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quallity of yew over the years

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D. Tiller:
Yeah! I have some the same type a friend gave to me. But its not quite as long as I would have liked. But its dense growth and I think it will make a good European neolithig flatbow once I get to work on it.

Dave, you have got to take me looking for Yew wood with ya one day! My supply is running lower and lower!

David T

Blacktail:
holy cow,keenan that is some nice yew....i am going to have to get some one day....i dont know how many an inch but WOW...thanks for pics...if mark puts some pics up we can conpair yew wood...it would be neet to see.later john

shamus:
Lots of good info on this thread.

The dense yew is still out there, but the market is currently being flooded with the coarser stuff it seems.  I just wrote about evaluating yew on my website today. Coarse yew is not bad, but you have to alter your design considerations for it.

http://analogperiphery.blogspot.com/2008/06/evaluating-yew-wood.html
 

majsnuff:
Hey Keenan, you mentioned that some of your yew is from fire kill. I have some I got here in North Idaho about 5 years ago that was fire killed and dead standing for 6 or 7 months after the fire. IDFG granted me a permit for 4 ATV loads of the dead & standing off their land. Nearly ruined my wheeler getting that wood out. ;D.

Now for the rest of the story. I have made 2 bows from this fire kill, one from a 8"dia, and the other from a 4". I overbuilt both because the sample bends I made seemed brittle. To be fair this yew was from about 2500ft elevation and of low ring count (30-40 ring per inch). All the other yew I have came from 4000ft+ elevation and holds together real well if I do my part.

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