Customer Reviews

Building Snowshoes and Snowshoe Furniture

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I was actually looking for a nativist type manual on snowshoes, so I was not too taken with the idea of using nylon cord instead of rawhide for the webbing, but the illustrations are superb. If you are perplexed on how to "weave" snowshoes, this book is great. Also the author recommends boiling wood to soften it for shaping, instead of the more conventional steaming approach, and seems to not notice that boiling changes the structure of wood much more than steam. Good/Great descriptions of the various styles of snowshoes, furniture ideas are OK but not innovative. A good resource for starting out, not as much "needed" for experienced woodworkers.

Great detailed information on a nearly dead art form, making snowshoes. The sections on snowshoe furniture are terrific, tons of example and ideas. Detailed, concise information on the best wood, drawing and plans for the molds and information on "How To" do instead of just pictures of completed product. The most complete resource I've found anywhere!

Found the book very helpful. We are repairing old wooden snowshoes and
required instructions on lacing. The book both illustrates and tells you
how to go about it and also makes suggestions as to what to use. We had
found a supplier of rawhide, but nylon rope would have been easier to get.
Recommend the book for anyone interested in repair work or in building
snowshoes themselves.