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quallity of yew over the years

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Blacktail:
thanks guys for the info and the history of your yew.mark,i cant beleive that your yew is so dense that you cant pack out an 8 inch log.thats the crazyest thing i have heard.sounds like good stuff..and steve,holy cow italian yew has can have 100 per inch thats crazy too.no,wonder you guys can get so much weight out of your yew...i have a favor to ask you both.is there any way of posting a photo of the rings of your yew that you have over there...i just want to do some drooooling and to see how dark the heart is.if you cant its all right.thanks for the info.it makes alot of sents now.john

david w.:

--- Quote from: stevesjem on June 04, 2008, 11:41:36 am --- The average for high altitude italian yew is 50-60 rings to the inch, some are 80 rings and i have had some at 100 rings to the inch.

hope this helps

steve

--- End quote ---

another good reason to contact my italian relatives. ::)
Is there any yew in the Sicillian Mountians, Tuscany,or Naples?

markinengland:
Blacktail,
The really dense piece of yew was not my first choice. The one I had my eye on got caught up so the thinner tree had to come down as welll.  I carried out the thicker piece on my shoulder, about a mile to the car. As I don't ever like to waste wood I went back for the other piece a week or so later. Even left with all leaves on when stripped of branches and cut to about right length I could barely lift it. I tried to get it on my shoulder but no way could I do it. I left it supported above ground to dry for a few months and just about managed to get it to the car then. I hope it will make a special bow one day.
I must get up in my wood loft and maybe see if a grain picture is possible.
Mark in England.

Blacktail:
wow mark,that is amazing story.dont break your neck getting a photo...but if you did i would be great...so,whats if like living in england.can you do any hunting there.thanks john

Keenan:
John, Here are some pics of some local eastside cascade mountains yew wood. The smaller diam. is the end cut from a stave that made the best bow I've ever had. It was some of that fire kill,wish I had got alot more of it :(
 The last pic is some old growth and you can see the difference of how tight the outer rings are vrs, the rings closer to the heart.

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