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Offline Zion

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Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« on: April 06, 2013, 03:10:52 pm »
So last summer i harvested some Yew wood and to be honest not all of the pieces were too great. My other yew bow EXPLODED the other day so i decided to make a new one. This piece had a lotta deflex in the handle but the limbs were straight so i wasn't so worried about it. Turned out to make a pretty nice bow. I also got my new 440 lb fish scale so now i have an accurate way of measuring my bows.

Probably somewhere around 60" ntn
70# @ 24"

As you can see it has a few dead patches in the limbs, but Yew's a pretty darn strong wood so i wasn't surprised it held together  >:D
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Offline Zion

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Re: Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2013, 03:11:47 pm »
More:
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Offline paulsemp

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Re: Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2013, 03:16:02 pm »
Wow, I can not believe that one held together! Nice work on that one
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Offline randman

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Re: Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2013, 03:24:28 pm »
Wow! Way cool on that one Kiddo! Looks like a worm or somethin crawling outa that gnarly spot.......
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2013, 03:33:32 pm »
Your turning out some super cool primitive bows Zion. This one is full of funky character, love it.
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2013, 03:36:59 pm »
Nice bend on that one.  Man, you are turning them out! 
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2013, 03:52:36 pm »
Wow! That is awesome! Love your work Zion, keep them coming. Glad to hear you got an accurate scale. Have you weighed your previous bows to see if the weight was off?
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2013, 04:02:25 pm »
Thats cool! proves even crap yew is still bow wood...(by a lot of peoples judgement of yew)


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Offline Zion

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Re: Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2013, 04:42:22 pm »
Thanks alot for the kind words guys!

Yeah i might conisder trying to find more  of this after making a few bows like this  ;D

Yeah i guess its about time i got a good scale lol. It actually was assembled wrong to where the dial was set at 50 lbs so i had to take it apart and tweak it a bit but it's good now. I just came up with a good place to hang it now so today i'll take out the bows i shoot the most and see what they're at. I can draw this one as easy as my other bows tho so it's good to know its at a decent weight.
 
yeah VMB this was the only one of decent size i have left so i thought why not. I don't like throwing stuff away anyway, bows can be made out of a lot more 'junk' than people think  ;)
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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2013, 11:46:10 pm »
Sometimes your bows scare me lol. im most certain that i would have broken that one! nice job on keeping it together! Very nice bow
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Offline okie64

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Re: Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2013, 12:26:56 am »
That is a great looking bow zion! Nice character and plenty of weight. You make 70 lbs look pretty easy :o.  My shoulder gets sore shootin a 60 pounder nowadays but I aint as good as I once was. Just out of curiosity why do you make your bows so heavy? It just seems to me that you would enjoy them much more at 50-60 pounds.
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Offline Hamish

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« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2013, 12:53:30 am »
That sure is a beast  of a bow. Very cool. Nice tillering too.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2013, 12:57:56 am »
Another beauty, Zion. Well done.  8)
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Offline autologus

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Re: Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2013, 01:23:06 am »
Wow that thing is a work of art, only thing left to do to it is take it down about 20# and send it my way.  >:D

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Offline zinger

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Re: Yew Bow with a few knots (lotsa pics)
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2013, 01:27:57 am »
That is a character bow +++. Wow
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