who makes excellent selfbows?post info and pics please

[chrisAKnative]

Hi tradgang family well I am looking for some info on who makes an excellent selfbow,Osage,Hickory,anything really,can be someone with a website or just a trad member.

Any recommendations>? quality and craftsmanship!    
lets see those selfbows!

[nineworlds9]

Ted Fry at Raptor Archery builds beauties.  John Strunk out in the Pac NW is pretty much 'the man' when it comes to selfbows.  I owned two of his self- English longbows for a while.  Functional art.  There aren't many mainstream selfbowyers out there since most guys just learn how to do it and just make em for themselves.

[Caughtandhobble]

Arvin Weaver makes an awesome selfbow. His bows have back to back IBO World Championships, and I would not bet against them in the future.

[frassettor]

One name comes to my mind... Ed Scott

Originally posted by Caughtandhobble:
Arvin Weaver makes an awesome selfbow. His bows have back to back IBO World Championships, and I would not bet against them in the future.

What he said^^^^^^

Bisch

[LongStick64]

Second Ed Scott

[chrisAKnative]

thank you gentleman those are some good recommendations ill look into those more.anyone else?

feel free to show off your bow!

[Fattony77]

Mike Yancey of Pine Hollow & a lessr known (but not lesser quality) is a guy named John Holman of Bear Creek Bows. I think both have websites, but don't know if they're sponsors here or not.

[fujimo]

Bert Frelink, if you want to score on the exchange rate- he is a canuck- builds beautiful bows!
calls himself quarter moon bows, he is a member on here.

[sweeney3]

I've got a couple of mine in here.  Obviously, the Bear recurve is not my make, but the others are:
 http://s1096.photobucket.com/user/danzsweeney/slideshow/

[PEARL DRUMS]

Id suggest floating around the Bowyers Bench a bit and also float around Primitive Archer a bit getting to know the guys. You will get super quality for half the money as these guys are building for fun and not a living.

[bruinman]

I only have one. It is a Ted Fry bow that I picked up out of the classifieds. I absolutely love the thing!

[lone hunter]

Jim Rempp, Missoula, Mt

[Greyfox54]

Darren Shue makes an awesome selfbow .

[dtarbell]

Ryan Gill,Gills Primitive Archery.

[Grey Taylor]

Pat B and Roy from PA seem to do bows pretty well. I don't think either does them for sale but if you talked real purty.... who knows?

Guy

[Trinity Outfitters]

JD Jones built some amazing BBO longbows and statics.  I have one of each--they are works of a master for sure.  I'm not sure whether he still crafts bows, but goes by the handle "horseapple."

[Mojostick]

There's Ed Scott self bows, then everyone else's. I have since traded off one, but gotten another to replace it. These are older pics. I haven't taken any pics of the newest Owl, which is the best one of Ed's, that I've held or shot.

   

   

   

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