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Holmegaard build along
bootboy:
Very very nice job, mate.
radius:
hey, i just rec'd a yew stave in the mail from Medicine Bow...you think Yew would make a good holmegaard?
adb:
Yew as a Holmegaard? I suppose. I haven't tried one, but I guess it would work. Personally, I wouldn't waste a nice piece of yew on a Holmie... I'd probably make an ELB. Especially if you haven't made a Holmegaard before, it's pretty likely you'll break it.
Use osage, or better yet, a white wood for your first Holmie. Good luck!!
radius:
Thing is...I don't have a "nice" piece of yew. I have a 70" piece which is knotty, deflexed, not straight....elb is english long bow i guess? I don't intend to break the bow! God knows I've broken enough already. My son broke one I made for him just the other day. He shot it alot. Then I made a new string for it...he was checking it out...and now the pieces of that bow are in the back of my truck. I think if I take it slow and be careful, I can make it fly....lotta work though...
I am the guy from BC who PM'd you about your osage source...what is the address/website of that mill?
Thanks
PK:
Ya think it would if the tips were fat, I was olways told that yew is weak at the tips, true? :)
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