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...
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...
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...
BASIC HOLMEGARD SELFBOW, SOLID HICKORY IN STOCK
This is the Frysian solid Hickory Holmegard. A basic bow. The Solid Hickory accounts for the speed, and durability of this ancient design bow. (with a Fairbow Twist).We send the bow to you with a Flemish inlaid Dacron string and assurance of lots of fun with the bow.The easy stave for the guys w...
SENTINEL, ENGLISH SELFBOW ENGLISH ASH IN STOCK
Simple but tough selfbow made from one piece of solid English Ash, true to the Bows of days gone by. This is the starter English longbow, Just a leather grip (handstitched, black/brown), string grooves direct in the wood, Nothing fancy, just a nice affordable bow.The bow comes with a B-50 str...
ENGLISH LONGBOW BASIC (TILLERED) SOLID ASH IN STOCK
This English longbow made from one piece of solid 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 inch) when ordering.This stave wi...
WARBOW FBT YEW/HICKORY CHASED GROWTHRING 100 LBS @30 inch
This English Longbow, or Warbows is made from the finest Yew in the belly of the bow, and a Hickory backing with a chased growth ring. Approx. 76 inch in length. This bow will accommodate a warbow drawlength up to 30 inch. ✓ Breviola Yew for the belly of the beast✓ American Hickory with a cha...
WARBOW FTA GREENHEART, SUPERCORE, HICKORY SUPERIOR 84 LBS @ 32 INCH
English Warbow, laminated made with a Greenheart belly, a supercore center, and a Hickory backing. "Superior class" so fitted with nicely polished cow horn nocks.This bow has been fitted with a leather grip (at no extra charge), a bowyers mark and Mother of Pearl arrow passes.This bow is purely ...
WARBOW FTA GREENHEART, SUPERCORE, HICKORY SUPERIOR 78 LBS @ 32 INCH
English Warbow, laminated made with a Greenheart belly, a supercore center, and a Hickory backing. "Superior class" so fitted with nicely polished cow horn nocks.This bow has been fitted with a leather grip (at no extra charge), a bowyers mark and Mother of Pearl arrow passes.This bow is purely ...
BICKKILLER, TRILAMINATE ENGLISH LONGBOW SUPERIOR 65@28
Bickkiller. An English Longbow made from three layers of wood.Maple in the belly, English Oak tapered core, and a Madake Bamboo backing.This bow in the Superior class is made as a horn-nocked bow. The top of the bow is made with two grooves in the cow horn to take a stringer cord. The Maple bell...
WARBOW FTA GREENHEART, SUPERCORE, HICKORY SUPERIOR 73 LBS @ 32 INCH
English Warbow, laminated made with a Greenheart belly, a supercore center, and a Hickory backing. "Superior class" so fitted with nicely polished cow horn nocks.This bow has been fitted with a leather grip (at no extra charge), a bowyers mark and Mother of Pearl arrow passes.This bow is purely ...
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.