Grey Goose Bows

Grey Goose Bows Cameron James Alexander Christian-Weir is the founder, head of operations, and sole bowyer of Grey Goose Bows.

At age 15, Cameron became fascinated with the art of bow-crafting upon returning to the wonderful sport of archery after a long absence. As a traditional bowyer, That is my bows do not use Cams or synthetic material like fiberglass. Often adherence to tradition Bow making is called “Primitive” Especially by those archers who choose to use bows made from synthetic materials such as carbon fiber. Th

ough the label of “Primitive” could not be farther from the truth, there is a great deal of engineering and skills that go into making traditional wooden bows. It not only involves picking a design that works best for the archer but also knowing and understanding the material One is working with and adapting to fit the material’s capabilities. Skills such as tillering, material selection and seasoning have been developed over thousands of years. Wooden bows reflect and emulate the creative ingenuity of humans from some of the earliest bows every found such as those on Otsy the ice man to Fred Bear. As a traditional bowyer, I see myself as part of that proses. I build my bows based on the work of the countless bowyers who came before, beauty, practical, simplicity and elegance. I Strongly believe that it is important to pay homage to traditional styles, yet ad my own flare to each and every bow I make. You will find with my bows that there are often few straight lines and even fewer sharp corners or blocky appearance. I believe that it is necessary to make my bows look and feel organic like an extension of the acher’s own body thus all of my bows have subtle flowing curves and shapes of the trees from which they came. Equally as important to me in the making of my bows, is to match the bow to the archer’s needs not only determining what they plan to use it for, but also how to match the bow to their personal and physical abilities.

06/05/2026

Hi all, I'm not really wanting to get into the details, my uncle crossed the rainbow bridge tonight. I won't be attending shootzinfest. Sorry for any inconvenience. Commissions may be delayed.

Just a heads up everyone im in a EMR class for the week so I will be under a rock. If you need to get a hold of me I'll ...
06/01/2026

Just a heads up everyone im in a EMR class for the week so I will be under a rock. If you need to get a hold of me I'll be able to talk after 5pm please be patient.

Pic of Jonsey for the tax.

Behold the 2026 arrow mandella. It's missing about 4 dozen shafts because those had to be shipped off asap. But..... her...
05/27/2026

Behold the 2026 arrow mandella. It's missing about 4 dozen shafts because those had to be shipped off asap. But..... here it is at last.

Hey all, this is a APB. I'm helping out members of my dayjob Crew as well as myself. I'd prefer NOT into detail (PM me ...
05/27/2026

Hey all, this is a APB. I'm helping out members of my dayjob Crew as well as myself. I'd prefer NOT into detail (PM me if you want to know the deets). We are looking for an employment lawyer. If you have good experience with one please share their office contact information with me/us.

Picture of one of my favorite web comics for the tax.
Cheers,
Cam

Guess who has two thumbs and can finally participate in Art-A-Whirl..... this guy! 😎😎😎😎 if you are in the twin cities t...
05/13/2026

Guess who has two thumbs and can finally participate in Art-A-Whirl..... this guy! 😎😎😎😎 if you are in the twin cities this weekend and want to come by and say hi I'll be located in Logan Park. Space 42 (yes the answer to the universe life and everything) come find me. Trust me it'll be a blast.

Doing up a suprise for a friend. SHHHHHHHHH
05/13/2026

Doing up a suprise for a friend. SHHHHHHHHH

Welp the good news is that the bows from Kassai are here. But... *sigh* ah yes the Madd king's taxes are due on all the ...
04/29/2026

Welp the good news is that the bows from Kassai are here. But... *sigh* ah yes the Madd king's taxes are due on all the merchants of this fine kingdom of the west. I also had to pay an additional $1500 in shipping on top of the normal about $750-1000 in the Persian FAFO fee too.

This will result in another price hike. 🙄🙄🙄 by how much... I'm not sure yet (it will likely around $20 per bow). I'm going to have to do a full inventory to see what my stockpile looks like and I'll spread that cost over all the bows not just the models in the shipment to make the blow slightly easier to handle. Stay tuned. In the event I am re-embered for the illegal Tariffs. I will be passing that refund on to customers who had to pay that extra charge.

Working on a custom skin on a Kassai Raven bow. For a customer who loves.... Purple. 😁
04/29/2026

Working on a custom skin on a Kassai Raven bow. For a customer who loves.... Purple. 😁

Okay, for all my fellow Fletchers out there, i have a technique you might be interested in. Bare with me. The instructio...
04/29/2026

Okay, for all my fellow Fletchers out there, i have a technique you might be interested in. Bare with me. The instructions may be a bit long and a little waunky. And.... they have been done before, so you may know about this technique already. But... if you haven't, it will step up your footed shaft game by leaps and bounds. It requires a fair bit of prep, but the eand result is 100% worth it.

Sept one,
select your footings for the shafts, makes a two lines (one horizontal and the other vertical down the center of the footing) they should intersect at the 6" mark (yes 6", not 4.5") this will become the two spures that fit over the wedges of the main shaft. Then, at the intersection, drill a 1/16" -1/8" hole through the footing. Then, use either a bandsaw (ideally with a veneer cutting blade) or a Japanese backsaw to cut fully don the vertical line to the hole.

Two,
once you have done S1, use a sand paper (ideally cloth backed ) one 80 git or coreser. To sand the curf area between the two spures so it is smooth and doesn't have any waves or curfew marks.

Three,
Take a large stew pot of water. And tim foil (see picture) bring that to a boil set the footings in spures first into the water for 25 minutes. Once that time is up and the lignon is soft, slip the footings onto the wedges of the shafts have two small clamps to hold the footings in place while you bind it snuggly with jute or boot lace to ware you can't see light through the gaps on the joint. Leave the footings you are not binding in the hot water and only take them out as you bind them.

Four,
Let cool/dry overnight while bound.

Five,
Remove binding add glue to the joint then re-bind and way dill the glue drys.

Six,
Shap the footing to match the rest of the shaft. And filling gaps with CA glue (super glue) if there are remaining gaps. Sand and fletch the shaft.

My master did this technique with splicing billets but I don't think he ever tried it with footed shafts. But... it works and I highly recommend it. Because it make the fitting the wedges of the shafts to the spures so..... much easier.

PIC of the finish footings the tax


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