Yew Take-Down Longbow 54#@26"

[Weylin]

A friend of mine passed along some exceptional Pacific yew billets that had come from the stash of the late, great Gerald Welch. A customer of mine who was a good friend of Mr. Welch's caught wind of them and asked for me to make him a take-down longbow with them. The bow is 68" long and pulls 54#@26". It is backed with kangaroo rawhide. The nocks are made from buffalo horn. The handle wrap is tanned beaver tail.

[Weylin]

Not seeing the images. I posted them the same way I always did using Imgur. Did something change on the site here?

EDIT (there we go. just needed to change the size on them.)

[GlisGlis]

Dont know if something changed
try right clic on imgur image --> copy image link
then in the PA editor  "Insert image" button and copy the image link inside the tags
it should work

[Stixnstones]

Lookin great as always sir

[bjrogg]

I can see them and they look beautiful as always Weylin

Glad that yew found you

Bjrogg

[Aksel]

Very nice bow, how high do yew brace it?

[backtowood B2W]

Beautifully wood and the bow you made out of it looks beautiful too. Nice work!
B2W

[Will B]

That’s a beautiful bow!  Thanks for the inspirational photos.

[Hamish]

Yep, that is a beauty. Great attention to detail.

Did you intentionally shape a little deflex into the sleeve fit, or did the natural shape of the billets dictate it?
I have an old Scotish, or English bow from the 19thC, with joined billets where they were intentionally aligned with a little deflex. Like yours, the limbs appear to have taken zero set along the limbs.

[mullet]

Great looking bow as usual, Weylin.

[Weylin]

Thank you for the kind words, everyone!

Very nice bow, how high do yew brace it?

Thank you. I brace it about 6.25"

Yep, that is a beauty. Great attention to detail.

Did you intentionally shape a little deflex into the sleeve fit, or did the natural shape of the billets dictate it?
I have an old Scotish, or English bow from the 19thC, with joined billets where they were intentionally aligned with a little deflex. Like yours, the limbs appear to have taken zero set along the limbs.

The billets had some natural deflex there. You can't really play with the profile at the handle like you can with a splice when you're using takedown sleeves. Once I had the bow bending some I heated most of the deflex out but as you can see there is still some left. It certainly didn't take away from the efficiency of the bow. It shoots quite well.

[superdav95]

You did that beautiful piece of yew justice.  Gorgeous bow!

[Pappy]

Very nice job, love everything about it. He should love that one.
 Pappy

[rps3]

Couldn't see pictures first time I looked. It was worth the wait. Outstanding!