Lew Stemmler made bows from The early teens to the 70s or maybe the 80s.(not sure when he stopped).I believe Stemmler archery originated in Queen Island New York.??He went from building the D style English longbow to your present laminated recurve bows.I've only seen a few of his laminated recurves.They seem to be well built.At one time he was the largest archery tackle manufacture in the USA