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Offline leonwood

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Yew deflex static
« on: July 19, 2018, 02:15:37 pm »
Hey guys,

Lately I have been on a bit of a deflex reflex kick with my self bows. Had a piece of yew with lots of sapwood and not so much heartwood which would need a handle build up anyway. So I chopped that into a rough bow stave and steamed it at the handle.
This did not work at all, even though it was not that thick and I steamed it for an hour! So I then decided to cut a piece out of the middle section and bend it there. This bent fine and I filled the gap with a piece of beech I had lying around. (see pic without handle wrap below)
Added some walnut and padauk to the handle to cover the beech insert and build up the handle. I then removed about ten rings of the sapwood but faded them in the handle section to keep some thickness there.
Tillered the bow to brace and cooked the recurves after that. Tillered it to brace again and then added some more reflex just below the recurves with dry heat. Most of this came out during final tillering but I decided to leave it like this because the string tension at brace is already amazing.
Added some ipe tip overlays and a horn arrow pass. Stained the ipe to match the arrow pass and added a black leather handle wrap to match those.
Shot te bow quite a lot the last week and boy is this thing fast and smooth! Going to try some more variations of this concept for sure!

Specs:
Wood: Dutch yew
Length: 62" ntn
Draw weight: 55#@28"
Tip overlays: Ipe
Handle buildup: walnut, padauk
Arrow pass: Waterbuffalo horn
String: 8 strand fastflight



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Offline Bayou Ben

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2018, 02:31:14 pm »
Wow I love this bow.  The thing I hate about it is that now I'm going to be dreaming about how I can make one like it.  Excellent work.  The tiller looks spot on.  Not everyone cares about speed, but now that you mentioned it, what kind of speeds are you getting?  I always wondered how those long hooks would perform.  Is it hard to brace?
Awesome bow man.
 
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Offline DC

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2018, 02:58:12 pm »
Great job!

Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2018, 03:06:17 pm »
What an amazing looking bow, fantastic work..
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2018, 03:13:19 pm »
Awsome that's about as good as it gets ,I'm mesmerized by your perfect bends that thing is as close to perfect as you get Awsome Bro  A+++++++
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2018, 03:15:40 pm »
Beautiful bow.  8)
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

Offline TorstenT

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2018, 03:44:00 pm »
Wow! That bow is awesome!
I love everything about it! It certainly looks fast. I have a heavily reflexed stave of Laburnum in my pile. I had pretty much exactly the same design in mind for it. It will most certainly come not even close to your level of perfection, but your bow is certainly an inspiration for me.
Great job!

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Offline Accipiter

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2018, 07:04:52 pm »
Wow, that bow is flawless! Besides the design and the tiller, the finish on it is just gorgeous. An inspiration!

Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2018, 07:46:00 pm »
I absolutely love it. You nailed the tiller and the finishes are very classy.  8)
"Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands."

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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2018, 12:42:11 am »
Stunning bow, lovely detail work :)
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Offline leonwood

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2018, 05:17:32 am »
Wow thanks guys, really appreciate the compliments! Only my second recurve from yew but I think it suits yew better than my latest black locust recurves.

Offline M2A

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2018, 06:48:31 am »
Super bow! Looks like a lot of hard work went into that one and it shows with great results. Mike

Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2018, 06:48:41 am »
Very nice bow.  You did a great job with that one
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2018, 08:25:47 am »
That is my favorite of all the bows you have posted. Very nice.
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Offline silent sniper

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Re: Yew deflex static
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2018, 10:56:07 am »
Perfect in every regard!! Absolutely stunning work! SS