Archey BowmanTraditional English longbows, hand-made by Doug Parry
The 40-pound hickory-backed ipe longbow, unstrung on Doug's tiller: its upper limb and black buffalo horn tip

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Sold, September 2024

Hickory-backed ipe longbow, 40 lb

Hickory on the back, ipe on the belly: 40# at 28", 50# at 32", 76" overall.

Draw weight
40# at 28" · 50# at 32"
Length
76"
Woods
Hickory, Ipe
Built
Hickory-backed, with an ipe belly
Tips
Custom buffalo horn
Strike plates
Inlaid, right and left handed
Handle
Deer skin and sinew wrap
Finish
Three coats of hand-rubbed satin hard wax oil
String
B-55 Flemish twist, with a B-55 stringer

$310as listed, September 2024

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28"
40#
32"
50#

The draw weights as I listed them.

2832

In my words

A hickory backing on an ipe belly, one of my everyday English longbows: 40# at 28", 50# at 32", 76" overall.

Like every bow I make, it had custom buffalo horn tips, right and left handed inlaid strike plates, a deer skin and sinew handle wrap, and three coats of hand rubbed satin hard wax oil, built to the specs for proper longbows. It came with a B-55 Flemish twist string, a B-55 stringer and my one-year full replacement warranty.

This is the one photo of it I can show you here: the horn tip and the upper limb, unstrung, against the tiller post.

What every bow comes with

  1. Custom buffalo horn tips, shaped by hand
  2. Inlaid strike plates, right and left handed
  3. A deer skin and sinew handle wrap, if you want one
  4. Three coats of hand-rubbed satin hard wax oil
  5. Built to the specs for proper longbows
  6. A B-55 Flemish twist string and a B-55 stringer
  7. A one-year full replacement warranty. If anything goes wrong with the bow from workmanship or material within a year, I'll replace it at no cost to you.
Doug Parry leaning on his workbench in his workshop, a longbow on the wall behind him
Doug, at the bench

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