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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Yew English Longbow
« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2019, 07:49:28 am »
Beautiful bow! Thanks for sharing. Jawge
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Offline lonbow

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Re: Yew English Longbow
« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2019, 02:46:31 pm »
6 years is really long. I once made a longbow out of a yew stave that has been seasoned for 4 years, thats twice as long usual. This bow had less set then my other yew bows. I think that the seasoning time makes a big difference. Does this also apply to pacific yew? I've only made yew bows out of european yew.

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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Yew English Longbow
« Reply #17 on: November 24, 2019, 05:40:29 pm »
That's a beauty. I recently made an ELB that turned out just the way I wanted and I was amazed at how well it shot. Since then I've been kinda obsessed with them. This one looks very nice.  :OK
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Re: Yew English Longbow
« Reply #18 on: November 27, 2019, 06:13:55 am »
Another nice one as usual, Weylin. I really like the tips, no problem telling which is the top one.
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Yew English Longbow
« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2019, 03:11:48 pm »
Clean and BEAUTIFUL!  Nice bow! I really like the coloration in the horn.  Tiller looks great too! Great work Weylin!  As usual.
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