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Yew Primitive Caracter Bow

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Del the cat:

--- Quote from: Aksel on September 17, 2022, 08:30:43 am ---Very nice bow with a graceful bend, but -can it be called primitive with horn nocks?!  ;)
 I had a look at your youtube-channel too, interesting to follow the progress and sorry about the garage door  ;D..
. I have been making a bunch of similar bows from pretty substandard knotty hedgerow yew (taxus fastigata I believe) recently.
I´m a bit worried about the longevity of the bows due to all the tiny pins along the edges of the limbs, do they,  in your experience, develop frets as easily on yew as on elm or ash?

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Hi, tiny pins don't seem to cause any problem, larger knots with a ring of black manky stuff round them will sometimes get a little pinch/fret showing where the black stuff compresses, but it won't normally get any worse... that's why I tend to fill or plug any knots that have a black ring round 'em.
I made a bow very much to the same patern as this one which went to a serious field shooter who does a lot of practice, he calculated he shot about 10,000 a year from it and it's at least 4 years old and still as good as new!
Del

Pat B:
Very nice yew bow, Del. I love the arc of the circle tiller.  :OK

Black Moshannon:
I like this one a lot, it looks the like handle is working a little even with it being narrowed a little and having a sort of handle shape, is that fair to say? Maybe something I will try. Trying to find the sweet spot between a working handle bow and getting wider limbs while still having a decent arrow pass that doesn’t push the arrow way off left.

George Tsoukalas:
Awesome, Del! Love the tiller!Jawge

BowEd:
Sweet bend on that character yew.

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