Montesanto Bows

Norman recurve shortbow as seen on the Bayeux tapestry

The bow pulls almost 50 lbs @ 28" and comes with a set of 9 hunting arrows with hand-forged arrowheads of 3 different designs and 3 target arrows (arrowheads displayed in the picture)

Made on order for a Canadian customer 🇨🇦

Mirkwood Warden bow, arrow and quiver set
40 lbs @28"

This year's Tolkien Olympics have come to an end

It was fun and exciting to be the creator and organizer of this contest aimed at inspiring younger generations with the timeless beauty, wisdom and epic of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's work.

The "Tolkieniadi" (Olimpiadi di Tolkien) are a project that involved all of my classes, roughly 150 students. The students were given throughout the year about 30 pages of written materials on J.R.R Tolkien's life, his fantastic legendarium with focus on the Silmarillion and the Lord of the Rings.

The students then underwent a 1.5h long test consisting of 45 close answer questions and of 3 open questions. Prizes were a copy of the one ring for the best student of each class and a Gondorian archer set for the best out of all classes.

managed to secure the first prize with an impressive score, it is worth mentioning that many others performed well.

Special thanks to and for the artwork and calligraphy that went into designing the certificate of achievement.

Custom made horsebow produced on order for who will use it shooting from her own horse.

She requested 25 lbs at 26" an undyed leather handle, recurvation of the tips and a very slight reflex in the handle.

Despite being quite light this bows feels very springy and shoots a lively arrow due to the the combination of recurve and reflex curves.

LotR goblin scout bow set 🏹

➝ Bow:
- 40 lbs 28"
- Cane wood
- String backing
- Leather and mink head fur handle
- Dacron B-55 flemish twist string
- Asymmetrical style tillering (straight and recurve limb mix)

➝ Quiver:
- Leather
- Actual Mink skull
- Mink fur cuts for decoration
- leather straps for attaching the bow
- brass buckles

➝Arrows (flight and target):
- linden wood shafts
- hand-forged steel bodkins
- hand-cut natural flights
- self nocks

Angular recurve Mirkwood bow made on order for an American hunter from Texas 🇺🇸
Mr. Taylor specifically requested a hunting bow

Pulling 47 # @ 28" the reflex-recurve angular design is capable of taking down bigger game such as deer

Based on the the original by