is a fine bow. Having said that, I found this particular instructional DVD to be way below par. There seem to be lot of overlooked construction details, a clumsy presentation, and too much chummy promo stuff. Truth is, you can find better instructions for free with a good Google search.

Back to the drawing board with this one.

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Reviewed by 17 customers

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12/29/2012

3.0

Sketchy instructions

By MD in Denver

from Morrison, CO

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Comments about Crafting Traditional Flemish Strings DVD:

Viewed the DVD three times and still did not "get it". A better video angle and close ups would have helped. I would not recommend this to a novice.

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9/26/2012

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great service

By Herbie the Hammer

from London

About Me Recreational Archer

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Great friendly service, good quality goods

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9/5/2012

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

Disappointed

By Chuck

from Nashville TN

About Me Recreational Archer

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Comments about Crafting Traditional Flemish Strings DVD:

The Video was incomplete. I expected to see information on making Flemish Bowstrings using 2 Ply and 3 Ply techniques. They introduced that you could make 3 ply strings but failed to show it. Glossed over critical details. I had to closely watch the fingers to figure out that twist the bundles away from you before rotate the top bundle over the bottom bundle toward you. I felt that this important detail deserved more emphasis.

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6/30/2012

5.0

Flimissh string DVD

By Chuck

from Lake Charles LA

About Me Beginner

Pros

Explained well
Informative

Cons

Best Uses

Longbows
Recurve Bows
Wooden Bows

Comments about Crafting Traditional Flemish Strings DVD:

I used this product to learn how to make my owm bow string. The DVD was well laid out, east to understand and informative. After having watched the DVD only once I was able to construct a reasonabley good string with no trouble. I really liked the way the man in the video explained everything in clear easy to follow directions. Now that I have watched the DVD many times I am very confident in my ability to make bow strings. This product was a good buy for me and I would recomend it to anyone interested in learning how to build their owm bow strings. My only regret is that I had not ordered sooner. Thanks for supplying such a great product.

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5/19/2012

2.0

Not the value it might have been

By MaineMan

from Maine

About Me Recreational Archer

Pros

Decent visuals

Cons

Too much time on ads

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Comments about Crafting Traditional Flemish Strings DVD:

The part of the video showing Flemish string making was quite well done. However, too much of the time of the video was spent on 3Rivers promotional material. For example, making three-strand strings could have been shown; more detail on setting lengths for loops etc. might have been as well, instead of the promo material. I was not pleased to find I'd spent my money in part to purchase a vendor's self-promotion.

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12/11/2011

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

great

By randy

from Fairbanks, AK

About Me Recreational Archer

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it was a great video

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12/10/2011

4.0

Great tutorial.

By Highlander

from Squamish, BC

About Me Competitive Archer

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Longbows
Recurve Bows
Wooden Bows

Comments about Crafting Traditional Flemish Strings DVD:

This is a great video. I watched twice along with "how to build a great bowsting" (also from 3rivers)and built my first Flemish string within an hour. I will continue to watch it more, to pick up some of the finer detail.

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10/26/2011

4.0

Very Good

By Mark

from Littleton, CO

About Me Beginner

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Good Stretch
Strong

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Longbows

Comments about Crafting Traditional Flemish Strings DVD:

I have made 3 strings from this video and found it to be quite useful and easy to follow.

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7/26/2011

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Spend your money elsewhere

By Carl

from Illinois

About Me Recreational Archer

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Comments about Crafting Traditional Flemish Strings DVD:

The video was more of an advertisment for 3 Rivers than it was informative. The video breezed over the string jig and was not to informative. Spend your time researching the internet to get better info. Sorry 3 Rivers, but this video was not very helpful.

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4/3/2010

1.0

check internet

By oldschool

from ronan,montana

About Me Recreational Archer

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Not very helpful

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Comments about Crafting Traditional Flemish Strings DVD:

If filmed from pouint of view it might of been helpful. Most of video wasn't about actual building which it flew through. There are clearer instructions on internet if you hunt around.

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