After first drawing up a plan he headed down to the shop to cut out the wooden riser (the middle part of a bow). Unlike traditional recurve bows this is made up of three parts. Traditionally you ...

Traditionally, bows have been made with wood - more specifically, the best ones tend to be make with a rare Brazilian wood ...

Narrator: So even as ideal as this wood is for bows, it's up to the bow maker to determine that the shape of the stick is just right. Then Sandrine must consider the age of the wood, another time ...