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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Blayne on March 23, 2017, 02:51:09 pm

Title: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: Blayne on March 23, 2017, 02:51:09 pm

Hi all. This was a stave I acquired to build the bow my cousin ordered back in the summer. Well as I (way too) quickly roughed it out, I took too much out of the handle. The stave also had some twist and dogleg in it and I wasn't feeling patient enough to deal with it at the time, so it sat. I would have a look at it every once in a while to check for inspiration. Finally it came to me a few weeks ago. I decided to build my first bendy and see how it worked out. I am badly wanting a 72" plus ELB, and that will have to wait for the next one. I plan on shooting this one in the North American Longbow Safari in July, so now I have time to practice with shooting off my hand and finding "the spot" so I grip it in the same place every time so my nock point stays consistent. I have about a 100 shots out of it now and it is holding strong. Tips are Sitka black tail antler from Haida Gwaii, handle is some leather leftover from my back quiver. The bow is 66"ttt, weighs right at 16oz and draws a smooth 50lbs at 28". I may still bring the weight down a little as I shot in an SCA event this past weekend and shot about 60 arrows in a couple hours. I was tuckered out! Maybe I better just do more push-ups lol! Thanks for looking

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Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: tattoo dave on March 23, 2017, 03:00:33 pm

Nice work! Great looking bow.

Tattoo Dave

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: willie on March 23, 2017, 03:15:52 pm

a nice bow, glad you found a design for the piece of yew, and I wish we had some hereabouts to make one  similar.

can't imagine why you would want to make one 72" long, unless you are looking for a lot more weight?

nice quiver too.

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: DC on March 23, 2017, 03:41:02 pm

Good job Blayne, that turned out nice!

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: upstatenybowyer on March 23, 2017, 05:06:09 pm

That's a really nice bow. Congrats!

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: selfbow joe on March 23, 2017, 07:27:59 pm

Very nice looking bow

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: DuBois on March 23, 2017, 08:08:09 pm

Really fine set you've made. Thanks!

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: Pappy on March 24, 2017, 07:21:49 am

That's a beauty of a stick, very nice. :)
 Pappy

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: Del the cat on March 24, 2017, 07:38:32 am

Nice full bend on that  :)
Del

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: Bob W. on March 24, 2017, 08:10:27 am

I like it, nice full draw!

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: Blayne on March 24, 2017, 11:11:01 am

Thanks everyone! The quiver was something I have wanted to do for a while, so I bought some leather and tools and just did it finally!

Willie the reason I want a 72"+ longbow is purely for the historical aspect of it. Horn nocks etc. I think it will be a lot of fun to shoot and to show people!

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: bjrogg on March 24, 2017, 11:24:01 am

Nice bow Blyane. That should be a real smooth shooter with a good punch.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: wizardgoat on March 27, 2017, 11:39:09 am

nice bow Blayne!

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: Redhand on March 27, 2017, 10:16:01 pm

Nice bow!

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: Blayne on March 27, 2017, 11:20:45 pm

Thanks Goat! Too bad we didn't get a chance to do some shooting during our quick weekend adventure!

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: Carson (CMB) on March 29, 2017, 01:58:57 am

Nice bend Blayne. dont take it down in weight.  Like you said, just do more pushups :)

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: Jon Kaw on March 29, 2017, 07:54:58 am

I like that a lot. 

Title: Re: 66" Yew bendy handle.
Post by: Blayne on April 11, 2017, 08:15:33 pm

Here is another picture of the bow in action and me in my tunic:)

(http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn146/tailgate77/A982AC79-EDC4-43A1-A0EF-8299711D10BE.jpg) (http://s303.photobucket.com/user/tailgate77/media/A982AC79-EDC4-43A1-A0EF-8299711D10BE.jpg.html)