
These types of bows are actually functional works of art, at home on the wall for display or in the field drawing back on a deer. This is the original type of bow most of us think of when we think of a recurve bow, hence the moniker “traditional”.

back to menu ↑ Wood Riser/Traditional One Piece Recurve Bows

Our field staff has spent many years shooting recurve bows and now brings you the ‘best of’ list for each of the categories below based on their experience and interviews with hundreds of our readers. For purposes of this ‘best of’ list, we will also take a look at youth bow packages and even recurve bows that come as a complete kit, including arrows and accessories. There are still the traditional one piece wooden bows and long bows available that have been used since the dawn of archery, but now there are also recurve bows that are designed to be disassembled in the field, also known as ‘take down’ bows, that can have either a wooden riser or even a skeletal aluminum riser. Recurve bows have benefitted from technology much the same way that most other forms of weaponry have. back to menu ↑ What types of recurve bows are out there? This is also a preferred type of bow for those who do not want a lot of moving parts, and as such additional potential points of failure for the bow. With no cables or pulleys, there is also no let off, or relaxing of tension when at full draw, so this is the type of bow that most archery purists will prefer. Unlike its more modern counterpart, the compound bow, the recurve bow does not have any pulleys or cables, only a bow and a single string.

It is the most simplistic of all archery equipment and has been around for thousands of years. A recurve bow is what most people think of when they think of a bow and arrow.
