Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Weylin on November 08, 2015, 08:25:08 pm
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I haven't made many bows this year, it's been quite busy. We had a new baby, moved to a smaller town and I started a new job. Enough excuses, here is a bow I have been chipping away all year and finally finished.
This bow is a yew longbow that draws 35#@28" and is 66" long, nock to nock. The piece of wood was a branch from a large yew tree that had fallen. It's gnarly and snakey with a bit of decay in the sapwood. I didn't want to do anything too extreme given the character of the stave so I opted for a light weight longbow. It was a pain to tiller given the whoop-de-doos but it came out to be a smooth and surprisingly lively shooter. I had so much fun shooting it in, I didn't want to stop. The top limb has a big dog leg and over all deflex and the bottom limb is straighter and more well behaved. This led to a tiller that appeared uneven to the eye so I had to focus on making sure that both limbs were doing their fair share of work despite what I saw. This was a fun bow to make.
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WOW!!!!
Thats a looker.Bet shes a hoot to shoot :)
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Thanks, Traxx! It was fun. I don't often shoot light weight bows. It's a pleasure.
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That is one heck of a bow! AMAZING!!!
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That's a beauty, I like that a lot!
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Beautiful bow! I love yew branches, those overlays came out nice too
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Thank you, bowandarrow!
Thanks, DC!
Thanks, wizardgoat. The branches are definitely fun. A different challenge than a stave. The overlays were a play off of John Strunk's arrowhead overlays.
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Thats one sweet rig weylin
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Dude! Those limb tips are killer! That's a sweet looking bow. What material are the tips?
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Congrats on the baby and other changes :)
Cool work on that bow, great detail.
Classy 'up into the sky' picture, really shows the character.
Del
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That sure is a beautiful bow! Lots of character, just the way I like them. You made that ugly stick, beautiful! Well done!
Patrick
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Great work bud! Love it!
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Wow, that challenging piece came out great. Well done Weylin, and congrats on the new baby.
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I always love to see your work Weylin and this one is great!
We've got a new baby too- tend to take over a bit don't they! :)
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Lookin good there weylin... (the bow not you...lol) :laugh:
Congrats on the new life changes ;)
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Great job. That is a beautiful stick. Very nice overlays and finish.
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super nice excecuted stick, Weylin. I know how hard it can be to tiller such character bows, you have done right!
And very nice pictures too!
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Thank you, Bubby.
Thanks, Setarip! The tip overlays are buffalo horn.
Thank you, Del. It's hard to take a picture that shows off the character of a bow, that's one way I've figured out to do it.
Thanks, Patrick!
Thanks, Bryce 8)
Thank you on both counts, Aaron.
Glad you enjoyed it, Seiddy. The babies sure have a way of doing that. You forget what life used to be like.
Aww shucks, Thanks Chris. :-*
Thank you, Will.
Thanks Simon! I'm working on a hollow limb design right now. can't wait to shoot it. It's a fun way to tiller a bow.
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Nice work on that wonky stick! Is this so that you can train to shoot a bow the right way? :P
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Congrats on the new arrival (baby not the bow).
I've seen a couple of your bows now (on this forum) and always been very impressed with the attention to detail. In this bow its the tip overlays, way beyond just simply functional. Possibly more impressive (to me at least) is that you were able to tiller that out at all, a stick that much character (alway thought this was a pleasant euphemism) would have sent me running.
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Nice bow
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Fine looking weapon. And that black/white "to the sky" photo is genius way of communicating bow's character.
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Thanks Simon! I'm working on a hollow limb design right now. can't wait to shoot it. It's a fun way to tiller a bow.
That's good! Can't wait to see your HLD. It's more work to tiller them out, but performance is a dream.
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WoW ! that sure is a pretty bow I love a bow with all those little woop-de-doo's and Congrats on the new job and the new baby. Boy or Girl ?
It would be a awesome bow for a young one to learn to shoot with.