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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Yew Flatbow - Double Hollow Limb - 62#@28"
« Reply #60 on: October 26, 2016, 02:13:45 pm »
Thanks fellas.

Yes Stickbender, I spend a lot of time studying the photos of Simon's bows. He is a true master of selfbows. I just read his article in PA magazine on the hollow limb design, which is a great summary of the design that hopefully will get some more folks to try it out. For those that haven't discovered it yet, Simon has a website called stonehill primitives that showcases his bows nicely. We have e-mailed a bit and he is not feeling completely healthy. He is still making bows but just doesn't have the energy to photograph and post all of them. 
"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 dantolin

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Re: Yew Flatbow - Double Hollow Limb - 62#@28"
« Reply #61 on: October 26, 2016, 07:33:22 pm »
It's simply a beauty! Congratulations!!!! And a very interesting limb design for yew.

Offline Forest_Farmer

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Re: Yew Flatbow - Double Hollow Limb - 62#@28"
« Reply #62 on: October 26, 2016, 10:37:33 pm »
 That is a great looking bow Carson, and to take an Elk with it has to feel like a true sense of accomplishment. Congrats!!

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