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72" yew war bow
Pat B:
If this sucker blows, you'll hear it in Utah! :o I believe the horn acts like an insulator so that would prevent your cooties getting on my bow! ;) Pat
Rod:
Looking good Pat but I think that transerve knot near the tip would give me siome cause for concern in a high draw weight.
How solid is it?
Once the tiller is balanced you only need to get the tips round a little more, perhaps when it has been shot in.
You certainly don't want any more give in the handle.
Rod.
Pat B:
Thanks Rod. I had planned to leave that area around the knot alone for now. If it is stiff there that's OK with me. I will leave the handle area alone and concentrate on the center portions of the limbs, especially the top limb. Pat
Pat B:
Weill, here she is! 72" long, 95#@30" and damned pretty I might add. ::) I used 2 coats of Formby's tung oil finish and 3 coats of Tru-Oil. Not quite traditional but close. I added a silk wrap(set in super glue) below each nock to ease the transition between the limb tip and the horn nock and to protect the soft yew from the string. The pics are details of the tips, unbraced, front and back, braced and my version of full draw. ;D. I will get a good full draw pic this weekend when I present it back to the guy that gave me the stave. On the bow I inscribed..."For James Parker...Thanks for the experience" and the bow's stats.
I'd say not too bad for a knave but what do the experts say. Pat
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Kviljo:
Wow! Another perfect tiller! 8)
I always wonder how thick and wide they are at it's center, because many of the MR-bows are listed with center measurements. It's not much for comparison, but interesting anyway. How thick and wide is it?
Any chanse of weighing it's mass too? :)
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