who makes excellent selfbows?post info and pics please

[hunterbob]

Check out some of Blackhawks work on primitive archer. This guy can make a bow.

[calgarychef]

Another vote for Bert Frelink and I'd toss John Strunks name into the ring too.

[chrisAKnative]

mojostick- those are incredibly beautiful bows! you have excellent taste and they shoot as good as they look?
hunterbob- will look into Blackhawks work thank you!
and thank you to everyone else chiming in on this

[Mojostick]

Yeah, they shoot like a dream.

[FerretWYO]

Mike Yancey of pine hollow makes some great ones

[wapiti]

Jim Rempp Hamstring Archery in Missoula,MT. he may be the best out there!!! Jim is a gentleman and selfboywer extreme!!!!!

[snag]

Check out Echo Archery! Of course John Strunk too.

[tarponnut]

I'll second Ryan Gill, he makes some excellent selfbows and other primitive gear.

[Hawkeye]

John Scifres?

[Dax]

Ryan Gill....he not only hunts successfully with his bows....others have too....check out his website for your own verification....

[wingnut]

I'm going with Mike Yancey on this one.  His bows are excellent.

Mike

[Danny Roberts]

Kevin Brown of Herwaybow in Irvington, Ky.

[Altiman94]

I guess I had thought that a 'self bow' meant that you made it yourself.  Or, does it more refer to a style of bow?

[PEARL DRUMS]

A self bow is a single piece of wood made into a bow. No backing.

[bretto]

I would say take Mike Yancey's class. Use his knowledge and walk away with a bow You built yourself.

bretto

[Ghost Dog]

First of all, it's nice to see someone interested in selfbows. Traditional archery tackle is moving in a direction away from natural materials and truly handmade bows,and towards the infinitely reproducible.  

I have been collecting selfbows for fifteen years. My collection is extensive and includes bows from most of the bowyers mentioned here and many others. I have 32 bows from John Strunk alone. John is a master self bowyer, and if we were Japanese he would be designated a Living National Treasure. John knows more about selfbows than anyone alive, and his price for a bow is reflective of his humbleness.

Be wary of a bowyer who charges more than what John charges. Some selfbow bowyers are legends in their own minds and their prices reflect it. I have paid some of these high priced bowyers for bows that went out of tiller, cracked, or were just really poor excuses for a selfbow. In all cases they took them back. I won't name names, but one of those bowyers is highly recommended in earlier posts in this thread.  

Deciphering a piece of wood and making a bow out of it is not easy. You really want to deal with someone who knows what they are doing and has done it hundreds of times before, and who, if there is a problem, will with without question make it right.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

[scrub-buster]

You could build a nice selfbow if you put your mind to it.  Its an addicting and rewarding hobby.  Killing a deer with a weapon you created with your own hands is an incredible accomplishment.

[Jim Wright]

I am surprised Jim Rempp has not been suggested more. he is in Missoula MT. and makes a superb Selfbow. I believe Paul Brunner interviewed him for an article in Traditional Bowhunter Magazine a few years ago. He normally has a number of bows in stock and snake skins as well.

[wahoo]

luv my Owls but I would look at Jim Rempp also

[Mudd]

Curt Brisky

I know Curt personally and he makes awesome self bows.

http://www.brisky-bows.com/

God bless,Mudd