Birnie Bows

George Birnie Learned bow making in Melrose Scotland. He moved to America and worked for Eddings archery for four years. He moved to Texas and worked for Tex-Tox Archery in 1960. In 1961 he started Birnie Bows in Texas. In 1963 he sold his business. He moved back to Scotland and started Royal Scots Bows. He made bows until 1968 and stopped due to business problems. He returned to the US and worked at worked for Adirondak Archery in upstate New York. He ended his career with Ben Pearson from 1972 to 1977 where he designed the Centurion. He then returned to Scotland and retired from the archery business. For more information on bows built by George Birnie look at the Fall 2001 issue of Instinctive Archer. There is an excellent article by Wolfgang Barti on Royal Scots Bows.

Royal Caledonian, 1963, 69 inches
Recurve limbs
30 to 55 lbs
white glass
Brazilian Rosewood and white glass in handle
Holes in handle are oscillation dampers

$ 125

King of Scots, 1967, 69 inches
Recurve limbs
30 to 55 lbs.
white glass
Brazilian Rosewood and white glass in handle
Holes in handle are oscillation dampers

$ 180

Royal Scot, 1967, 69 inches

Recurve limbs
30 to 55 lbs.
white glass
Brazilian Rosewood and white glass in handle
Holes in handle are oscillation dampers

$ 150

King of Scotts, 1967, 69 inches

Recurve
Target weights
white glass
Brazilian Rosewood and white glass in handle
Holes in handle are oscillation dampers

$180.00

Royal Scott, 1967, 69 inches

Recurve
Target weights
white glass
Brazilian Rosewood and white glass in handle
Holes in handle are oscillation dampers

$150.00

Some other Royal Scots bows:

                         
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