Ravenbeak Natureworks
2257 Lang Bay Road V8A 0L8 Powell River, BC, Canada

We have a couple spots left in our June & August bow immersions - sign up now and you can still save $100 with early bird pricing. June 16-22 August 4-10 Build a custom bow, dozen arrows, learn all the tips and tricks from a master bowyer, in our shop where all the magic happens. www.ravenbeak.com/registration.html

Here is a little write up of a recent workshop. Thanks guys! It was a blast

Here are our 2019 workshop dates: Bow Immersions - Powell River April 7th - 13th (Laminates) June 16th - 22nd... August 4th - 10th November 17th - 23rd UK Longbow Workshops - Birkenhead, UK @ The Longbow Shop October 10th - 13th October 17th - 24th 3rd workshop if we can! Register here: www.ravenbeak.com/registration.html

Some really kind works from a workshop we just finished up. Thanks Matt (diypackraft) and enjoy the new bow!

Couple updates from day 3 of the workshop. One more day to finish them all up 5 bows tillered out and shooting. Two more to go. Also one flatbow on the go and used the dust collector as the recurve jig

So three is a bit of a story to this one. Recently I taught a bow making workshop and I had a nice fella named Ron attend. I always have a collection of staves ...picked out ahead of time for the participants to choose from. After we had looked through the collection Ron asks if I have anything with a bit more bumps and character to it. So I took him out to my collection of crazy wood that I wasn't so sure what I was going to do with. He went through the whole pile and found this beauty. At first I was a bit nervous but definitely open to the challenge if he was. He was aiming for a english longbow style about 45 pounds at a 28 inch draw. The bow ended up exactly on those numbers. We left it a little longer than I normally would on account of the bumps, I think the stave was about 74 inches long before the horns went on. It took a lot of rasping to bring it down to size as this piece did not want to be touched with a draw knife or spoke shave. The tips are yak horn and match the color of the boa skins really well. The arrow pass is burned in as the Greek symbol for serpent and the bow was named Basilisk. There is still a few finishing touches to be done such as the leather handle wrap and a final sanding on the nocks. But i was very excited to show this one. It really is a one of a kind and i am very pleased with the way it all came together. Thanks Ron! What a fun project! See more

120@32 Thoughts on tiller? I dont mind dropping it a bit

When someone shows up to a workshop and asks if i have any wiggly staves? Who am i to say no!

If you are in the UK - https://www.questtv.co.uk/history-in-the-making. The episode airing this Saturday, May 26 7pm (Quest TV, Channel 144) has Jamie showing the traditional way to build an English longbow!

New stock bows available (www.ravenbeak.com/bows-for-sale.html). These are some real beauties: Warbows - $1400 CAD Andraste 110# @ 32" Silurian 105# @ 32" Helios 100# @ 32" (Sold)... Selfbows - $950 CAD Hithlum 52# @ 29" Erendrake 46# @ 27" Okotona 40@ @ 28" Laminates - $800 CAD Razorsong 63# @ 30" (on hold) Wilkin 50# @ 29" Recurve Laminates - $800 CAD Ornis 47# @ 28" Liber 47# @ 27"