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JW_Halverson:
That yew is some rule breaking wood.  Stratton's bow has knots right on the edge of the limb, for crying out loud.  Isn't that supposed to be one of the most NO-NO of NO-NO's? But it's yew and yew is like honey badger, it just don't give a da..well, you know.

Thanks for taking it off for the pics, Kel.  Much appreciated over here in chilly South Dakota.  It's so cold here in South Dakota lately that our longbows are shrivelled up into horsebows.

Is it my imagination, or does the Stratton have whiter sapwood than the other? 

WillS:
Steve himself posted a thread in this section a while ago showing a stunning Mary Rose replica with knots all over it, many of them right on the edges.  As long as the wood is good quality enough the knots won't be an issue at all, and you can more or less pretend they're not even there.

The very first bow I ever made was a yew longbow, came out around 50# I think (I posted it on here somewhere!) and I had never read/heard about how to treat knots so I ignored them all and there's a huge manky one right on the edge of one limb, and it's still shooting today!  Now that either shows that yew is magical, or that ignorance is bliss and I got lucky... I think it's probably the latter...!

toomanyknots:

--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on December 27, 2013, 10:12:19 pm ---Thanks for taking it off for the pics, Kel.  Much appreciated over here in chilly South Dakota.  It's so cold here in South Dakota lately that our longbows are shrivelled up into horsebows.

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 ;D

Archeress:
Your welcome...btw..my stratton yew has 8 knots in it.

JW_Halverson:

--- Quote from: Archeress on December 28, 2013, 01:04:41 am ---Your welcome...btw..my stratton yew has 8 knots in it.

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We all appreciate those lovely knotty bow photos. 

With the ranges typically shot by yew war bow shooters, I am thinking it would be an interesting video to have you come out here to South Dakota for an antelope hunt.  If you can get over here, I can arrange the rest! (antelope season is early in the fall, much more clement weather, if you are worried about that)

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