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. […]

About Performance

Basics The achievable arrow speed is  the only measurable parameter that allows an objective comparison between different bows. Therefore speed measurments are one of the most important instruments in my bowmaking practice for constant development of my bows. In order to ensure comparability between different bows and different draw weights, the measurings are done with […]