Argenton NSW ยท Big Fella's Bow Strings since 2015

Custom bow strings, hand-made in Australia

Elevate your performance with our Custom Bow Strings built by hand. All strings manufactured in Australia with only the best quality BCY materials available.

  • Compound sets from $145, shipping included within Australia
  • Recurve and traditional strings $45
  • Fit and tune at the workshop, after 3pm
Tim Richards at the bow press in the Big Fella's workshop, fitting a string.
Tim at the press in the Argenton workshop.
Your colours

Choose your colours, watch the string

Every set is made to your colour choice: one or two string colours, speed nocks, end serving and centre serving. Tap a couple of spools to see the idea, then build the real thing.

Sunset Orange + Black

Twelve of more than fifty. Screen colours are a guide; the printed chart is the reference. See the full colour charts.

Close-up of a two-colour bowstring in orange and green with spools behind it on the bench.
Off the jig: a two-colour string, with the spools it came from.
An archer at full draw in the bush, a Big Fella's shooter.
How ordering works

Spec first, then payment

Your full specification is saved and sent to Tim before anything is paid for, so nothing gets built on a guess. You get your reference and the set and colours you chose by email.

  1. Pick your bow

    Compound with two to seven strings, or a single recurve and traditional string.

  2. Choose your colours

    String colours, speed nocks, end and centre serving, from the same names as the printed chart.

  3. Tell us about the bow

    Make and model. PSE bows need the serial number; HOYT bows need the cam number.

  4. We confirm, you pay

    You get a reference and the set and colours you chose by email. Payment is by card, and only after the spec is saved.

Three archers in Big Fella's shirts on a podium, first, second and third, holding trophies.
Built by archers. Trusted by archers.

Strings you can trust when every shot counts

I could not recommend anyone better in the NSW area when it comes to archery gear, strings, setup, and just a mad casual chinwag. Highly recommend this pace to anyone that's getting started with Archery or a professional.

Mark Davis Customer review

In Tim's words: over 40 years of experience in the archery industry, and if our name is on it, it's built to the highest standard we can achieve.

At the workshop, after 3pm

Bow fitting and tuning in Argenton

When you purchase our strings, we can fit and tune your bow at an additional cost. All bow service work is done after 3pm. Pick a day and Tim will confirm the time.

Tune the bow
$60
Fit strings and tune the bow add it to a string order, or book on its own
$80
Broadhead tuning
$199

The best bow technician available. Top work!

Donna Gilroy Customer review
Tim measuring a bow in the workshop.
A family business

Tim and Jordan, and the archers we back

Tim has made strings since 2009 and Big Fella's since 2015; his daughter Jordan joined the bench in 2025. Around them are the clubs, individual archers and sponsored teams they back across the sport, some of them in the photos on this site, in a Big Fella's shirt.

Jordan Richards at full draw in a Big Fella's shirt. Three Big Fella's team shooters walking into the bush, bows on their backs.

Happy to have a chat

Not sure which set your bow needs, or want Tim to fit and tune it after the strings arrive? Call, email, or send the enquiry form and we'll sort it out with you.