Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Del the cat on November 27, 2009, 09:46:56 am
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Hi gang, I've made this for a guy at the club, he's not very tall and draws 27" so it's 67" ntn 44# @ 27".
I hope you like it...
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Fulldraw-1.jpg)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/unstrung.jpg)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Nockthong.jpg)
There's a small flaw in the White Waterbuffalo horn, the black streak looks good though.
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/MOPinlay.jpg)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/botnock.jpg)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/strung-1.jpg)
There's no grip on it at the moment, he's going to shoot it for a while, then I'll fit a grip if he wants one and maybe tweak the draw weight. I quite like the bare wood grip, clean and simple, the Mother of Pearl is a tad glitzy but it was fun to do as I'd never inlayed MOP before.
Del
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That's awesome. I love yew elbs. Can't wait to make one myself.
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Very nice bow! Jawge
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Really lovely. Where do you find the yew?
Dave
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You really did that yew justice, love the horn nocks. I like elb's with no grip, you can shoot all day in the rain and not worry. Nice tiller too.
Nat.
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tiller great on a croked stick ,well done.
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i like it too, Del. i love how the lumpy weird shaped sticks STILL get a smooth arc if you tiller it right: good job.
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Really lovely. Where do you find the yew?
Dave
I'm in the UK.
It's a roadside Yew, there is a patch/row of 5 or 6 (on public/council land) near where I live. There is a 12th century church nearby with some HUGE Yews all around (Not the scruffy little trimmed things you see, these are more like Redwoods!).
The local kids had made dens underneath the roadside ones ;D and I found one big branch that wouldn't be missed O:), there are another couple of potential limbs.
The churchyard ones are too big, but if any come down in a storm I'll be over there like a shot.
People say there is no decent English Yew, but I bet if they looked at every Yew tree within a one mile radius of where they lived they would find a stave or two. Whenever I'm out and about I make a mental note of any Yew I see...There are a few in people's gardens which I've spotted, so one day I'll knock on their door, show them a longbow and ask if I can take a piece (or maybe I'll just creep around at night :o >:D).
I don't run around cutting down stuff willy nilly, but I keep and eye on what is there.
Sometime over this winter I intend to take the 'sister' stave to the one I took about 30years ago when I made my 75 pound first Yew bow, it should have thickened up a tad by now!
Del
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is the guy a lefty?
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is the guy a lefty?
Yes...have a gold star for observation :)
Del
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What gave it away was where you wrote your name!
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Nifty I like it.
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Very nice, simple,well built and using local wood. Don't get no better than that.
Here in the land of Osage I am starting to develop Yew envy...
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This is my bow! ;D ;D. This is the second bow Del has made for me and it's excellent. Just going to treat it gently for a week or so but it already draws very smoothly and is fast too.
Had to sneak it past management as I already have a fairly large collection of bows! Don't suppose I'll stop acquiring though.
:D :D
Allan
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if the wife won't let ya have it, let me know: i'll come take it off your hands when i'm in the UK
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Thanks Radius! She hasn't noticed though-one advantage of having lots of bows is that an exra one kinda gets 'lost' ;D
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King Henry VIII would want this one. Very nice and bookmarked for Nov Self BOM, too.
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Thanks all for the great comments.
Del