Greetings good gentles, before I introduce the Company members, I wanted to explain what we do. We are a group of archers who shoot "traditional" bows. this is to say Recurves and Longbows and some that defy explanation. The only thing that is important is that they not include modern pulleys and sights like compounds do. Think of Robin Hood if you cannot picture what I mean, The bow He is reputed to use was the Longbow.

The longbow is basically a long straight stick with a string, simple of concept but to make it work is not so simple. The Longbow can be found in many styles and shapes, from a simple bent limb with a string to a well Crafted Yew selfbow. A laminated American flat backed longbow, such as Howard Hill used was and still is a popoular modern design and the current favorite of many longbowmen is the reflex-deflex style. What You use depends as much on your style of shooting as to what you prefer aesthetically.

The recurve is more difficult to explain, though it's differences are visually obvious once you see one. A recurve is a bow made of laminated strips of wood and or other materials that when unstrung, looks like a handlebar mustache with the ends of the bow pointing away from the belly of the bow. (A bow bends as a man bends, so the belly is the side of the bow that faces the archer when the bow is drawn, the back is the side that faces away.)

Once strung, the thinner, curved limbs of the recurve are bent back on themselves and function like a spring uncoiling rather that a longbow which is basicaly a lever device being bent. A subtle mechanical difference, producing a more effective transfer of energy to the arrow than the longbow, so as to achieve much the same results.

An arrow heading down range.