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Bow Making Supplies

This Section of the website is designed for those who would like to make their own archery equipment. We can supply all fittings to make your own Longbows or Warbows. We understand that not everyone wants to have their bows made for them, and some see this as part of the hobby or sport.



Self Bow Staves




American Ash - £40.00
Premium quality American Ash for self bow making. These staves are big enough to make heavy weight self bows up to around 110-115lbs in draw weight.
They generally measure 85” x 1.5“x 1”

American Hickory - £40.00
Premium quality American Hickory for self bow making up to around 80Lbs, we have sold quite a lot of these to
re- enactment groups.
They generally measure 82" x 1.5" x 1"

Lemonwood - £40.00
These staves are perfect for all bow making from light weight bows up to 100Lbs plus if backed.
They generally measure 82" x 1.5" x 1"



Backing Woods


Hickory backs - £25.00
The backing strips are smoothed and ready to glue.
They generally measure 84" x 1.5" x 0.5"

Ash Backs - £25.00
The backing strips are smoothed and ready to glue.
They generally measure 85" x 1.5" x 0.5"



Core Woods


Hardwood Cores - £25.00 upwards
(Contact for available of timber choice)
The cores are smoothed and ready to glue. They generally measure 80" x 1.5" x 0.5"
(This can vary depending on timber choice)



Belly Woods


Lemonwood - £40.00
They generally measure 82" x 1.5" x 1"

American Ash - £40.00
They generally measure 85” x 1.5“x 1”

Ipe - £40.00
They generally measure 79” x 1.5“x 1”



Laminated Stave


The pre glued stave - £155.00
The pre glued stave is marked out and ready for you to convert into your first own made bow.
It is a good way to get into making your own, the bow is made from Hickory, Purpleheart and Lemonwood.
This will make a bow up to 100lb at 32"

Comes with basic instructions and 2 buffalo horns for the nocks


Horn Fittings

We supply all the horn fittings for building traditional longbows. Raw horn tips, Drilled horn tips and an arrow pass.

Pre Drilled Black Buffalo Tips:. £14.00 per pair

Raw Black Buffalo Horns - £10.00 per pair

Black Buffalo Arrowpass: £5.00


Please quote which of the horn fittings you would like when ordering

String Material



For making your own bow strings we sell – Fast Flight Material – Enough for one string - By the 1/4Lb role
- Or we can make you a string.

Contact us with bow length and we will send you the right amount of string material and give you the cost.
Colours are dependent on avalibility


Beeswax String Cob

Cob of plain Beeswax for Binding Strings together for good performance

£5.00 each



Bow Finishes

We choose to use Cuprinol Hardwood Garden Furniture Oil to finish our bows.
Cuprinol Hardwood Garden Furniture Oil Clear 1L

£20.00



Adhesives

The glue we stock for gluing laminations is Cascophen – Polyproof, and Araldite for applying horn nocks.



Cascophen - £30.00 (Enough to glue 8 – 10 bows)
This is a two part adhesive ideal for use in gluing laminations.



Araldite - £8.00 (Enough to glue 5 - 8 bows)
Araldite is an extra strong long lasting adhesive, ideal for large areas and assembling a number of components.
Solvent free, heat and cold, water and oil resistant and ideal for gluing horn nocks