A little face protection is a great idea when first testing out your homemade bow. [Austin Karls] made this recurve bow during what he calls an engineer’s Spring break. He settled on the idea after ...
I still remember the first compound bow I ever saw. My dad and I belonged to an archery club in Wisconsin in the early 1970s, and everyone there shot recurves. But my dad’s cousin Howard was visiting ...
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DIY Takedown Bow Limbs - From Steel to Skis!

Watch as I experiment with making takedown recurve bow limbs. Mild steel didn’t work, but repurposing old skis created a surprisingly powerful bow. See the full DIY process and the results! #Archery # ...
When most of us think “stickbow” we picture the long, D-shaped arc of a longbow. We also think it’s older than the recurve, but that might be a Robin Hood, western-bias thing; Eurasian warriors and ...