Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: youngbowyer on February 04, 2013, 10:12:45 pm
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I'm down to my last few staves and one of them is a short 48-50 inch yew stave. In the traditional bowyers bible volume one, page 178, there a couple of bows that look like they would fit such a stave. Which design would work best and produce a sweet shooting bow that doesn't stack. I'm looking for a 40-45 lbs draw weight.
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Horse bows were all hardwoods and were fairly narrow. I am not familiar with how yew would behave with that much bending. You could think about a west coast paddle-style bow if you have enough width. That allows you to experiment with some pretty wild painting designs, too.
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splice some levers in....
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Yeah, I'd take a look through the west coast bows in TBB1.
You could make a yew Ishi style bow allright with that length.
I've never seen a horse bow made from yew so I'd definitly suggest the paddle bow route.
Make sure you still round and make the handle plenty comfortable so its not a pain to shoot. :)
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Take the specs from the book and make a bow. A little longer if you want. Very safisticated bows.
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yeah a paddle bow, , check out all the west coast bows, some weren't as wide as others