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Offline adb

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Little Yew Recurve
« on: November 24, 2012, 05:13:02 pm »
I guess today is posting pics day!! Here's another bow I finished a while back, but haven't posted yet. It's a little yew recurve. It's 60" ntn, and 1 3/8" at the fades, tapering (more or less) evenly to the 3/8" tips. I was hoping to get more than the 30# it gave up, but the upper limb was riddled with a herd of pin knots. By the time I got down to solid wood, all that was left was 30#@28". So, I decided to flip the tips and give it a bit more cast. The grip is the rest of the Ostrich leather I had left.
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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2012, 05:14:05 pm »
Couple more pics, and the money shot. I added some tiny osage tip overlays, to keep the soft yew from being damaged.
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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2012, 05:15:05 pm »
amazing! what a wonderful little bow! it would make a beginning archer very happy i bet!
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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2012, 05:17:09 pm »
Here's what I was talking about on the upper limb... almost the entire limb is a cluster of pin knots. I was pretty happy to get any sort of a bow out of this stave.
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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2012, 05:20:28 pm »
Quote from: ionicmuffin on November 24, 2012, 05:15:05 pm
amazing! what a wonderful little bow! it would make a beginning archer very happy i bet!

Yup... I'm sure I'll give it to a kid, or someone just starting out. It's a great little bow... easy to handle and draw... very light weight.

Otherwise, I had considered backing it with sinew... but I think a guy has to learn when enough is enough. I ruined more than one functioning bow by 'just trying to make it a bit better!' How does that go?... perfection is the enemy of good.
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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2012, 05:21:34 pm »
That's a "pretty" sissy bow  ;)
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2012, 05:26:11 pm »
I LIKE it!  Very nicely done!   I really like the grip.  The natural wood looks beautiful!   Those pin knots are crazy.   Nice job!
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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2012, 05:27:38 pm »
That yew is really cool looking. We don't have that down here. Looks like you really did it justice. Some young person will really like that, for sure!
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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2012, 05:37:51 pm »
Polished beauty there :) :) :)
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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2012, 06:19:23 pm »
Quote from: lesken2011 on November 24, 2012, 05:27:38 pm
That yew is really cool looking. We don't have that down here. Looks like you really did it justice. Some young person will really like that, for sure!

I don't have yew where I live either. Closest yew is 2000 kms west, on Vancouver Island. Yew becomes bloody expensive by the time I get my hands on it. That's why I was a bit disappointed this stave didn't deliver a bit more.
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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2012, 06:22:37 pm »
that island sounds familiar...  ::) probably because i live in the same state
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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2012, 06:35:26 pm »
Fantastic bow. Nice to se yew flatbows. I LIKE IT !!!!!! :-)
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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2012, 07:56:22 pm »
Quote from: ionicmuffin on November 24, 2012, 06:22:37 pm
that island sounds familiar...  ::) probably because i live in the same state

 ??? ??? Vancouver Island in part of British Columbia, which is a province in Canada.
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Offline kid bow

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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2012, 07:58:35 pm »
beautiful bow and nice work handling the pin knots. i hope to be able to make a bow from a yew tree. i dont have any near me. im in kentucky
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Re: Little Yew Recurve
« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2012, 08:29:47 pm »
For all you mass theory buffs... this boweighs 365 grams. Very light.
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