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Is Yew Good?
Pat B:
The only downfall I see with yew is that it can't take abuse. The woos is soft so it doesn't take much to dent it. If yew was a trash wood it wouldn't still be used for bows. A few years ago, other experts said that osage and yew were the only woods worth making bows out of. See how smart those guys were. Pat
alanesq:
I know lots of people who shoot self yew warbows very regularly but I have not found anyone who has reported this to be the case ?
medicinewheel:
--- Quote from: Lost Arra on May 22, 2008, 12:36:28 am ---Sounds like the top bowmaker is out of yew.
--- End quote ---
think so, too!
Rich Saffold:
This is truly funny..A top bowmaker in England says Yew is rubbish..he must be burning some serious tree ;D ;D to get that delusional...Granted nowadays there's a lot more good bows woods and open minds about using them, but that doesn't make high density yew any less of a top notch wood..
Like Keenan mentioned my only yew selfbow gets stronger with age...I'd love to get more of that 60 rpi stuff without having to trade a kid to get it :o ;)
Rich
Badger:
Really good yew is magic, I have never had the opportunity to work with any euro yew wood but would love to. I usually make a few yew bows each year. I have had some good ones and some bad ones, some my fault and some questionable wood. But I have had 2 yew bows that I would give my right testacle to get back. One of them I built for a guy about 7 years ago, 65# @ 28" he draws it to about 27", I still get to shoot it every now and then and just can't get enough of it. I have had some problems with yew delaminating between the growth rings. I have leaned to catch this problem before tillering starts as the color change is evident and not hard to see. I have also had what i thought were perfectly tillered bows just pop in half. But I still love good yew wood. Steve
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