Hickory Backed Yellowheart

[Pappy]

Very nice work Josh,I like everything about it,good to see you back at it again.
   Pappy

[ken75]

well well , nice to see the Pro's back at it again . nice bow ! great colors .and the tiller is perfect

[tattoo dave]

Great looking bow Josh!! Keep up the fine work.

[Josh]

Thanks everyone!  I really like working with the yellowheart, it is easy as heck to carve on, really pretty and seems to be great in compression.  If any of you have never tried it I highly suggest it as a bow wood. 

[cowboy]

That is one fine looking weapon there Josh! Love the looks of that wood combination..

[NTProf]

I also found Yellowheart to be dense and great in compression. I glued in just a little reflex, hoping that it would end up with just a little string follow. But it kept almost all the reflex, even after shooting! Despite my best efforts to 'induce' some set during tiillering.

[Josh]

thanks Cowboy and NTprof! 

I have found the compression qualities to vary from board to board though. Seems the yellow-er it is the better it is in compression, maybe it is more dense?  Either way it is a great bow wood and you should expect to see many more of these yellowheart bows from me.  (I got a pretty good bit left LOL.  )

[Cameroo]

That's a fine looking bow Josh.  Gonna have to try some yellowheart sometime.  maybe with some purpleheart

Glad to see you hammering them out again

[Josh]

Thanks Cameroo!  I have used purple heart and yellow heart together with great success I made a trilam R/D bow out of them backed with bamboo that is still my fastest shooter.  Use the Purple heart as your core and make it really THIN.     It works great and is very pretty together too.

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,19698.0.html

[juniper junkie]

very nice...love the contrasting woods.

[Marc St Louis]

Very nice bow Josh

[Dvshunter]

Good looking bow. Nice and clean with attention to detail. I like the looks of the yellowheart too.

[Josh]

Thanks a bunch Juniper, Marc, and Dvshunter!