Customer Testimonials

My personal history with traditional bows is pretty much summed up by the Elvin Bishop song, “Fooled around and fell in love.” After a lifetime of going from one bow to the next, never completely satisfied, I tried a short longbow built by Gregg Coffey. Done deal! 

Java Man has been my go to bowyer ever since. Every bow that Gregg builds he truly “builds” start to finish, in a one man orchestration of talent and enthusiasm. Gregg Coffey is the rare contemporary embodiment of the Old World tradition of elevating craftsmanship to an art. Every “Java Man” bow is a Stradivarius excelling in function as well as beauty.