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yew longbow, full draw
« on: October 23, 2009, 02:40:41 pm »
Hey guys,

Second to last one for a few months. 

62" or so, total length.  50# @ 28".  Wow fast.  Accurate.  I was going to give this one to a guy who promised to drive me four hours out of town to pick up a load of yew logs.  We were gonna do that today.  No luck.  Maybe tomoro.







Next several weeks are totally full of work for me, plus moving, and then i'm going abroad for 3 months...Hope i can still pick up that wood next spring.

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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2009, 02:42:00 pm »
this full draw pic is upside down...the limb pointing downwards is actually the upper limb.
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Offline Cromm

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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2009, 02:45:09 pm »
Great looking gift. I hope you get the logs sooner and not later.
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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2009, 02:50:17 pm »
cromm, where you living at?  I'm going to be in england most of december and january.  Maybe we could hook up.  Staying in York.
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Offline Josh

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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2009, 04:25:05 pm »
Man Radius you have made more bows in the past few months than I have made in my entire life!!!!   Good work on this one as well.  Tiller looks great!  :)  -josh
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2009, 05:36:16 pm »
Great bow!
Yes you are some sort of bow-making machine!
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2009, 05:48:40 pm »
Hey, that's some real sweet tillering, I love that almost semicircular look.
It was worth the effort wrestling with that sucker.
Del
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2009, 08:18:51 pm »
That's an awesome bow. The tiller is excellent.  :) Jawge
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Offline The Burnt Hill Archer

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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2009, 09:01:59 pm »
beautiful! you're sure getting these down pat!

Phil
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Offline OldBow

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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2009, 11:32:38 am »
Wish I could shoot it. Very nice and bookmarked under Oct BOM for self bows.
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Offline TBod

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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2009, 12:44:43 pm »
Really like the tiller, genius!
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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2009, 02:10:36 pm »
You guys, i really appreciate all the encouragement and praise i get from sharing my work with you.  It helps me to keep trying, learning, experimenting, knowing that people want to see this stuff!

This is the second to last bow for some time now, after this long run.  The last bow is almost done, and i'll post it probly tomoro.  It is for Helen, my wife...who wanted "a pretty recurve that is easy to shoot."
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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2009, 02:59:24 pm »
Quote from: OldBow on October 24, 2009, 11:32:38 am
Wish I could shoot it. Very nice and bookmarked under Oct BOM for self bows.

Be great if one day somebody from this site shoots one of my bows, and i get to shoot one of theirs!  I hung out with ravenbeak before, but we didn't go shooting, just hunting yew.
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Offline adb

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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2009, 08:18:34 pm »
Hey, Scott. Awesome bow. Perfect tiller. You're becoming the yew master, especially with those knotty pieces.

What are you doing in England? I have a good friend who lives in York, and I was lucky enough to visit him for a couple weeks last summer. Are you going to go visit Pip Bickerstaffe? He's a reasonably decent chap, and I got to spend an afternoon in his shop.
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Offline Bushbow

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Re: yew longbow, full draw
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2009, 09:33:58 pm »
Radius I watched all your threads with Yew bows, awesome work. You gave me the confidence to do the latest Yew bow with knots. Soaking them in super glue seems to work. I have to say I am jealous of your great supply of yew. It is my favorite bow wood to work, and I think the coolest looking.
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