are there any traditional bows made oversea's?

Yes!

names ?

Samick made in Korea

me in Thailand

v-archery

Any many others, do a search on the world wide web some will pop-up.

Border bows in Scotland

'yote

There are a couple of bowyers in Australia, Idon't have their web addresses but check one of the Ozzie forums.

Ragim are italian i believe

What type of Bow are you looking for?

Border has already been menioned http://www.borderbows.com/working/products/

Deca bows http://www.decabow.com/en/home

Blackbrook Bows http://www.blackbrook.eu/ourservices.html

KG Archery http://www.kgarchery.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=23&sort=pd.name&order=DESC

Bickerstaffe bows http://www.bickerstaffebows.co.uk/

TFK http://www.bogenbau-tfk.de/index.php/en.html

If you need more just let me know ;-)

Greece and Italy are probably having going out of business sales on all of their traditional bows. And those children over in communist China are slackin' again and have way too much play time on their hands. I'm sure that their masters would appreciate a purchase order.

BearPaw Archery is German and sold through Kustom King Archery.

Try tfk bogen bau of Germany And Timber point of South Africa

Hi, it seems that you've already gotten alot of names so far. I'll put in my vote for Border bows because they're so beautiful. I don't own one but I have shot two and they are pretty popular here in Sweden along with Falco bows..

http://home.falco.ee/products_eng/falco_bows/

And here is one guy in Sweden that also builds guitars, Heikki Rousu.

http://www.långbåge.se/

Achim Stegmeyer.de

...one of the best in germany

Achim Stegmeyer.de

...one of the best in germany

In Italy there are at least 15 custom bowmakers,some very talented and with quite a few experience.Their prices can be a little high for the exchage rate. Veriano Marchi knifemaker Danilo Rosini Adriano Alberti Davide Vicini to name a few.

Caribow-Manitoba, Canada

Greatree-Korea

I ordered a Mongol Horse Bow from Flagella Dei out of Hungary. Sort of funny, but they advertise as traditional bows, but most all of them are the horse bow type, which in Hungary is "traditional". I got shipping notification today from DHL. I'll let you know how it turns out.

There are a fair few british elb makers as well.Richard head is one

There are a fair few british elb makers as well.Richard head is one

I know Pip Bickerstaffe over in the UK..Nottingham. Mostly wood laminated English style longbows with the occasional ELB selfbow done.

Good craftsmen he and his lads and they have seen the old bows and know what they are replicating in both form and function..Jim

36bound. Have you ever traveled outside of America? Just wondering...

Raven thanks for bringing up Falco, I forgot the Bowyer from the counry I'm living in, Doh lol

He does nice bows

if someone needs info about italian bowmaker please ask to me, i'll try to give you infos or pls visit this website is the Italian association of bowmaker www.arcoitaliano.com

Kwik Styk is from Canada. I think.

Smoother than silk,thougher than leather, handmade in France :

French for bow is " arc", have a look upon the "en stock" gallery... Miam !

I've just forgot this : www.northarchery.com

We need overseas suppliers to keep archery going for those just beginning, and those who don't have a pisspot full of money to buy customs. Our bowyers have no interest in offering low cost bows, and couldn't keep up anyway. American manufacturers are basiically nonexistant, save for Bear and Martin, and most of their line is out of range for rural folks trying to raise families on what some of the ego oriented asses consider pocket change.

Samick makes fine bows, and affordable to everyone.

Speaking of Samick, the Red Stag take-down handle has been re- designed. It's slimmer and really fits and balances nicely in the hand. (Sorry, crawfish, couldn't resist.) $80.

Good words George

Cinnabar bows, traditional Chinese bows. Check out the videos, also look at the force curve of the Ming Moon 1. Bamboo and Gordon glass. I am ordering one this fall. Can't wait!

http://www.cinnabarbow.com/marinerbows/

"You newer know, maybe some of the American custom bows are made in China ;)..."

Sort of like the computers folks use to contribute comments to Leatherwall threads, eh fjordhunter?

fjordhunter: Very, very cool. Is that you! Congrats! You look like Saxton Pope, only in color!

T

http://bowsbymojovic.blogspot.com/

Sorry Trillium ... not cool at all ... what on earth is the point of killing a male African lion? ....

Sorry Crawfish

Phil, if we hunt, we kill. If you don't like it, don't do it and join Green Piece.

Nice Lion,

I'm no anti-hunter ... it's WHAT people hunt I have some issues with.

BTW ... it's Green PEACE.

If we want to discuss this lets start another thread ... lets respect crawfish's question and talk about overseas bow makers

Dang!

Nothing wrong with killing a lion. Now we have people telling us what animals we kill.,nice lion. I hope to kill one.

Alternative Archery in England, you can get a set of ILF carbon foam limbs for $200.00 + shipping...PR

Although Samick is a Korean company, the "Sage" is made in China. That is apparently why they are so inexpensive. The finish (shaping) is not quite as good as some other bows, but it is a great shooting bow. The only thing sub-par about the Sage is the bowstring that comes with it.

Yea! this ACME stuff hasn't been working

Yeah phil, if you did t wanna discuss it on this forum then why did YOU open your mouth.

J

Real hunter does not kill lion these days.

Oh brother

Ricky the cable guy,

Are we back to interacting with each other on this forum, or privately? I thought I was pretty damn clear in my last interaction with you where we stand. The noun still fits!

wait, wait. Let me get the popcorn and beer

'yote

Welchman Longbows - made in Alaska, which is pretty much a foreign country to most. Gerry Welch makes some beautiful, traditional longbows of Cascade yew that he selects and cuts himself. English longbows and American semi-flat, all carved from one piece of wood. He's also a minister who travels quite a large area. Check out his website.

Find it a little interseting that some of you believe Canada is overseas.... last time I visited the states I drove my truck... :)

Nice lion!

buckbow:

I was kinda wondering that too

Border Archery - Scotland

Canada is overseas.

I find it kinda funny that you seem to think that only you and Americans post on this site.

That's TIC dude,,,,relax.

Also there are a few Hungarian bow makers out there like Grozer and Kassai most notably.

Todd

If the animal isn't endangered it's fair game. There are a lot of animals I have no desire to kill but I am not one to hold it against someone else for killing them. We are all hunters and should defend each other . Canned hunts aren't hunting , just killing. But I'm pretty sure everyone here eats cows...How do they get to the supermarket ? So if someone eats them it's the same as killing a cow. It isn't the same as "hunting " free roaming animals for sure. Just my thoughts, sorry for getting of the bow subject.

As long as there are American made vintage bows, and American bowyers making bows, not to mention whatever I can cobble together, I have no good reason to buy a bow made outside of North America. But that's me. Whatever anyone else buy's is their business. As far as kids go, between me and my Brother, we give any kid interested in archery that we come across a starter bow, or help them make one.

Thousands of kids are getting into archery every years thanks to Brave and Hunger Games and a few other shows that got them excited about it. Now tell me how we can keep up with them with American bows that cost two to three times what imported bows cost, and matter of fact there isn't even enough made to keep up.

Then tell me what is more American; having a several thousand Samick or Greatree bows that are made with American maple and fiberglass, along with all the sundry items need for those bows that are made here in America. The economy driven is enormous from imported bows and that can even be approached with our own factories over here. By the way....tell me how many factories are making entry level bows to suit kids and adults.

Some folks need to learn what drives an economy. Our manufacturers gave up on recurve bow in the late 1970's to produce machine bows. Individual bowyers don't have the desire nor time/wherewithal to make lots of cheaper bows, and our manufacturers are limited to Bear and what is left of Damon Howatt/Martin. You can preach buy American all you want, but you need viable products to supply the need. We don't do that because we aren't able to. Hence the imports.

For every imported bow that is already using much material purchased from the US, there is plethora of accessories sold to accommodate that bow. Arrows, rests, strings, nocks, points, arm guards, tabs or gloves and even more items not necessarily related directly. Then consider the jobs that are created to keep up with an increasing desire for those bows. Yes we once did all that, but not any more. Our country gave up on traditional bows long ago and they still haven't made a choice to get back in that business in any but a relatively small way.

As long as we remain stuck in the Custom mindset and high dollar costs, the imports will take the majority of the sales. I'm sure Easton isn't complaining about all the arrows they sell for those imported bows; same with accessory companies like Neet, Bateman, AAE, BPE, Bitzenburger, Jo-Jan, etc, etc, etc.

Well put George. I knew a archery shop owner who once said he could just give bows away cause he made all his money on the accessories.

Plus, to add one small thing to what George said well, who knows how many folks start with a imported entry level bow, decide they like archery and buy a more expensive american bow.Thats how I got my start.I started with a samick and have since bought two other bows. Although both were used, one was a high priced american custom bow that the seller sold to me so he could buy another new custom bow. I also had to buy easton arrows for the new bows I acquired plus new arrow rests and other accesories as already mentioned by George.

I'm sure there are many great ones out there. I have a Border LB and I love it. I haven't shot that many different bows, but I would put my Border up against any of them. In fact, I think instead of settin here jawin I'll go out and shoot it. It's a beautiful day here. Y'all have fun. ;~)

I saw some very nice ones advertised in a bowhunting magazine when I was in South Africa.

Didn't write down the name, sorry, but he was a South African.

TBB

Just found it.

http://www.africanarcher.com/

TBB

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