New Zealand Hand crafted wood bows
Traditional wooden bows crafted with 10 years of experience.
Digital PDF book AVailable now
This 200+ page book is the result of 0ver ten years of bow making experience. If you want to learn how to turn yourself from a beginner bowyer into a competent one this is the book for you. All with no power tools and homemade jigs. Learn how to build your first bow as well as a plethora of other skills.
Heat treating
Board Bow Building
Recurving
Tillering
Arrow building
Heat Corrections
Quiver making
and more
Handcrafted Traditional Wood Bows
A small bow for the younger archers. Pulling 20lb @ 20” of draw a light and fast bow suitable for target shooting. A simple flatbow with no shelf or tip overlays the bow bends throughout its length. Having a “peck” mark in the middle of the handle to distinguish where to grip. Brace height is 4” from the handle to the string.
A native American style bow modeled after the 1665 bow collected in Virginia. Drawing 55lb @ 28” of draw. An almost exact dimensional replica this longbow bends throughout its length. A fast shooting bow that may take some adjustment due to its wide handle area. The bows construction is documented in my YouTube channel. The bow is 68” long, tips are 3/4” inch wide the handle being 1 11/16” wide.
The classic American flatbow design with wider near handle limbs tapering gently to 1/2” nocks. Drawing 53lb @ 28” this narrow handle design is shelfless with a fast and snappy release. The belly had been heat treated to resist compression making the bow hold 1/2” of reflex. Featuring a handstitched buckskin handle for grip and possum fur string silencers.
58lb @ 28” of draw this 64” bow features paua inlay, a naturally tanned deer leather handle and beaver tail leather strike plate. With goat horn tip overlays this bow has been thoroughly tested with over 250 shots. A little deflex off the top fade hence it appears improperly tillered at full draw.
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