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LIGNVM VITAE

ABOUT CÉSAR

At fourteen, I found the two passions that have stayed with me to this day: wood and archery.
My fascination with archery wasn't just about hitting the target, but about understanding how the bow worked. Over the years, I discovered that many technical solutions weren't as good as they seemed. That led me to build my own bows. Like many others, I started with Bingham Projects manuals, made many mistakes, and needed more patience than I thought.
For years I used fiberglass, like everyone else. Does it work? Yes, but carbon was the goal. Efficiency, smoothness, consistency… when I finally mastered carbon without fiberglass, I knew there was no turning back. That's what shapes everything I make today.

César Bermúdez, the bowyer behind the bow, aiming his longbow
wood ready to make a bow with a press at the bottom

MY PHILOSOPHY

Every curve, taper, and layer has a purpose. Nothing is decorative without a reason. I'm not interested in bows that look good on a wall — I'm interested in bows that perform in the field, shot after shot, year after year.
Carbon gives me the consistency needed to achieve my goal.
Crafting each bow one at a time gives me the control to make sure it's exactly as it should be before it leaves the workshop.

THE WORKSHOP

There are no production lines here, no shelves full of identical bows. Each bow is born individually, crafted by hand, and finished with the same attention from the first moment to the last.
When your bow leaves this workshop, it has passed through my hands at every stage, because I'm the only one who works here.

Handcrafted wooden bow on a stand with arrows supported, outdoors
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