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ERC and MR almost replica Yew bows

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peacefullymadewarbows:
DC: Thank you very much!

WillS: Thank you! Never annoying haha. I love this kind of discussion. I am simply limited by my inability to handle the original bows. I'd love to of course. So I just tried to sum up the common characteristics of the bows found on the ship. That is of course difficult since they varied widely in shape and construction, which is saying something since they were just one piece of wood!  All of your points are exactly what I am missing. It's interesting and kind of dampening to the spirit of the "Great Warbow" that they probably were just very quickly carved pieces that were braced once and sent out the door but depending on the mastery and passion of the bowyer this probably was the case for a good deal of them. While it's not exact replicating I'd bet ya a Great British Pound that a bow almost exactly like the one I made did exist at some point during the supremacy of the warbow. So, it is speculative but testing with this bow would be more than not valuable at all. I'd love to get access to a field to shoot some distance with it. This will be the best I can do. I may always be the guy in the corner scraping out "Mary Rose Style" warbows haha but in the end it's all in the fun of it for me. But of course I want to make at some point an exact dimensional, cross sectional replica, sap wood thinned replica to add to my rack. But overall most of my bows will probably borrow MR dimensions to start and then I'll tiller them out carefully because like you said I am making a hopefully long term personal bow. Your information is appreciated.

ohma2: Thank you very much. First time using tru oil I had some tiny drips and dribbles on a couple spots of each bow but overall I'm in love with how it lays down and looks in the end.

Hawkdancer: Thank you! I do believe a bow like mine definitely had to exist at some point in the time of the warbow. So it's a replica of some bow out there decayed in the soil haha. But yeah it is mainly a nice personal longbow I will enjoy shooting and that's the heart of all this for me. "Shooters" are what are most important!

WillS:
Personally, I think what you've made is a really, really nice MR bow.  It's unequivocally an MR bow, because it has retained the MR dimensions, taken from an actual MR bow at the end of the process. 

I'll do my best to locate the original, and record as much as I can regarding the stave itself and any heat treating marks or reflex etc, which should give you a better idea of what the original tiller may have looked like.

Slightly off topic now, but as for sitting in the corner scraping out MR bows, that's me all over as well.  Of course you do get a few people looking down at you saying that making bows exactly to dimensions is a lesser skill, because you're not "making" a bow, but hey.  The danger of forums, FB etc is that often people think you post everything you make, when in reality it's just the stuff you think will be interesting that gets shared.  It gives a twisted impression of what you do - for instance, that heavy honeysuckle bow you made a while ago was absolutely superb and nobody's seen it yet!  I tend to only post actual MR copies or weird experiments, because I don't think people really care that much about seeing another yew bow that looks the same as all the others!

Mikkolaht:
ERC warbow is so beautiful, love the colours man!
ERC is ''pretty soft wood?'' so I guess with careful tillering you can make a great shooting and over 100+lb  bow like this!
As a beginner I can only dream of making bows like this...

Have a nice day man!

peacefullymadewarbows:
WillS: Thank you very much! And no worries if you can't. I imagine planning a trek to the MR museum and getting the backstage access to be quite the process. This is true Will. We all probably have five times the projects in process per number we post. I know I sure do. :BB I bet a tour of everybody's workspaces from PA would be quite interesting. Thank you for the kind words on that honeysuckle. If I hadn't shipped the thing out the day after I posted in it on instagram I would definitely post it here  :P. I get your point but I'll have you know I never get tired of looking at yew bows haha (lol). Thanks again.

Mikkolaht: Thank you! Yes. Two thinigs when making an ERC self bow especially if you are going for a specific draw weight. The tiller needs to be as close to perfect as you can manage so never pull even a half inch past seeing any tiny hinge or stiff in the bend. BUT on the flip side - because it is so soft you need to be careful when working down stiff spots. You only need a cabinet scraper. And even then I've gone a few scrapes too far and a stiff became a hinge. It is soft enough that a cabinet scraper can remove quite a bit of wood per stroke. I am not far from a beginner. I still consider myself very very novice level. And by your show of skill on the boo backed ash you can be making these in no time at all. Thanks again and good day to you!

backtowood B2W:
Nice bows! The ERC is a looking great
A warbow is definitely on my list too

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