List of European Bow makers

BorderBows

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We have been having many debates here over bow makers and provenance...

What bow makers do you know of that are here in Europe
profesional bow makers be it one man work shops though to as big as you like...

I'll start with the obvious from my perspective.

Border Archery...
 

allanm

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Just s few I can think of!
Pip Bickerstaffe
Chris Boyton
Hilary Greenland
Keith Gascoigne
Csbar Grozer
Kunst-Grift
Ron Palmer
Fairbow
Falco
..... and tons more I'll add later!
 

BorderBows

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there are some more but i dont know how to spell them... :pessimist

French flatbow maker, Gallio????
German bow maker Stigmyre????
 

Darryl

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Uukha. I know they're a French based company making risers and limbs that are high concentrations of carbon. Think they're epoxy moulded limbs with the epoxy being impregnated with carbon.

Not sure if production takes place in France but they look quite interesting.
 

BorderBows

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Spigarelli
They dont make whole bows, they just make risers???
That makes them component makers? as they dont have control over limb geometry and have the problem of tiller... limbs are what make a bow....
A full compass longbow is just a very long limb, but a riser alone has never shot an arrow...
 

Whitehart

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They dont make whole bows, they just make risers???
That makes them component makers? as they dont have control over limb geometry and have the problem of tiller... limbs are what make a bow....
A full compass longbow is just a very long limb, but a riser alone has never shot an arrow...
That also excludes Petron from the list

All Uukha manufacturing is done in France.

When it comes to ILF bows what geometry control does any bowyer other than Hoyt really have surely at best you can tinker around the edges.

One for the list hopefully next year Perris xxxx with total control over the whole bow geometry.:shhh:
 

BorderBows

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That also excludes Petron from the list

All Uukha manufacturing is done in France.

When it comes to ILF bows what geometry control does any bowyer other than Hoyt really have surely at best you can tinker around the edges.

One for the list hopefully next year Perris xxxx with total control over the whole bow geometry.:shhh:
Have a look at our Hex4 and 5 Limbs... you will see different bow geometry.
preload, limb length, working limb length, and recurve profile.

Either way, nice to see another bow comeing out thats original.

I included Bernadini as they make compounds, (are compounds really bows??? lol)
 

BorderBows

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Ragim to name another one.

There are 7-8 bow makers in France and about the same in Germany.

there are a couple in sweden, and one/two in Norway that we have heard of...

Can remember their names, but im surprised that not many people in the UK know of these.

Come on Guys... lets have'em...
 

KAS

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Well there was BMG Bertil Martinus Grov - but unfortunately they don't seem to be in business anymore
 

Amateur Barbarian

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D A Attrezzature (risers and stabilizers now. thought they did limbs)
EXE
KG
Olsson (no limbs but how could you pass up the Variable, it is probably the only riser that can shoot an arrow sans limbs)
Stolid Bull (thought they did limbs)
 
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