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Main Discussion Area => English Warbow => Topic started by: peacefullymadewarbows on June 06, 2019, 11:20:21 am

Title: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: peacefullymadewarbows on June 06, 2019, 11:20:21 am
This is a lumpy pacific yew I just finished. 118# @ 31”. It’s a replica of MR81A3966. Only had the measurements of the center, 7” from handle, 7” from tip and tip insertion to horn, so the rest was extrapolated to achieve tiller. Cross section is a squashed rectangle. 79” NTN. Horns are yak and I love how they look compared to the black cow or buffalo horn. You can even see the wood inside the horn. Lovely piece of snaky wood. I reduced the sapwood the way the originals had so you’ll see it’s thin and has ring violations. Had a micro crack audibly show up about 50 shots in so did my first ever silk wrap and super glue job. Hope it keeps holding. Very happy with how it came out. Made an out-of-season Christmas string for it too ;).
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(https://i.imgur.com/AO4xtuk.mp4)
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: peacefullymadewarbows on June 06, 2019, 11:25:54 am
Shoot video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o51Y1pqt_NM
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: Mikkolaht on June 07, 2019, 09:49:40 am
Damn that is a good looking bow!
5/5  (-S
It is never too early to celebrate christmas!
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: Hawkdancer on June 07, 2019, 10:11:40 am
Ho! Ho! Ho!  That's a fine bow!  Like those yak horn tips!
Hawkdancer
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: Ringeck85 on June 07, 2019, 10:36:50 am
Gorgeous looking bow Peacefully!!
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: Ruddy Darter on June 07, 2019, 11:26:14 am
 Nice work, that's a great looking bow with a good measure of character.  8)

 R.D.
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: Del the cat on June 07, 2019, 12:01:36 pm
Nice work, I like the way you have respected/followed the undulation of the back on the belly.
Del
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: peacefullymadewarbows on June 07, 2019, 02:03:32 pm
Thank you Mikkolaht! Yeah it was the colors I had on hand and there lie a festive string.  (lol)
Hawkdancer- Nice rhyme (lol). Thank you very much. Yeah I can't wait to use more. Some of it even has multicolored areas should make interesting results.
Thank you Ringneck85!
R.D. Thank you! I love a good character stave. I'd like to do one with big knots and knot holes next.
Del the Cat- Thank you! Yeah it was some work but an even tiller and a beautiful shape resulted from it.
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: dratera on June 13, 2019, 09:22:53 am
Good looking bow for sure, hope it holds up for you. like the character, how it follows the dips,  ive never made a bow out of yew, must make it much harder to tiller
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: peacefullymadewarbows on June 14, 2019, 08:35:19 am
Thank you dratera. Yeah the key is getting your tapers spot on before you even bend it. Use calipers to measure width and thickness while following the character. Even then I had quite a bit of scraping to do to get it round compass.
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: medicinewheel on June 26, 2019, 11:28:12 pm
Love it!
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: JNystrom on July 29, 2019, 07:41:44 am
Oh thats a really nice bow! The colorful string sits nicely with the creamy white sapwood and red heartwood.
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: peacefullymadewarbows on August 31, 2019, 09:44:48 am
Thank you both! Yeah I really enjoy the play between the colors of the wood, horn, and string on this one. Amazing something so pretty can also be so dynamic.
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: WillS on September 01, 2019, 03:27:15 pm
I made a point of getting my hands on 3966 over the weekend, and if it's any help, it's one of the prettiest bows in the collection!  The WoW measurements are quite far out (as with most of the bows) and it's actually very small in the hand, but the grain is exceptional, far too tight to count.

It's one of the better finished bows too, with virtually no sign of the faceted edges that are the surface finish of most of them - it's been gone over with a sharp edged tool like a scraper to take all the corners off.   

The bow itself is very round in section, almost circular and the tips are absolutely miniscule.  10mm at the start of the horn stain with tiny grooves in the wood where the string groove was cut through the horn.

There's next to no sapwood either, about 1.5mm in the middle. 

What's funny is that on such a pretty bow, with such attention to detail on the finishing, the "bowyers mark" is an ugly great cross scratched into the side with something thick and blunt.  Imagine a ballpoint pen which has run out of ink and you'll be close.
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: meanewood on September 01, 2019, 06:27:35 pm
Nice bow PMW.

I declare you an outlaw for the string choice however!

Hey Will, interesting observation about the clumsy bowyers mark on the original.

I've often wondered if some of the marks were made by the user/owner of a particular bow, but when they were stored in chests on the ship, it makes sense that they were part of the ships compliment.

I know that I am very careful when applying my mark to a finished bow and hate it when it's not perfect, but I'm not churning out multiple bows a day, like they were!
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: backtowood B2W on September 16, 2019, 02:41:36 pm
Good job on that challenging stave. I love bows with some character.
Cheers
B2W
Title: Re: Mary Rose Replica MR81A3966
Post by: peacefullymadewarbows on September 22, 2019, 08:33:20 pm
Will: Hey Will. Thank you for those details. I may try my hand at making a replica based of your written description next. I have been curious about having my hands on a nearly circular/ellipse cross section warbow as compared to the squashed rectangle that I have been tending towards at the moment. 10mm tips. That's minuscule! I still wince a bit when stringing up heavy bows on these 12mm tips but obviously they knew what they were doing and mine have been holding up knock on wood. And I believe Jere mentioned 8mm tips on a 130 lb plus warbow of his that have fared well.    Always exciting to have more variations to try.

meanewood: Thank you! And its almost practically near Halloween so Christmas has to be around the corner right?  ;) Interesting point on the marks being from the user and not the bowyer. Definitely makes sense.

B2W: Thank you very much. I do enjoy the wiggles in this bow tremendously.