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Marc St Louis:
Made this bow for a guy in MN.  It's Pacific Yew backed with White Ash that's just under 1 1/2" wide and about 1 1/8" thick at the center.  It's 76" N to N and pulls about 110# @ 32".  The nocks are made from WB horn and the top nock has a double groove in it.  I backed this bow with a flat sawn strip of Ash that's about 1/4" thick so that it would have the natural look of sapwood.  Here's a few pictures







I'm pulling the bow to about 30" in the full draw picture as 110# is a bit too much for me but it is quite smooth to draw

african man:
Verrrrry nice Marc  ;D
Like the look of the ash on yew ..... was it a board that it didn't have sap wood on it ?
I see you tweeked the tips a bit .....why ?
goes without saying .....Nice tiller !!!

Chris  ;)

heavybow:
Very nice Marc. I see you have increased your strength nice pull Marc. ;D Marlon

hawkbow:
VERY COOL MARC... looks like you are ready to storm the castle.. she should pierce armor for sure.. Hawk

Marc St Louis:
Thanks guys

Chris; The guy wanted an Ash backed Yew so I just ripped the sapwood off.  What do you mean "tweaked the tips"  I did glue in a few inches of reflex in the bow

Marlon; It's from making all these heavy draw weight bows  :).  This draw weight is something I could work into

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