Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Aksel on July 02, 2022, 09:11:14 am
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Hello, I cut a stand of European yew saplings last month, full of knots and pins, which I will try some experimental stone age technology on, like semi-HLD. Before I try something crazy I made a type of bow I am already familiar with. This quick dried yew Holmegård came from a 1 3/4 -2" sapling. It is 66"long and pulls #43 with the tie-on nocks all the way out. If I move them in an inch its closer to #50. String follow is 1/2 - 3/4 of an inch. The grip section is quite shallow and there is a certain "give" in the handle which I believe often was the case in primitive bows. You hardly ever see any deep handle sections of old bows. Hope you like it /Aksel
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full draw etc
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Mighty fine. Tiller looks great. Jawge
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A very handsome bow, straight from the stoneage.
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Very nice bow. Well done!
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Beautiful, well tillered simple stick, Aksel. :OK
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Sweet :)
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Sweet looking bend on your yew bow.Nice work.
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it's a very nice bow you got there.
It's likely a weapon that was pretty common for a long period in Europe
you made very good use of that yew
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I love the coffee and cream look of Yew and how the sapwood wraps round on sapling bows.
Clean simple elegant, like all the best engineering.
Del
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Very nice work,beautiful bow, looks like a mighty fine stick. :)
Pappy
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Beautiful yew bow! Your bow has a really nice bend. Nice character with the knots too
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Really cool bow. Like everything about that one.
Mike
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Thanks for the comments, all. I´m not sure what the expected life is for a yew sapling bow full of knots and pins but guess I´ll find out :)
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Very nice Aksel.
Hopefully your answer is for a very long time.
Bjrogg
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That's a nice sapling bow )P(
B2W
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Very nice looking bow. Tiller looks perfect.
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this is a nice bow. well done! (-S Is it from a sapling or is it from a branch?
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this is a nice bow. well done! (-S Is it from a sapling or is it from a branch?
Something in between. 7 saplings growing out from a common trunk at the ground. They all grew upwards. I suspect it is Irish yew "taxus baccata fastigiata" when I look how it grew. Ornamental tree/bush in a garden. Apr. 8-10 rings/cm
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thanx Aksel - this piece really looks a bit like a branch. but what you describe is a shoot in fact. branches make a lot of compression wood and usually are a little sluggish, shoots don't. have fun with your bow! cheers
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Thanks Simk, no this bow isn't sluggish at all. Shoots very fast for its size.