I still remember the first compound bow I ever saw. My dad and I belonged to an archery club in Wisconsin in the early 1970s, and everyone there shot recurves. But my dad’s cousin Howard was visiting ...

A little face protection is a great idea when first testing out your homemade bow. [Austin Karls] made this recurve bow during what he calls an engineer’s Spring break. He settled on the idea after ...

Long before carbon limbs and precision-­engineered cams reshaped the world of archery, the wooden recurve bow stood as a humble and reliable companion, rich in tradition and heritage. It served as a ...

The recurve bow, featuring limbs that curve away from the archer to increase power is the only type of bow allowed in Olympic competition. The lever effect created from a recurve bow can propel arrows ...

A lot of us have only seen archery on episodes of Game of Thrones, or maybe we have hazy memories of a simple fiberglass bow at summer camp. If that’s your picture of archery technology, then a modern ...

If you spotted an old recurve bow with a twisted limb in your father’s closet, you might think he’d be lucky to sell it for $5 at a garage sale. But Charlie Klassa, 43, of Berlin wouldn’t sell his dad ...