#140 | Jake Keenom - Building Custom Recurve and Crossbows

Jake Keenom is a wood craftsman and entrepreneur who specializes in making crossbows and recurve bows. Jake owns the company Other Worlds Archery where he sells custom recurve bows. Jake has applied his innovative ideas and eye for beauty to create one of a kind crossbows, some that have magazines and a high fire rate! Jake’s recurve bows are very beautiful and it’s clear that he’s poured hours into improving his designs. You can check out Jake’s work at Other World’s Archery on www.otherworldsarchery.com, Instagram as @other_worlds_archery, and Facebook as Jake Keenom.

In this episode of the podcast, we talk about how Jake started working with wood and creating bows. Jake shares his creative process and the challenges he encountered when learning to craft bows. I find Jake’s DIY mentality, curiosity, and tenacity very admirable and you can hear how these traits evolve throughout his life in this episode of the podcast.

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