ENGLISH LONGBOW DUALLAM, GREENHEART HICKORY/BAMBOO SUPERIOR CUSTOM
English Longbow made out of two woods. Greenhart (or similar f.i. Massaranduba, Concales Alves Ipe etc) with Hickory backing or with a Bamboo backing. "Narrow, smooth, fast" are key words in in the design of this bow. Comes with Mother of Pearl inlaid strike plate and a handstitched luxury...
WARBOW FTA GREENHEART, SUPERCORE, HICKORY/BAMBOO SUPERIOR CUSTOM
Warbow, laminated made with a greenheart belly, tapered Supercore (inverted and carbonized bamboo), and a Hickory or Bamboo backing. "Superior class" so fitted with nicely polished horn nocks.As you desire, this bow can be fitted with a leather grip and with strike plates to protect the wood (at...
REVAN BY FAIRBOW BLACK ILF RISER
The new black Fairbow ILF risers. We have gone to the dark side. (They had ILF and cookies!)Based on our own recurve design, and know techniques of combining Natural Materials with modern inventions like ILF Fittings.These risers have been made with two red Padouk accent strips wedged between Mic...
ENGLISH LONGBOW PRIMARY STAVE FOR HEAVY BOW (HICKORY)
Floortillered or Primary solid hickory English longbow Stave.76 inch long, shaped for immediate tillering, string grooves already cut in for you! Hickory is easy to work and forgiving for newby bowyers.This stave will make a bow like our famous Sentinel Hickory Selfbows.As in written: "There...
VIKING BOW, SOLID HICKORY SUPERIOR CUSTOM
The Viking bows we made are inspired by the famous Hedeby bows (Haithabu) . At Hedeby some longbows were found with similar characteristics.The Viking bows have a side nock at the top and a glued and bound wooden thorn or wedge at the bottom nock.Our Viking bows are tillered to come round compas...
REVAN BY FAIRBOW BLACK ILF HUNTING RECURVE
The new black Fairbow ILF hunting recurve. The Revan by Fairbow!We have gone to the dark side. (They had ILF and cookies!)Based on our own earlier recurve designs and tried and tested techniques we now combine natural materials with modern inventions like ILF Fittings.The risers have been made wi...
FLOOR TILLERED STAVE, PRIMARY, ENGLISH LONGBOW HICKORY BAMBOO
Floor tillered Primary English Longbow Stave.This 76 inch stave has been roughed out and shaped for you.Made from a hickory belly and a bamboo backing after your tillering this will be a formidable bow!Tillering, dropping to the required drawweight, you can start right away!Feel you need so...
ENGLISH LONGBOW BASIC (TILLERED) SOLID EUROPEAN ASH
This English longbow made from one piece of solid European Ash 78 inches long, needs your finishing touch. Sanding, grip, horn nocks that's up to you. We have done the tillering for you!Please specify the required draw-weight (max. 60 LBS) and draw length (max. 32 inches) when ordering.Thi...
ENGLISH LONGBOW BASIC, GREENHEART SUPERCORE BAMBOO / HICKORY
This Basic English Longbow is ready for you to shoot it, and for you to finish it. Fully working and tillered but not yet finished. Sanding varnish, that is up to you.This specific 76 combination greenheart, Tapered Supercore and Bamboo or Hickory makes perhaps the fastest English longbow ...
SENTINEL EXCELLENT CUSTOM, THE ASH ENGLISH LONGBOW
An English longbow, made out of one piece of European Ash.Solid, durable, affordable, key words we had in mind designing this bow.After medieval bow description being a 'white wood bow' with the most authentic wood Ash, this is a reliable and affordable starter English longbow for re-enact...
ENGLISH LONGBOW, GREENHEART SUPERCORE BAMBOO/HICKORY SUPERIOR CUSTOM
This Fast English longbow is still one of our fastest sellers. Many archers enjoy the narrow build very fast combination of woods.The hardwood greenheart belly gives the bow its punch, the Supercore tapered center gives it its speed and the Bamboo/hickory backing adds durability.Handstitch...
MEARE HEATH BOW, SOLID HICKORY SUPERIOR CUSTOM
Meare Heat Bow. Based on archeological finds, this solid Hickory flatbow gives you all you need from a traditional bow. One piece of solid Hickory, wide and flat fully working limbs, the ends re-enforced with a polished layer of horn. Bow is made from a 72 inch piece of high quality hickory. Hig...
48 INCH NATIVE AMERICAN PADDLE BOW (PRIMARY)
Floor tillered stave or Primary stave , 48" Native American Indian 'Paddle' bow.Modeled after the Northwest Indian paddle bow famous for its short yet powerful stature. This short bow has the ability to take down large game in very confined areas. Predominantly used in the Cascade mountain range ...
FLOOR TILLERED ANCIENT HOLMGAARD STYLE BOW STAVE
The floor tillered ancient Holmgaard style bow is ready for final tillering and is made from solid hickory. This is one of the sweetest bows a primitive archer will enjoy shooting. 72" tip to tip, with string grooves roughed in for you.
GLUED UP ASH/HICKORY STAVE
The glued but not floor tillered Ash belly with Hickory backing 76 inch Stave is simply a clear white Ash core with the Hickory backing already glued onto the stave for you. It is straight and measures about 1 to 1 1/2" wide by 76" long and a full 1" thick plus the thickness of the Hickory. ...
LONGBOW STARTER KIT, BOW, ARROWS, QUIVER, THE WHOLE SHEBANG
English Longbow Starter kit, ideal for beginners and re-enactors.Contains the following:✓ 1 Sentinel excellent Longbow (please select draw-weight in the menu)✓ 1 set of arrows medieval cut fletchings ✓ 6 basic arrowheads (field points or similar) on the arrows fitted for you.✓ 1 bow bag✓ 1 hip...
What you’ll find in this collection
In the Collection handmade bows you will find hand crafted longbows (bot flat American style and round English style) horsebows and recurves. Our bows are shipped together with either an endless string or a string Flemish inlaid, made from Dacron or HMPE. and a set of nock rings. Surely every handmade bow is shipped with a bowbag.
How to choose the right handmade bow?
You can choose the right handmade bow for you, by first focussing on your body. Your way of shooting. This will make your drawlength, your draw weight and of course if you are a right- or lefthanded archer. (drawing to the dominant eye). This is followed by your preferred archery usage; Target, 3d archery, hunting, flight archery etc. Select a bow with enough drawlength in case you will pull a bit further than first estimated. Select a bow with a draw weight that is comfortable for you wether you opt an easy start or a bow you can grow into. The appearance and feeling comes into the equation.
Craftsmanship, materials & aftercare
We look at the requirements for the bow and select the laminationms, the tapering of the laminatiosn and the thickness accordingly. Every piece of material is checked for the intended use and for faults. We check the bow for the correct tiller fitting the style of bow. We check the braceheight for best performance and make a fitting bowstring. When you recieve the bow it is your turn to care for it. To store the bow in the correct temperature and humidity (the same we humans like) and clean and dry the bow after use. Do take care of the string with wax in regular intervals. Replace the string in time (fraying near the center serving is a good tell). Nothing is as annoying as a broken string during your arhery day out. Anda broken string is likely to damage the bow.
FAQ
A factory-made bow is made by workers. every worker does a pice of the thing (for them it is not a bow). As much as possible is done by automated machines. A handmade bow is made by a craftsman with passion for the craft and the bows he makes. The craftsman sees the bow from start to finish as the bow, and makes it the best he can.
You choose the fitting draw weight based on your physique. This dictates what you can pull, what you would like to pull, what you would like to learn to pull. This is followed by looking at the intended use, 3d archery, target archery, flight, clout, bowhunting. What is the distance you need to shoot the arrow? For a fixed distance like 20 yards a different bow could be used as for 3d archery or flight archery. Have a look at a local club, ask a fellow archer. Listen to your body.
You can use Fastflight on most of our traditional bows. A good 'tell'is if the bow has reinforced nocks, sometimes a nock overlay, sometimes a complete (horn) nock. This protects the wood from being cut through like a saw by the hard Fastflight. Our modern laminates are glued with such precision and high quality glue fastflight does not hurt the lamination.