A true custom bow

[thomasberry78]

#6723

I’m looking for a bowyer that can build me a true custom 3 pc longbow to my specifications. Price does not matter. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[Voodoo]

#54424

I wish I could help, but that’s one of the reasons I started building my own bows, I couldn’t find what I needed so I just started doing it myself…..You might consider posting a few details about what you are wanting, it may not be as difficult to find a bowyer if they had some idea…..

[skifrk]

#54546

I think there are a few bowyers that will do it your way if the design will work and they can stand behind it. But we need a little idea of what you have in mind to point you in the right direction.

[David Petersen]

#54757

Unless you have extensive experience in bow physics and design, I say that designing a bow of your own is a mistake, and you’ll find few experienced bowyers willing to try it. Rather, as suggested above, post a list of what features you know you want in a bow and chances are good you’ll be flooded with suggestions for bowyers who do that sort of work. Generally, a “custom” stick bow means that you get to select trim items, woods, length, poundage, etc., to put on a standard model. It takes a huge amount of experimentation to develop a good new working design, then fashion the molds, etc. Best luck.

[William Warren]

#54763

Another reason to stick with a proven design (unless you have $$ to spare) is custom building can get expensive. I know if I’m going to drop alot of cash on a custom I don’t want it to end up in a pile of splinters after a short time. I think you could add custom touches as long as it does not interfere with the bow physics of a proven design.

I’m with Dave, let’s hear your list of wants, there may be a bowyer out there that already makes what you want.

[Troy Warner]

#55518

I agree with the above statements about bow design but you can get a bow made to fit you spicificly but you should meet with your bowyer to work out what you want. I had a bow made to fit me the way I wanted it to. I picked a bowyer that built a bow that I realy liked, met with him and told him what I was looking for and he agreed to make my bow. Now take into consideration I did not ask him to change his design just to modify his grip to suit me and meet a specific poundage give or take 2 pounds at my draw weight. I did have to meet with him twice while he was working on my bow to fit the hand grip to my hand and shape it the way I wanted it. It is now my go to bow and enjoy shooting it. With the personal fit I really have been able to improve my accuracy and I atribute that to he bowyer and his abillity to fit the bow to me.

Good luck

with what ever you decide

Troy

[RI Swamp Yankee]

#56488

“Custom” means different things to different people. Custom can mean being able to specify what wood, bow length, weight, tiller and maybe handle shape you want; in which case there are a bunch of bowyers out there who would be able to accomodate your request. If you’re talking about messing with the basic design and geometry of a bow, then finding a bowyer to work with might be a bit of a challenge. It would help if you could be a little more specific about what degree of customization you’re talking about.

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