Getting started
How to choose your first draw weight
Heavier is not better when you are learning. We explain how to pick a poundage that builds form instead of fighting it.
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Tuned in our workshop
EST. ON THE SHOOTING LINE
Bows built to be drawn for a lifetime.
We build and tune traditional and target tackle by hand — recurve and longbows, matched arrows, hand-laid strings and leather goods, set up for your draw before it ships.
30+Bows & tackle
±0.001"Arrow straightness
72hTuned & shipped
Two ways to shoot
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Instinct & heritage
Traditional
Longbows, horsebows and recurves shot off the shelf or the hand — wood arrows, leather goods and the quiet pleasure of instinctive shooting.
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Precision & scores
Target & field
Olympic-style recurves, carbon arrows, sights and stabilisers — everything tuned to put arrow after arrow into the gold.
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Fresh from the bench
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New on the rack
Why Cordavel
Set up to shoot, not just to sell
A bow is an instrument, and an arrow that isn't matched to it is just a stick. Every order leaves the bench tuned, spined and ready for the line.
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Tuned before it ships
Bows arrive strung and tuned to a known brace height; arrows are cut to your draw length and spined to your poundage. You shoot on day one, not after a week of fettling.
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Real materials, real makers
Osage, yew, walnut and bamboo; veg-tan leather and hand-laid Flemish strings. We work with small makers who put their name to the grain.
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Specs you can trust
Draw weight, length, brace height and spine are published on every item and measured, not estimated. If a number is missing, we don't list the bow.
New to the line?
Start with a complete kit, build clean form, and trade up as you grow. We help beginners and clubs choose the right draw weight the first time — no guesswork, no wasted spend.
Beginner kits, ready to shoot
Free shipping over €120
Club & bulk pricing
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From the field
Field notes
Tuning
Arrow spine, explained without the maths
Why the same arrow flies true from one bow and fishtails from another — and how we spine yours to match.
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String it safely: the five-minute habit
Step-through stringing twists limbs and ends bows. Here is why a stringer is the cheapest insurance you will ever buy.
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