Is sponsorship really all it’s cracked up to be? Bow investigates Being a sponsored archer, eh? If you follow the sport, it sometimes seems as if the hashtags will never end. Reading about your favourite archer’s achievements on social media…
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How to build back strength for archery
Back strength is essential for archery – and life. Lucy O’Sullivan shows you how. I cannot emphasise this enough: we all need to work on our back strength. Not only as archers, but as 21st-century humans. ‘Text neck’ and ‘office…
Q&A: Finding your arrow length
Adrian Tippins discusses the importance of knowing your arrow length when looking to buy your first bow…
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Posted in FAQs, Features
How do you tie an adjustable nocking point?
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Posted in FAQs, Technique
How to build an arrow pt 4: Bonding
Adrian Tippins lists the factors you need to consider when it comes to getting the best vane-to-shaft bond possible
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Posted in Features, Traditional
How to build an arrow part 3: Wraps
The third instalment in his series on building the perfect set of arrows, Adrian Tippins looks at wraps, and explains how to get the right type, size and application
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Posted in Features, Technique, Traditional
How to prepare your shaft
Adrian Tippins of Custom Made Arrows starts a series of features on how to build a perfect set of matched arrows. Step one is shaft preparation In the first part of this “how to” series, we will be looking at…
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Posted in Features, Technique, Traditional
Posted in Features, Technique, Traditional