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Offline steve b.

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Re: 53# Yew longbow "Lady" Lots of pics
« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2012, 12:15:05 am »
Just doesn't get much better than that.  Original work of art.
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Offline steelslinger

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Re: 53# Yew longbow "Lady" Lots of pics
« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2012, 01:30:37 am »
I really like the tips. what did you use?
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2012, 03:24:36 am »
Thanks Steve. I will bring it the gathering day after tomorrow.  Brad, it is bighorn sheep horn. 
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Re: 53# Yew longbow "Lady" Lots of pics
« Reply #18 on: December 31, 2012, 04:47:12 am »
Very nice bud!

Do I get to shoot this one on Tuesday!?
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Offline danny f

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Re: 53# Yew longbow "Lady" Lots of pics
« Reply #19 on: December 31, 2012, 05:29:40 am »
thats  a beauty well done.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: 53# Yew longbow "Lady" Lots of pics
« Reply #20 on: December 31, 2012, 05:43:32 am »
Very pretty, that inset nock is cool.
Kneeling shot is one of my faves.... I can tell a full blown ELB is creepin' up on you ;D
Del
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Offline Stefan

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Re: 53# Yew longbow "Lady" Lots of pics
« Reply #21 on: December 31, 2012, 11:16:08 am »
i like it! Looks like you have multiple string grooves if you make your bowstring to short  ;)  nice piece of wood too!
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Re: 53# Yew longbow "Lady" Lots of pics
« Reply #22 on: December 31, 2012, 01:21:30 pm »
AWESOME!  Man I really like those inlaid tips.   Very very nice.   The entire bows is really nice.  well done!
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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« Reply #23 on: December 31, 2012, 02:26:07 pm »
Quote from: Bryce (Pinecone) on December 31, 2012, 04:47:12 am
Very nice bud!

Do I get to shoot this one on Tuesday!?

We will see...she is a Lady  ;) 

Thanks Danny.

Del, you are very keen. I have an elb in the works, but it is mostly a teacher stave for some nice elb staves waiting to season.   Inset I think is a better term for those nocks than inlay.  I wasn't sure what to call them, but I knew they weren't overlay.

Stefan, that wasn't my intention with that lower nock, but it certainly could work that way.  If the lower limb was actually as stiff as it looked in the full draw pics, I would step that string down a notch or two.   And that piece of yew is actually not very good by most standards...it has low ring count, and lots of sapwood (~1/2"), but after this bow, I will stop before turning my nose up at thick sapwood or wide rings.   :D

Thanks Arrowind.

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"The bow is the old first lyre,
the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

Offline WoodMunkey157

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Re: 53# Yew longbow "Lady" Lots of pics
« Reply #24 on: December 31, 2012, 02:57:50 pm »
What a Woman! She's beautiful.
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Re: 53# Yew longbow "Lady" Lots of pics
« Reply #25 on: December 31, 2012, 03:27:43 pm »
Quote from: Carson (CMB) on December 31, 2012, 02:26:07 pm
Quote from: Bryce (Pinecone) on December 31, 2012, 04:47:12 am
Very nice bud!

Do I get to shoot this one on Tuesday!?

We will see...she is a Lady  ;) 



Then I'll be a gentleman:)
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: 53# Yew longbow "Lady" Lots of pics
« Reply #26 on: December 31, 2012, 05:20:00 pm »

Quote from: Bryce (Pinecone) on December 31, 2012, 03:27:43 pm
Quote from: Carson (CMB) on December 31, 2012, 02:26:07 pm
Quote from: Bryce (Pinecone) on December 31, 2012, 04:47:12 am
Very nice bud!

Do I get to shoot this one on Tuesday!?

We will see...she is a Lady  ;) 




Then I'll be a gentleman:)

LOL.  We'll see.  ;)
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the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: 53# Yew longbow "Lady" Lots of pics
« Reply #27 on: January 12, 2013, 12:13:17 pm »
Bryce, I appreciate you being such a gentleman with her at the New years' gathering.  I enjoyed shooting your osage recurve too. Those sapwood nocks and handle are even prettier in person. 

Yesterday, I was shooting at an indoor range near the house.  It is mainly a compound pro shop, so I asked the owner if I could shoot through his chrono to see how slow my stickbow was. ;) He asked what I expected. I said I would be real happy if it hit 160.  Well, I was happy when it clocked in at 161 fps with a 525 grn arrow (10grn/#).  Actually really happy considering it is a simple longbow design that has a 1" plus of string follow. 
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"The bow is the old first lyre,
the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

Offline osage outlaw

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Re: 53# Yew longbow "Lady" Lots of pics
« Reply #28 on: January 12, 2013, 12:24:47 pm »
That bow is awesome.  I like the nock inserts
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Re: 53# Yew longbow "Lady" Lots of pics
« Reply #29 on: January 12, 2013, 12:58:17 pm »
It was my pleasure ;) she was a pretty one.
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