Kits for Making a Recurve Longbow

Constructed with tips that curve away from the archer, the recurve bow design provides more power to fire arrows a greater distance. A single length of material forms the riser and limbs of one-piece recurve bows, while take-down recurve bows have separate riser and limbs which need bolting together. Recurve longbow kits include the necessary components to produce custom one-piece or take-down bow equipment.

  1. Bingham Projects Build Your Own Recurve Bow Kit

    • This build-your-own starter kit includes both equipment and materials needed to produce a one-piece recurve longbow. The equipment includes a laminating press in kit form. This comes supplied with blueprints, instruction DVD and illustrated manual setting out fabrication details. The bow materials include a limb lamination kit with hard maple and Bo-Tuff E-Glass lamination, a recurve riser and two bowstrings. Other materials include the glue and masking tape needed to fabricate the bow. Selecting the specifications of the bow includes the option to choose draw weight, draw length, bow length, bow width and right or left handed rest. The materials supplied will comply with the specifications selected.

    Bingham Projects Build Your Own Take-Down Recurve Bow Kit

    • The separate riser and limbs of a take-down recurve bow make it easier to transport and forming the bow requires securely locking the riser and limbs together. This Bingham Projects build-your-own kit includes the materials and equipment to produce a custom take-down recurve longbow. The bow materials include a limb lamination kit with Coreflex/Superaction and Bo-Tuff E-Glass lamination, a Coreflex/Superaction riser and a bezel style locking hardware kit used to secure limbs and riser together. A kit form laminating press comes with fabrication blueprints, DVD and manual. The materials supplied will depend on the bow specifications, with options available to select draw weight and draw length as well as bow length and width.

    Rudderbows Archery Turkish Sytka Bow Kit

    • This kit includes the components to produce a one-piece Turkish Sytka recurve bow. The materials in the kit comprise two pieces of 0.050-inch black glass, two pieces of fast flex bamboo core and one handle riser block. The equipment required to form the bow includes a Sytka bow mold and an 8 ounce bow grip 100 glue kit. Using the full kit will produce a 58-inch bow with a draw weight of 50 pounds. However using only one fast flex bamboo core will produce a lighter bow, with a draw weight in the 25- to 30-pound range. For those that have their own mold, purchasing only the bow materials from the kit can enable them to create a bow using this.