Hugh Soar takes a look at bow making traditions from Scotland, France and Belgium The tradition of Scottish bow making, both longbows and crossbows, is ancient and honourable. Makers of hand bows – in Scotland called ‘bowers’ or ‘bowares’ –…
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Bowyery For Beginners
Pip Bickerstaffe relates the trials and tribulations of compressing a bow making course into two days, and the eventual successes Over the 50 years plus that I have been involved in archery I have done many things in the archery…
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Ahead of the Game
As Richard Head Longbows celebrated 21 years as a full-time bow making company, Bow International caught up with founder Richard Head Richard Head has been making bows professionally for 21 years, though his involvement in archery goes back way beyond that.…
A Sense of High Adventure
Nils Visser follows his curiosity to meet the maker of the Rebel bow One of the boons of conducting historical research is running across ‘archery nuggets’: wee insights into behaviour that typify an archer and is therefore immediately recognisable…
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