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Offline steve b.

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow
« Reply #30 on: December 10, 2012, 01:28:07 am »
Congrats....really nice.
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Offline ravenbeak

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow
« Reply #31 on: December 10, 2012, 03:00:51 am »
That is a lovely bow you made there.  congratulations on a job well done.

Gotta love the Yew!
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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow
« Reply #32 on: December 10, 2012, 08:57:08 am »
Now that's a beauty right there,beautiful bow. :)
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow
« Reply #33 on: December 10, 2012, 09:37:17 am »
Mesmerizing full draw tiller there.Very nice job all around.
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow
« Reply #34 on: December 10, 2012, 09:43:13 pm »
Thank you all so much for your kind words, it means a lot to get such support from all these great bowyers.

CMB, my wife is welcome to shoot this bow any time she wants. She just has to pull 62 lbs. left handed.  ::)
As a background for that, I was originally planning on making this bow a 40# target bow for my wife but I kinda fell in love with the stave as I was making it. Well, one thing led to another and what do you know, it came out right at my specs.  O:) I'll just have to make her a bow with something else, she's too busy to go shooting right now, and it's cold and wet out right now anyway... right?
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Offline Will H

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow
« Reply #35 on: December 10, 2012, 11:10:14 pm »
Very nice yew bow right there! Thanks fer sharin!
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Offline LimbLover

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow
« Reply #36 on: December 11, 2012, 09:44:34 am »
I love it. Great photos too!
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Offline Sidewinder

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« Reply #37 on: December 11, 2012, 12:11:19 pm »
See that bow right there is what I was talking about in the osage thread, absolutley stunning. Yew is hard to beat for beauty thats for sure. Very well done my friend. I think you made the right choice to make it a shooter for yourself, its a bow thats a keeper especially at that draw weight. Bet it sticks an arra out there mighty fine.   Danny
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow
« Reply #38 on: December 14, 2012, 02:35:14 am »
Hey, thanks guys.  :) I'm glad you like it. Now I need to do a work out regimen so I can shoot it comfortably. I've been out of commission for a month with some bad tennis elbow and I've lost a lot of strength.  :-\
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow
« Reply #39 on: December 14, 2012, 03:23:16 am »
Bring your elbow down buddy. :P   looking forward to seeing that sage you are working on.
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow
« Reply #40 on: December 14, 2012, 11:22:49 am »
Yeah, I know. My form's pretty bad on the full draw pic. I was surprised at how much strength I'd lost when I cranked it back. Getting old sucks.  :-\
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