These bows basically represent the peak of my (wooden) bowmaking regarding both, cast and shooting comfort.

They are inspired by the  longbows made in the US whils the 1930-1950’s and finally got famous with Howard Hill as the American semi Longbow (ASL). Of course my ASL finally represents my own interpretation.

These laminated composite bows are assembled from different woods. This allows the bowyer to take maximum advantage of the different mechanical properties of the different wood types. Using only flawless and seleceted wood offers the possibility to establish a clean, uniform and repeatable design and avoid excess mass. Furthermore the different layers of wood can be glued together under pretension (perry-reflex). All of this will lead to high performance bows that will outshoot most modern bows of similar design with ease.

For the back of the bow I usually use bamboo or hickory. For the midlam I often use maple, serviceberry or a lighter type of mahagonny. For the belly I use Swiss premium yew in the royal version – another version comes with tropiocal hardwoods on the belly like redwood or IPE; finally some are of course made of the famous Osage (Maclura Pomifera). Each wood provides special characteristics in cast and behaviour and of course by the looks.