Shortbow builders

[ravenbeak]

One more from the archives,

piggy back stave to the previous bow.  pacific yew wood

50 inch tip to tip ,  47 pounds at 26 inch and does bend slightly through the handle.  pretty even sapwood to heartwood ratio

[jpitts]

WOW !!! I'm really amazed by the bows ya'll have shown on here. I've got some lightning struck hickory from a friend that I was gonna make kids bows from but now I have even better ideas for it....cool...Thanks everyone....

[gstoneberg]

Wow, 50" long and 26" draw with a stiff handle. .  That's impressive!  Good work.

George

[ken75]

well we have our first yew bows in this thing . i guess im surprised it would hold up but then ive never used it just read about it . thanks for showing them raven

[ravenbeak]

Suprised it would hold up?   I'm curious why so?

I haven't made anything other than yew bows so far,  and I have found the wood to be extremly flexible and durable

neither of the previous bows were overly wide.   maybe inch and a quarter,  i'd have to measure.

I am curious to see what a wide / short unbacked yew bow could handle.

thanks for the compliments


cheers,
raven

[fusizoli]

I like shortbows so post another which finished today  This is the shortest ash bow I ve made yet.

 42 ntn 50-55# at 21 draw

[blackhawk]

I guess this is kinda long and not drawn as far as some others posted here on this thread. 51.5"ntn Osage selfbow. 55lbs@24"  I know this bow can go further but it only took a half inch set and I wanna keep it that way.

[ken75]

very nice bows guys
welcome blackhawk , very nice intro

[blackhawk]

  Thanks ken...you build some awesome bows man. I peruse this site n lurked but when I saw this awesome thread I just couldn't resist joining in and jumping on this bandwagon. I love shorty's. 


Maybe ill post a thread on this one even tho some of the guys have seen it on another site.

[half eye]

Didn't want to get left in the dust so made a couple of "midget specials"....first bow is a self bow of red elm, 38" ntn, 42# @ 25+ and the second is a 39" ntn, self bow of white ash ( has a grip block tied on in the Innuit style) and it's 44# @ 25+. These have NOT been drawn to 26" but they have been drawn to 25-1/2" so they might go that far.

The elm bow is a straight bow and has 1/2" of set....the ash bow is a double curve with 1/2" of reflexed tips and 1" of steamed deflex....it took an additional 3/4" to 1" of set. Both bows have 100 or so arrows through them and seem to be real nice shooters with 400 to 450 grain arrows.
rich

[Lee Slikkers]

Rich, HOT DAMN!  (sorry guys I just had too...)

You keep posting pics of these sweet Shorties and you may find me parked in your driveway in the morning 

(Got the stringer today (THANK YOU) and already used it on three bows, much appreciated!)

[gstoneberg]

Wow, those are incredible!

George

[Lee Slikkers]

One more from the archives,

piggy back stave to the previous bow.  pacific yew wood

50 inch tip to tip ,  47 pounds at 26 inch and does bend slightly through the handle.  pretty even sapwood to heartwood ratio

I really like this style of bow...that Yew is something special.  I'm going to have to try and get my hands on some one day.

Thanks for sharing.

[ken75]

dang Rich ive said for a while your the king of shorties ..but then midgets gotta be good for something !!!!
seriously though great bows with beautiful full draws its amazing what elm can do , also ash stood up well to the strain of being short

i truly hope to be able to contribute some this weekend or by monday ,tough not havin time to build bows

[hillbilly61]

dang Rich ive said for a while your the king of shorties ..but then midgets gotta be good for something !!!!

 That is insane. Those 2 could  go to a turkey blinb with me anytime!!!!!!!!! Very nice job