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Deflexed yew stave - ideas for design?

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Aksel:
Hi all

I have a yew stave about 68" long. It´s deflexed about 2 1/4 ". It is only 1" thick but very dense and tight ringed, well aged Swiss yew.

Such a nice piece of wood but the deflex + the lack of thickness makes me unsure what to do with it, so if anybody got an interesting idea let us know!

Pat B:
Depending where the deflex is you could reflex or recurve the outer limbs. Will you post a pic of the deflex.

Del the cat:
ELB with reflex added  to outer 1/3, or flipped tips.
I have a big deflex English Yew stave that I'm thinking of making into a 120# Warbow with some reflex at the ends. Some of the Mary Rose bows had reflexed ends... but hard to know if that was due to being under the mud for so long...
Del

Aksel:
Here it is Pat, quite evenly deflexed, a bit more on one side though.

I realise I will have to reflex some part of it. One of my favourite bows is a 59" bend in the handle deflexed bow with flipped tips with flat cross section.  One option is to see if I can improve that design.

Del, looking forward seeing you build that bow! I´m considering an ELB but also thinking if I should try something I´ve never tried before.

any suggestions welcome!

Del the cat:
Nice stave, only a slight deflex...That'll look gorgeous kept wide with both heart and sapwood showing on the belly :)
Del

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