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Offline Weylin

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Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« on: November 13, 2019, 06:36:42 pm »
It's been a while since I made a bow with this combination of features. The bow is 64" long and pulls 52#@28". This was a tricky stave because it not only had a crown on the back but there were some isolated humps that came up just in the middle of the width, not on the edges, if that makes sense. So I couldn't just follow the back with a flat belly or the edges would have been razor thin in those spots. I decided to hollow out the belly so I could faithfully follow all of the contours and get all the areas bending. The bottom limb didn't need to be hollowed out very much because the crown was relatively mild. Had the whole stave been like that I probably would have skipped the HLD. The top limb has some pretty deep spots where the humps on the back are. I gave the stiff outer limbs a bit of reflex for a little extra kick. I backed it with kangaroo rawhide to provide some security given the knots in the stave and covered the transition with a cane wrap. The handle wrap is tanned beaver tail with roo lace and the tip overlays are trusty old buffalo horn. The string is D97 with mink fur silencers and the finish is tru oil.



















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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2019, 06:56:35 pm »
Beautiful bow Weylin. That kangaroo rawhide goes so good with that Yew. It just looks like it belongs there. The grain in that Yew is beautiful and of course the tiller is right on.
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Offline chamookman

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2019, 02:25:14 am »
Wow - Outstanding  :OK ! Bob
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Offline PaSteve

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2019, 04:04:50 am »
Another beauty Weylin. Your bows are always very impressive.
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Offline DC

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2019, 10:54:33 am »
Beautiful!!! Looks like you could eat soup with those limbs ;D ;D
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2019, 12:25:20 pm »
Awesome and as usual the finish work is outstanding
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Offline gifford

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2019, 01:35:41 pm »
That is one impressive bow, quite an accomplishment. Your bowyer skills are impressive.
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Offline simk

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2019, 02:06:14 pm »
one more benchmark - sure difficult to put more extras into one bow  (-S i'd really love to see a closeup-video of that limb bending slomo
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2019, 02:34:27 pm »
Beautiful,,.great photos too
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Offline rps3

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2019, 03:30:41 am »
Very unique, and a pleasure to look at. Is that a crysall in the one picture or just a scratch?
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2019, 07:46:25 am »
Very sharp looking bow. Love the handle wrap as well.
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2019, 12:46:11 pm »
Thank you for the kind words, everyone!   :D

Quote from: rps3 on November 15, 2019, 03:30:41 am
Very unique, and a pleasure to look at. Is that a crysall in the one picture or just a scratch?

I freaked out when I saw that in the picture and I quickly grabbed the bow to check it out. Turns out it was just a rogue strand of contact cement from when I added the handle wrap.  ::) ;D
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2019, 09:39:39 pm »
Quote from: Weylin on November 15, 2019, 12:46:11 pm
I freaked out when I saw that in the picture and I quickly grabbed the bow to check it out. Turns out it was just a rogue strand of contact cement from when I added the handle wrap.  ::) ;D

Whew!  What an amazing looking bow.
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Offline Sagebrush

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2019, 09:18:44 am »
Looks fun and well balanced as always!!
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Pacific Yew Hollow Limb Mollegabet 52#@28"
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2019, 11:47:34 am »
Very nice bow!  Gives all of us new guys and gals something work towards!  I like the beaver tail wrap!
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