Part 1 of a new series on independent archery businesses. This week, Aris Korbetis of Rcore.

Aris Korbetis

RCore designs and produces custom aftermarket grips for recurve risers, tailored to each customer’s needs. There are four main designs that can be customized and produced in a variety of colours and materials, from simple 3D printed plastics to resin-based, glass-like grips.

RCore is a two-fold name. One is that R comes from my name (AR-is) and Core sounds like my last name (KOR-betis). The other is that grips, being the major human-bow interface, are at the very ’core’ of AR-chery.

The business started due to the need for a solution to my own problem with my bow grips. I wanted to make a comfortable grip, with a shape that would promote repeatability in placement and execution, that would "disappear" when shooting and I wanted that same grip for all my risers (I had three at the time). Validating the designs resulted in the current four designs that Rcore offers as a base. My first official sale was in May 2019. At that point, I could never imagine it would be embraced so warmly by the archery community to produce a sustainable business.