I was wondering who made a 1 piece longbow with a high wrist grip? I like the way my recurve grips fit my hand, but like to shoot longbows better. If I could get some names then I can check them out better. I dont have any trad shops close so I'm going to have to do this by looking at pictures. Thanks, Roy

Fox archery royal crown. Great bow, well thought of. Definitly check them out.

Ed Mikuta makes a one piece longbow with a high wrist grip and a thumbrest.

I just love mine,hits right where I point it.  

My Bear's Paw has a high wrist grip.

Lots of bowyers do, especially if your including hybrids. Check out the Centaurs, the RERs and the Mikutas.

My Kanati has a recurve type grip that can be made higher or lower if desired.

I like the looks of the Mikuta. What is the purpose of the thumbrest? I have never shot a bow with one....Roy

Chad Francis at Lost Creek Longbows builds a nice  bow that will fill that bill....He's also a sponsor.....Check his website out.

                                                                                               Hi Roy this is Chad and I build the Lost Creek Longbow, here is a med high wrist bow I built for a guy over in Switzerland recently I can make this model high, med, or low wrist grip.

Zipper bows offers an option of using take down longbow limbs of the Zipper extreme riser.

I was going to mention Jason Kendall, but he beat me to it. His buddy Chad makes a sweet bow as well. Gotta plug the Iowa boys!    

We can do both the Oracle and Phoenix one pc longbows with a high wrist if you like.

Mike

The thumb rest is very techincal in nature, and is there to keep TTS (Tired Thumb Syndrome) at bay.  Simply put, however, it is a place to rest your thumb.        :confused:  

Basically it just helps position the hand in the same place each time by eliminating that floating thumb....nothing really technical about it.  Some folks love them, some don't care much for them.

I might have to play with putting a thumb rest of some sort on one of my bows to try it out. I'm not sure how I'll do it but I'll get something on one.....Roy

blind one, "body putty", the State mineral of West Virginia 8^).  I've seen several fashioned with it.

Thanks George, I hadnt even thought about using that....Roy

I like a recurve grip too, just ordered my new one piece from Sid at Border.. here it is in another thread here...
 Harrier Royale  

Regards,   Nathan

If there's a way you can try one of Chad's bows do it. They really fit your hand.

Chad how's the takedown coming?

cari-bow wolverine 58" light, fast, easy to shoot.
abe makes some fantastic bows, (I have two of them)