The Story of Bodnik Bows
Made by archers – For archers!
In 2002, together with my original bow makers, I began to implement and refine my concepts and ideas and so began to build traditional longbows and recurves. One at a time, bow by bow, we continued our quest and find ourselves today with an entire line of now world-famous Bodnik Bows. We designed every single recurve and longbow from a combination of our own experiences and requirements, as well as the needs of and feedback from the many archers, bowhunters and instinctive archery course participants we came into contact with wherever we went.
During the many years we have been developing and producing Bodnik Bows, we have been constantly learning the small subtle nuances of what makes a better bow design. As we learn, we change, tweak, and modify our designs to keep them on the cutting edge of bow performance. With this sort of dedication and commitment, we continue to craft what we believe to be the best bows in the world - the legendary recurves and longbows of Bodnik Bows!
The Bodnik Bows team of master bow builders continues to craft each and every single longbow and recurve - by hand - in our modern bow manufacturing facility in Tachov.
Today, the longbows and recurves of the Bodnik Bows brand have become an integral part of the world of traditional archery and bowhunting. The quality and performance of the longbows and recurves from Bodnik Bows are legendary around the world. Many national and international titles in various classes have been won with our smooth, fast, longbows and recurves, and bowhunters everywhere trust Bodnik Bows.
The world-famous and legendary Shrew Bows have been built by Ron LaClair from Michigan at Bodnik Bows since 2018. The beautiful craftsmanship of our bow builders, the increased performance of the Shrew bows we build, the unique Bodnik Bows 30 year guarantee convinced Ron LaClair to put his trust in the reliable, consistent, manufacturing capabilities of Bodnik Bows. We are proud to build the spectacular bows for this respected American bow brand here at Bodnik Bows. Meanwhile, Henry Bodnik and Ron LaClair have a personal friendship and have brought Ron's Shrew Bows back into the spotlight of traditional archery and bowhunting for good!
Bodnik Bows, Nothing Else
Henry M. Bodnik
credo for Bodnik Bows:
- Performance
- Quality
- Guarantee
Performance
The three main components of optimum performance are; a smooth comfortable draw, a powerful flat trajectory, and a silent, quiet finish after the shot. All Bodnik Bows are designed to be extremely powerful and comfortable to shoot. Bodnik Bows will captivate you from the first shot!
We don't really need to advertise Bodnik Bows! Every Bodnik Bow does the advertising itself!
Quality
This is the question I ask myself about the quality of a bow! Would I take this bow on my next trip to the Canadian wilderness and can I rely on it? I KNOW that I can rely 100% on my Bodnik Bow. In addition to the impressive performance of all Bodnik Bows, our reputation for quality materials and craftsmanship combined with our amazing durability is legendary!
On my next trip into the wilderness, I will rely on the only bow I trust, my Bodnik Bow! (Henry Bodnik)
