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Title: Tip Width on yew?
Post by: DuBois on July 08, 2020, 11:51:47 am

Hey people!!
Been busy a lot with other adventures and obligations but it's good to be back👍
I'm ready for tips (overlays probably) on my first good yew stave first yew I ever laid hands on by trade with Wizardgoat and only took 4 years to start into it.
56" and 40#
How wide is needed for reliable tips on yew?
Thanks all,
Marco

Title: Re: Tip Width on yew?
Post by: DC on July 08, 2020, 12:19:16 pm

3/8-1/2"

Title: Re: Tip Width on yew?
Post by: Hamish on July 08, 2020, 04:53:38 pm

I feel 1/2" is the safest for yew.  Its not so much the width, as the softness of the wood at the nocks. They need to be deep enough so they really hold the string on. I also don't like a sharp edge near the back for the nocks. I have had a couple of yew bows split off one side of the nocks when getting a normal brace height bow string on.

Pin nocks are probably the strongest of self nocks.
A decent set of hardwood, or horn overlays, or full horn nocks are my preference with yew.

Title: Re: Tip Width on yew?
Post by: DuBois on July 08, 2020, 06:04:52 pm

Alright
Thanks fellas

Title: Re: Tip Width on yew?
Post by: Del the cat on July 09, 2020, 12:28:26 pm

Quote from: DC on July 08, 2020, 12:19:16 pm

3/8-1/2"

+1 ... I just went and measured a couple :)
Mind tbf, it's more about the thickness than the width... the Molle with thin deep levers was 3/8" my go to field bow was 1/2"
Del

Title: Re: Tip Width on yew?
Post by: DuBois on July 10, 2020, 01:07:46 pm

Thanks Del😁✌