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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #30 on: September 29, 2009, 05:32:53 pm »
Bow looks really good!
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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #31 on: September 30, 2009, 02:53:32 pm »
Quote from: medicinewheel on September 29, 2009, 05:32:53 pm
Bow looks really good!

thanks Frank!  God, I'm sold!  These yew longbows are great, i get it now. 

I've put out some feelers for laburnum...you ever work with that?  Apparently it's as good as yew.  It grows here like crazy, so it should be easy to get some.  How lucky am I?  To live where great bow woods grow?

Nice.

But this bow is a good 75 pounds...be a joy to watch my kid try to pull it!

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Offline nathan elliot

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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #32 on: September 30, 2009, 04:33:06 pm »
Nice looking bow dude, you like yew, you will love laburnum!

Nat
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Offline Kent D.

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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #33 on: October 01, 2009, 03:07:03 pm »
Great looking bow and kid.   Ive never had an opportunity to work with yew, but look forward to it some day.

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Offline Dave 55

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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #34 on: October 01, 2009, 03:18:28 pm »
Great lookin bow,Ive had the chance to work with yew once and loved it,looks like it might be the short course on short drawn and snap shootin for the boy tho.
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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #35 on: October 01, 2009, 03:19:30 pm »
he's pretty strong!  bids fair to be much stronger than me, and taller, and soon
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Offline Josh

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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #37 on: October 01, 2009, 04:16:01 pm »
sweet got the rune mark!  -josh   :)
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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #38 on: October 01, 2009, 04:17:00 pm »
Quote from: Josh on October 01, 2009, 04:16:01 pm
sweet got the rune mark!  -josh   :)

all my yew bows get the rune mark...
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Offline Kegan

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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #39 on: October 01, 2009, 05:07:56 pm »
Beautiful bow! I wouldn't worry about your son not being able to handle the weight. I'm proof that looks aren't everything :D!
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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #40 on: October 01, 2009, 05:10:30 pm »
i'm not worried at all...he'll just keep pulling it until he can!
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Offline Kegan

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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #41 on: October 01, 2009, 07:07:48 pm »
Just hope he doesn't ask you to pike it for more weight ;D
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #42 on: October 02, 2009, 03:42:24 am »
Again: really nice bow!
SCARY knot!!!
I never made such a D-bow but that's on the top of my to-do list, so I have a question: The picture where you pull it (the one with certain face expression, if you know what I mean...  >:D )  it to me looks as it had a lot of bend in the handle!?
Or is that just my impression (the tiller tree pic looks different)??
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #43 on: October 02, 2009, 04:04:12 am »
Man, I love the tiller, almost semicircular...I love to see some bend, can't stand the se 8 foot bows with 24" draw...
BTW Your Son's arms grew two feet??? Aren't hands more usual ::)?
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Yew longbow for my son--full draw pics finally--hurts just to look!
« Reply #44 on: October 02, 2009, 09:57:05 am »
Radius, from top to bottom this thread made me smile. Nice to see your son involved. Congratulations on your bow. :)  Jawge
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