[Matt Merpul]

I am considering getting a crossbow as my next acquisition. So far I have found them at Tod's Stuff and New World Arbalest. I would like to know if there are any other makers out there so that I can review my options. Historical crossbows, or items inspired by historical crossbows only. Not the newer sportsman style crossbows.

If this topic has already been covered elsewhere I would appreciate I link to the earlier forum discussion. My apologies if it already has, I did search in the search engine and a search through the first few pages did not yield a result, though I am ignorant to anything that is older.


Thank You!

[Jason Elrod]

I can't tell you much about these but there is:

replica crossbow world http://replicacrossbowworld.com/
swifthound bows http://www.swifthoundbows.com/index.html#top

The lady from swifthound seems to have learned from the guy at New World. Many of their options are the same or similar.

I don't know anything about Replica Crossbow World but would love to hear from someone who has one of their bows.

Other options are Deepeeka, Crossbows by Siegfried, and Manning Imperial.

[Matt Merpul]

Thank You for the helpful reply! - Greatly Appreciated.

[Mark T]

For very high quality crossbows, there's also Enrico Lazzari (https://www.facebook.com/enrico.lazzari.73) and Jens Sensfelder, whose bows you might be able to purchase through Tony Schöndorfer.

If you're serious and wanting a very period-accurate crossbow, Michael Dahlström has some scaled drawings that can be used as plans. I'm not sure how 'public' they are.

Francois L'Archeveque was selling an old bow of his a few months back; do a search at The Armour Archive and you'll find it.

Again, these are all high-level (and commensurate cost) options.