Wie schnell sind diese Bogen?

These bows are fast enough. Of course they cannot compete with a compound bow. They however are not slower than modern longbows, hybrid bows or recurve bows. Every wooden bow is a little different but all of my bows will throw a 10gpp arrow with an arrowspeed of 170fps+ at a drawlength (AMO) of 28″. […]

Wie dauerhaft sind diese Bogen?

These bows are durable. Otherwise they would not come with a warranty. A wooden bow will not suddenly break. Wood for sure can hold negative surprises; but if a wooden bow breaks, it’s during the building process. Once they survived the torture of birth they don’t break anymore. After making well over 100 wooden bows […]

Performance Test Selfbow No 18 – 46# @ 28″ AMO

Today a freshly made selfbow (No 18) had to prove what she can do. The 10gpp test showed a 181fps. The 6gpp test showed a wicked 217 fps. Always cool when a selfbow does more than 180 fps (-; This test shows that a well made selfbow will outshoot a fiberglass bow of similar design […]

Performance Test Mig’s Yew Longbow V1

Today was an interesting day. In March 2022 I had given a Longbow V1 to a good friend for testing. He’s shot this bow since and put more than 1000 arrows through. Now I got it back and examinded it closely. Checked tiller, which still seems perfect and the chronograph testing show’s the truth about […]

The Art of Bowmaking

Bowyer: noun:____________________________________________ An individual who does precision guess-work, based on unreliable data and false observations provided by those of questionable knowledge. See also: Wizard, Magician, Miracle worker [Wise words, Erik van den Oeuver]

About Arrows

I often hear the prejudice against wooden bows that they shoot slow and inaccurate. This however in many cases is only due to the wooden arrows being used. Wooden arrows often are too heavy, inconsistant and wrongly spined. A MODERN ARROW, made from carbon or aluminium, WILL ALWAYS SUBSTANTIALLY OUTPERFORM EVEN THE BEST WOODEN ARROW. […]