Have you ever dreamed to craft your own recurve bow? Let this dream become reality with us! We can welcome you in our workshop and help you create your own and unique bow out of sustainable woods. If you want to discover the full process, check the 20' video below by clicking on the Falcon archery logo in the frame (unmute the speaker button on the right bottom angle of the video to hear the comments).
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Testimony
There’s something magical about making a bow. Shaping a few pieces of wood into a tool that is beautiful, powerful, and accurate.
There are three sides to making a bow:
- Functional - The flex of the bow, so it shoots smoothly
- Aesthetic - Making the bow a pleasure to look at
- Personal - Shaping the grip to feel like an extension of my hand, so it's a pleasure to use
That balance requires more patience and precision than any woodworking I’ve done before. You can hide a mistake in a chair leg or beef-up a joint for safety, but with a bow there’s nowhere to hide. Any gap or extra stiffness keeps it from bending as it should. Even when everything looks perfect, there’s always a subtle twist in the limbs that only careful sanding will fix. And just when you feel it’s “done,” there’s always one more adjustment to chase perfection in how it feels.
Making my bow took me about 28 hours working with Rémi, and 4-6 hours working by myself sanding the grip to fine-tune the fit, and the limbs to adjust the alignment. Along the way, I didn’t just learn how to build a bow but I picked up a number of woodworking tricks I’ll use in the future (I’ll never look at masking tape or a snap-off blade the same way again).
If I had one piece of advice, it is this: Know how you want to hold the bow. Is your grip Mediterranean, three-under, string walking - it affects how the strength of the limbs is balanced. Do you hold the grip with two fingers, three, or four; at a 45° or 60° angle? All of this affects the shape of the grip, and one of the best parts of crafting your own bow is that you can make the grip just right for you.
In the end I love the bow I made with Rémi's help. It looks stunning, fills me with a sense of accomplishment, when I pick it up it immediately falls into my hand perfectly ready to shoot, and it shoots beautifully. The first arrow I shot with it wasn’t just practice, it was proof that those hours of care turned wood and sweat into something alive.
Marc from Salt Spring Island - Septembre 2025
