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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Shaun on December 08, 2011, 06:39:11 pm

Title: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: Shaun on December 08, 2011, 06:39:11 pm
The second bow I've been working on. (Here in Iowa we have a maddening break in the deer bow season for shotgun hunters. Two weeks when we cannot hunt with bows.) Its also for my friend who wants period ELB's with no dress up. The horn nocks are function and period correct. This one 67" ntn 50# @ 27" with TruOil finish.

Thanks Druid for the "on a post" photo method which I shamelessly appropriated.

Sorry pics a little dark at this is my failing back up camera.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/shaunw/1211008.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/shaunw/1211009.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/shaunw/1211010-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: blackhawk on December 08, 2011, 06:45:33 pm
Ooooooo......me like this one too ;D

And we have the same two week lull between archery and gun season here in pennsylavania

And can we see some more detail pics...I love seeing yew all prettied up...soooooo more bow porn is required please
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: Shaun on December 08, 2011, 07:13:23 pm
OK some more details and pics. This yew was harvested in Ohio - yes Ohio! - from an old nursery that was being cleared for construction. Yew is a common landscape planting bush and when it drops seeds they revert to tree form. 4" trunk split into quarters on the band saw.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/shaunw/1211029.jpg)

There was some propeller twist which I partially removed with dry heat. Some remains but I ignored it and set the nocks in alignment.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/shaunw/1211028.jpg)

Sap wood was a nice 1/4 to 5/16 so I left it and some of the character under the bark.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/shaunw/1211026.jpg)

Not much for making horn nocks, so I get them from Terry. I do some reshaping and added the stringer nock on the top tip.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/shaunw/1211022.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/shaunw/1211023.jpg)
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: Pat B on December 08, 2011, 07:24:14 pm
Simply beautiful, Shaun! The braces pic and full draw are almost too perfect.  8)   Very nice bow.
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: adb on December 08, 2011, 07:40:28 pm
Nice yew ELB. Excellent tiller again.
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: Keenan on December 08, 2011, 07:44:45 pm
Absolute pure clean beauty,  Love it. The tiller is spot on perfect. ;) Well done Shuan
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: Markus on December 08, 2011, 09:12:40 pm
Nothing like a Yew bow ,nice work.  Markus.
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: George Tsoukalas on December 08, 2011, 09:15:53 pm
Very nicely done, Shaun! Jawge
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: mullet on December 08, 2011, 10:27:16 pm
Shaun, very nice bow and you nailed the tiller.
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on December 08, 2011, 11:20:35 pm
Thats another beauty Shaun. I need to get me some of that wood, its so dang pretty.
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: ErictheViking on December 09, 2011, 12:41:08 am
and I thought the osage one was nice. gorgeous Shaun, love the ELB and you got another beauty.
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: druid on December 09, 2011, 02:38:05 am
Very good bow my friend! And good angle of making photos.  ;)
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: johnston on December 09, 2011, 02:51:41 am
Really like this one and as others have said the tiller is sweet.

Lane
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: Gordon on December 09, 2011, 03:20:59 am
Ohio Yew. Now there are two words that I never imagined I'd see together! Beautiful piece of wood and a beautiful bow.
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: medicinewheel on December 09, 2011, 03:43:28 am
Quote from: Shaun on December 08, 2011, 06:39:11 pm
The second bow I've been working on. (Here in Iowa we have a maddening break in the deer bow season for shotgun hunters. Two weeks when we cannot hunt with bows.) Its also for my friend who wants period ELB's with no dress up. The horn nocks are function and period correct. This one 67" ntn 50# @ 27" with TruOil finish.

Thanks Druid for the "on a post" photo method which I shamelessly appropriated.
....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/shaunw/1211009.jpg)
...

YEAH, ... the druid look ... great...!
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: soy on December 09, 2011, 04:06:02 am
Elegant, simple, beautiful.  ;)
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: Pappy on December 09, 2011, 11:07:36 am
Another Beautiful long bow.Very nice work.  :)
   Pappy
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: smoke on December 09, 2011, 11:08:07 am
Shaun, can you provide the limb dimentions?  I have a yew stave that I'm ready to start work on that I plucked from a friends backyard in Nebraska . . .
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: Will H on December 09, 2011, 01:40:39 pm
I'm with Shaun on that one...I have a yew stave a buddy if mine gave me. I've been thinkin of trying that style bow. I love yours. Very classic look! Clean simple beauty! Well done :)
~Will
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: Elktracker on December 09, 2011, 03:16:28 pm
Tats a perdy one! Great work !

Josh
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: Del the cat on December 09, 2011, 05:18:12 pm
Nice bow, good looking tiller.
I love the braced shot on the post lovely curve.
Tad short for an ELB, but then 27" is a shortish draw.
How has is turned out for set? The Yew looks fairly coarse grained, just wondered if it took more than an inch?
I'm not convinced that colour or rings per inch is as much as a guid as some would have us believe, so I'd be interested to know.
Shoots pretty smooth I expect?
Del
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: Buckeye Guy on December 09, 2011, 08:45:40 pm
Good job !!
How did you get started buying horn from Terry ?
He is a friend of mine! I wish he would get on the net !
Any way you did good !
Guy
Title: Re: Yew ELB w/ horn nocks
Post by: MWirwicki on December 10, 2011, 10:49:51 am
That yew sure is pretty.  Very nice looking bow, Shaun.  I'll bet its a smoothie!