The Longbow Shop Blog

When Jason asked me if I fancied coming up with some hints and tips with a coaching element, I thought “this could be interesting! Would you coach traditional archery any differently from recurve or compound archery? What are the differences? What are the similarities?” In the end I thought I would start with the basics. I have spent a lot of time over the last few years watching competent longbow and traditional archers shooting both target and field. I have also spent quite a lot of time talking to them. One thing I have noticed is that there can be...

Ever wondered how to get a taper fit arrow point to sit flush with the arrow shaft? It's something so easy yet very few archers know how to do it and we all know there's something not quite right about the shoulder of the point sitting proud on the shaft.Here's the tip. Cut your tapers on the shaft as normal. Get yourself a small butane torch (about £5 on fleabay) and a pair of pliers. Heat the point up while being held in the pliers and force the hot point on to your tapered shaft. The heat makes a slight...

Graham and Jason got to meet ex Dragons Den star Theo Paphitis at this years #sbs event. After winning Theo's Small Business Sunday award they are looking forward to talking to everyone about #archery and their events side of the company! The Longbow Shop - the UKs largest traditional archery shop based in Birkenhead, has received an award from TV Ex-Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis. Jason Powell and fellow Director Graham Higgs were presented with their award at an exclusive winners ceremony in Birmingham ICC. In October, Jason Powell, Director of the shop, tweeted Theo about his family-run business during ‘Small...

The Longbow Shop is now stocking Bickerstaffe Flatbows. This primitive pyramidal design bow gives you all you need from a traditional flat bow. Based on a design roughly 5000 years old this bow is a total dream to shoot just like all Bickerstaffe products. Our experiance of these bows is that they are both fast and consistent to shoot and are proving to be very popular with all our customers. Can be shot right or left handed and is 74 inches tall. Comes with Horn nocks and a double loop flemish fastflight string and a full leather handstitched grip. Please...

We are proud to announce our new partnership with Fairbow bows. 2 new bow ranges will be available as stock in the coming weeks with custom options also available. These ranges are: REBEL a high end, top quality vintage Hill style American Flatbow with slim fast limbs and VERTEX a redefined reflex deflex flatbow that when braced shows a true D-shaped profile. Watch the website and social networks for the full stock breakdown.