Brazilian Bows

[Michael Holden]

Brazilian bowmakers are really making a name for themselves. 90% of them have their own plantations, so they arne't cutting down new trees, and the wood used in the bows made today is already 10 or so years old (in the case of Horst John (John Brasil) his wood is 12 years old.
I find their bows to be amazing quality, and have argued this fact in another thread on this forum. I have compared $800-$1,200 Brazillian bows to 2k-3k (non-brazilian) bows. THey really are amazing. Of course that is just my opinion.
I have also compared the wood to many chinese bows, except for Ken's "super" chinese bows that we hear so much about, they have so far, surpassed every chinese bow I have played. To be fair though, the chinese bows I have tried have been in the $300 - $900 price range.
I find the brazilian bowmakers a very good source of bows, and environmentally friendly (most own their own plantations and have massive amounts of wood stored up, so they don't cut down new trees.)