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About Calvin
Being a traditionalist, I craft black powder guns also. While living in Southern Idaho, an old high school shop teacher who had built black powder guns for many years took me under his tutelage and taught me the craft. He was a perfectionist and expected it from me. I have been making guns for 25 years. What do black powder guns have to do with bow making? A number of years ago I purchased a style of long bow that was very appealing to me. I liked the bow well enough that I bought another one for my son. Several months after buying the second bow, while we were shooting, one of the limbs snapped. I called the bowyer who said he would replace it right away. Eight months later the new bow arrived. The quality of craftsmanship was very disappointing. I decided I could do a lot better than that. I knew how to work with wood from making gunstocks so I started researching bow making and made my first bow. I still have it for sentimental reasons. After making the bow for my son, bows for several friends, and helping a number of boy scouts to make bows, I decided to try and sell a few. When that venture proved successful, I determined to make them available on a larger scale. The craftsmanship of the Saguaro Longbow is of an expert quality. Not only do the bows shoot straight, hard and fast, but the woods are exquisitely finished. Having a bow that looks good as well as shoots well is an added bonus and pleasure. I stand behind my work. If something should be wrong with the craftmanship of the bow, I will either fix or replace it. I grew up in southern Arizona where everything either bites, pokes, or stings you, hence the name “Cactus Cal’s Longbows”. |
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