About Stephen Graf

As a former NASA engineer, Stephen Graf is our only contributor who can honestly call himself a rocket scientist. More about his tinkering with bows and arrows can be read in his book: The American Longbow—How to make one, and its place in a good life. Stephen lives with his family on their 50-acre subsistence farm in rural North Carolina.

Fixing Wooden Arrows is a Snap

Wooden arrows provide many advantages to the archers who choose to use them. Wood is the lowest cost, most environmentally friendly material from which to make an arrow. The cost can be made even lower with every step of the construction process that archers take upon themselves to do. In fact, wooden arrows give [...]

Fixing Wooden Arrows is a Snap2025-10-16T12:06:48-06:00

Kids PVC Bow Buildalong

I’ve had a number of folks ask me how to make these PVC kids bows. I’ve helped a few learn and I’ve “told” others how. I thought I might do a build-along in the Tradbow.com Campfire Forum so that in the future, I can just reference this thread. Down the road, I thought [...]

Kids PVC Bow Buildalong2020-10-27T14:40:41-06:00
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