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170lb MR79A0807 replica
WillS:
MR79A0807 is the Mary Rose bow I copy for all my heavy bows, as it's one I've handled and inspected personally, and taken measurements of that are more accurate than those in Weapons Of Warre.
Over the past year or so I've made a number of copies of this bow, all from yew harvested from the same tree at a nearby school. Some of them have been posted in here, but the weight range goes from 130lb right up to this one at 170lb despite them all being identical (within 2mm) in dimensions.
This particular stave was one of the bad ones, full of cracks and already deflexed so I took it to a recent living history event to fiddle away with an axe and get people interested in making bows. When I got it back home I decided to rough out another 0807 bow on it, and it ended up being a really nice one. It took maybe 1" of set at around 29" which is where I stopped tillering, and it'll be shot at just over 30" when it gets it's first outing.
Low ring count, lots of cracks and pins and knots and generally a fairly average piece of English yew. It would be interesting to see what difference the really good dark brown English yew made at the same dimensions.
DC:
It's a beauty! Can't imagine 170# :o :o
FilipT:
Some basic dimensions?
Mo_coon-catcher:
Beautiful bow!! I love the simplicity and elegant look of these bows. You’ll have to let us know how it shoots.
I’m curious. With the different end draw weights, even though there from the same tree, do they have a similar mass or are the a bit different in density causing the massively different draw weights?
I’m looking forward to turning the 1 piece of yew I have into one of these Mary rose bows.
Kyle
youngbowyer33:
Looks fantastic
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