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Offline Japbow

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Re: Got my first Yew Stave.
« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2013, 05:03:04 am »

      DAMN!!! That is the nicest looking piece of Yew
      I've seen so far!! I'd love to see some more
      pics of the ends and the "back" or bark side.

      I'm green with envy!

      Japbow.

Offline BillBow

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Re: Got my first Yew Stave.
« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2013, 05:31:10 am »

      DAMN!!! That is the nicest looking piece of Yew
      I've seen so far!! I'd love to see some more
      pics

      Japbow.
OK Japbow,
I will take some more pics. (I'm not going to be doing much else to it yet am I)

Offline BillBow

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Re: Got my first Yew Stave.
« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2013, 05:39:05 am »
Trawl through my 'Bowyers Diary' (google it), there is plenty of advice and build alongs of Yew ELBs on there.



Thanks Del,
I will not be touching it untill I have "Trawled" your impressive Diary.

Offline BillBow

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Re: Got my first Yew Stave.
« Reply #18 on: June 21, 2013, 05:44:05 am »


Any chance you could post a pic of both ends?

Will Do Tom

Offline WillS

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Re: Got my first Yew Stave.
« Reply #19 on: June 21, 2013, 06:02:10 am »
When you post some pics of the ends have a ruler held up against it.  That will clear up how many you can get from the stave.

Offline BillBow

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Re: Got my first Yew Stave.
« Reply #20 on: June 21, 2013, 07:03:58 am »
Glad you like my stave, here's some more pics.

Offline BillBow

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Re: Got my first Yew Stave.
« Reply #21 on: June 21, 2013, 07:06:49 am »
Heres the other half.

Offline BillBow

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Re: Got my first Yew Stave.
« Reply #22 on: June 21, 2013, 07:18:22 am »
Last one, I guess there is only one WAR Bow in there.

Offline WillS

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Re: Got my first Yew Stave.
« Reply #23 on: June 21, 2013, 07:25:54 am »
That's certainly what I thought.  I couldn't work out where you got the 5" from either  :P

Make it a good one!  If a warbow is your goal, try following the amazing Mary Rose how-to on here.  You will need to chop a good amount of that sapwood off before though.  Best of luck, it's a killer stave so as long as you have lots of experience with building heavy bows you should be fine!

Offline adb

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Re: Got my first Yew Stave.
« Reply #24 on: June 21, 2013, 12:09:41 pm »
Yah... don't get greedy. That's a single bow stave. Seems like a waste, but there really is only one bow in that stave, especially a heavy one.

Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Got my first Yew Stave.
« Reply #25 on: June 21, 2013, 01:18:11 pm »
Looks like a 2 bow stave to me, warbow or not.  There is a fine line between greedy and wasteful with yew.  Taking a stave that could easily make two bows and only getting one could be considered wasteful.  But it is your stave and you can turn it over in your hands, and look down the back, and touch it and caress it a little...while we just look at your pics.  I like Del's suggestion.  Lay out the best bow, and if your offcuts can make something, then great. 
"The bow is the old first lyre,
the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso