Cowiche Archery

Below: The "Trapper Classic"

Clear Glass Over Moradrillo and Osage!

Pignut Hickory Core

(other woods available )

Cowiche is a Yakima Indian word pronounced, cow - wi - cha', and means: the pathway to high ground.

Welcome to Cowiche Archery!  I strive to build a bow of the highest quality and try to keep the prices at a level the working man can afford.  (Believe me ,when I say, I understand how tight money is these days).

I stand behind every bow I build, for quality of materials and workmanship.  I build my bows one at a time, I don't employ production methods.  Each and every bow I build is discussed with the prospective buyer, and I try to provide the best value in a bow his or her hard earned money can buy. I ask questions and I answer questions.  I try to determine what the buyer really is looking for, and am not afraid to offer all the experience my 50 years of traditional and primitive archery can muster, so the buyer can make an informed decision.

Many times people are fooled into making purchases based on what the marketers want them to know . . . but like the ol' boy says,  " If you're gonna buy a mule, ask the guy that rides it, not the guy trying to sell it."

"Craftsmanship is everything"

 Osage and Moradrillo, (Brazilian Rose Wood) - Clear Glass

1" wide @ fades

Low mass

Reflexed Limb

Fast flight Approved

Better performance at a lower draw weight!

62" & 64" ntn

$375.00 with Black Glass

$550 with Clear Glass over figured wood

The "Lakota"  62" and 64" overall - Reflex/ Deflex

1" wide at the fades tapering to 1/2" at the tips

Flat finish or gloss you choose

Low mass!

Fast!

Smooth!

Accurate!

$450.00 with Black Glass

$550 for Clear Glass over figured wood.

above:  Lakota Classic

62"ntn Reflex/Deflex

Horn Nocks

Figured Bubinga Riser

Clear Glass over Moradillo (other woods available)

Low mass limbs

$550.00

Trapper Standard

Black Glass

Optional Macarta Riser Overlay

Macarta and Hardwood Tip Overlays

Riser - Figured Exotic Hardwoods

Low Mass

Better Performance at a Lighter Draw Weight

$375

This is the longbow on the ELB build page.  it is 68" overall, 66" knock to Knock.  The backing is deer rawhide over a thin layer of Pignut Hickory, a core lamination of Ipe, and a Belly lamination of Osage orange taken from an old fence post.  The bow has two inches of set back after 100 shots!

I've been told by some pretty well known Bowyers that Ipe is too heavy for a bow.  Guess this bow wasn't listening.  Because it is a real shooter!

Moral of the story: just because someone say's it wont work doesn't mean it's true. 

Experimentation is the mother of invention.

Say what ever happened to the Mothers of Invention anyway?