Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: snag on May 27, 2020, 07:33:34 am
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I have a yew ELB that was 75#@27”. It is backed with rawhide. I believe it was built in the early 80’s by a local man. Not my draw weight at this stage, or any other stage, of my life! It was tillered beautifully. So I used a cabinet scraper, being timid, to take wood off evenly. All the while rechecking tiller. I got it down to 54#@27”. After shooting it over the past week I noticed about 3/4” string follow. Within an 1/2 hour after shooting it goes back to it’s original form. Is this normal or acceptable in this design?
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Yep. It's fine. Just enjoy it.
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Was the bow used much before? That may have been its typical response to a stringing and shooting session before as well.
Have you re-sealed it?
eta: fingers crossed this doesn't turn into 10 pages of discussing the difference between set and string follow.
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It’s past life is unknown. Yes I have sanded down to 500 grit and applied 6 coats of Truoil.