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radius:
that's what i'm thinking. yew is supposed to be very elastic, and so it should stand up well to having a shorter bending area. If it has the thickened tips, then it will be nice and strong, and i'll put something over the tip to help the sapwood manage the stress of the string...i'm gonna try it!
[hey! how do i post pictures on here?
Dustybaer:
--- Quote from: adb3112 on February 27, 2008, 11:32:30 am ---Yew as a Holmegaard? I suppose. I haven't tried one, but I guess it would work.
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trust me, it works ;D the oldest holmis (about 10,000 years) were elm, because that soon after the ice-age, yew had not started growing in europe yet. later finds were yew (i think about 6,000 years old). them prehistoric boys new good bow wood when they saw it.
radius:
thanks! now, what about posting pictures?
Ack! I wanna get to work on that stave, but I'm a contractor with an antsy client, so here I go on the Lord's Day to install some trim.
radius:
okay, found time to work on the yew holmie...first time working with yew, actually (all my others have been hickory, ash, and the abominable red oak)
18 and a half inches of bending area each limb...10 inches cam...one limb bends fairly evenly and the other does not bend at all...the thing looks like a hockey stick...need to adjust it with heat : straighten and reflex it, and then it will be good.
does anybody recurve the holmegaard tips?
adb:
You don't have to recurve the Holmegaard tips. The string angle is already shallow, compared to conventional bows.
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