Long Bow Maker Wanted

[pupper]

Does anyone out there know of a good long bow maker?
Is anyone reading this a good long bow maker?

the reason I ask is...

I have some exotic hard wood from south america that I would like to get made into a bow. What type of wood is ideal for long bows?

PM me if you know a good bowmaker or you are one.

I am looking for a 60# bow at 28.5" draw

feel free to post any good bowmaking information on this thread.

[ROEBUCK]

you can only make a real longbow out of yew wood!

[Grantmac]

What type of wood is it? What are the dimensions? Is it a stave or a board? Just because it's exotic doesn't make it suitable.

Hickory backed Ipe makes an excellent bow. Also are you looking for a North American or English design? They both have their merrits.
I haven't been at the bow making game for long, but I think that you could easily get that kind of weight from domestic wood with just a few attempts. Then if you want more you can use the imported stuff.

Cheers,
Grant

[sealevel]

Do you want a one piece selfbow or a laminated bow. There`s a few good guys i know of making laminates

[sealevel]

you can only make a real longbow out of yew wood!

Not so there was longbows made allover the world . Just some think the english longbow was the only one.

[ROEBUCK]

Not so there was longbows made allover the world . Just some think the english longbow was the only one.

the longbow originated in england and was used to defeat the french its traditionaly made from yew,longbows from any where else are copies,when the english invented the longbow it gave them a far superior advantage over there enemies as you could shoot it much further than all other bows at that time, the english archers used to stand out of range of there enemies and pick them off with the longbow

[sealevel]

The american indians used a longbow before they got horses . I am pretty sure they didn`t copy the english .

[ROEBUCK]

they may have had a bow which was long in length but that dont make it a traditional LONGBOW

[sealevel]

So here in BC a traditional kootenei nation longbow is far more traditional then any english longbow . Probley better to.

[Thunderstix]

I would say Algoma Bows but the maker has some personal things going on right now and has stopped taking orders......beautiful bows though made by a great guy!