Yew stave (problem help needed please!!) (pics added)

[adb]

Rawhide back it.

+1 on that.

[Bryce]

Yeah it is a little blue

Sapwood fungus

[wood_bandit99]

If there is any way to not back it I would go that route. Is there any way I can do that? Or do I need to back it? I just got it marked out according to the grain. And there will be a bunch of growth rings violated. What does that fungus do? It looks just a little bit blue in one area. Hopefully I can get it unbacked because it looks awesome

[Bryce]

Sorry dude. If you want a bow out if the wood you will have to back it, or watch it break. Up to you.

[wood_bandit99]

I will back it because I don't want to possibly ruin something so expensive and rare (for me) but I am pissed cuz it would have looked sooooooo cool. What kind of rawhide? I was thinking getting it from tandy's. I also saw on a thing that tandy's had clarified calfskin. What/how would I get that? ALSO where do I get more quality yew on a regular basis? This stuff is magical crap!

[Bryce]

I will back it because I don't want to possibly ruin something so expensive and rare (for me) but I am pissed cuz it would have looked sooooooo cool. What kind of rawhide? I was thinking getting it from tandy's. I also saw on a thing that tandy's had clarified calfskin. What/how would I get that? ALSO where do I get more quality yew on a regular basis? This stuff is magical crap!

Good choice. More yew will come along.

Carson @ Echo Archery has rawhide and premo yew staves.
It's where I get 90% of my stuff.

[wood_bandit99]

My bow is going to have a bunch of humps and random valleys in the middle of the bow along with knots that would be holes. Cn I rawhide back over that or am I going to have to cut it out?

[steelslinger]

I will back it because I don't want to possibly ruin something so expensive and rare (for me) but I am pissed cuz it would have looked sooooooo cool. What kind of rawhide? I was thinking getting it from tandy's. I also saw on a thing that tandy's had clarified calfskin. What/how would I get that? ALSO where do I get more quality yew on a regular basis? This stuff is magical crap!

Good choice. More yew will come along.

Carson @ Echo Archery has rawhide and premo yew staves.
It's where I get 90% of my stuff.

Me too.

[Bryce]

My bow is going to have a bunch of humps and random valleys in the middle of the bow along with knots that would be holes. Cn I rawhide back over that or am I going to have to cut it out?

Yes. Clean it up nice and rough it up with a hacksaw blade it something. Ace bandage it. Good to go.

[wood_bandit99]

So I have to cut through the humps and vallies and even it out a bit?

[adb]

Remove the sapwood, and sinew back the heartwood.

[wood_bandit99]

there is not very much heartwood. i would have to do rawhide backed sapwood and if that doesnt work, than i did all i could. the main bulk of that is in the handle and fade area. just little streaks are in in the working limb. hopefully it works!

[wood_bandit99]

i am going to post pictures in about a week to give an update on the bow. how long does it take to dry the rawhide and what glue?

[steve b.]

I have a yew bow that has the blue steaks in one limb.  I don't think that is your problem, the violations are.  If you thin the sapwood evenly you might reduce those violations and either not need to back or use the rawhide for insurance.  If you are going to continue to worry about it all then you'd be wise to remove the sapwood and sinew back as already mentioned.  If there's not enough heartwood for sinew backing then there's probably not enough for sapwood backing.

[Dan K]

I will back it because I don't want to possibly ruin something so expensive and rare (for me) but I am pissed cuz it would have looked sooooooo cool. What kind of rawhide? I was thinking getting it from tandy's. I also saw on a thing that tandy's had clarified calfskin. What/how would I get that? ALSO where do I get more quality yew on a regular basis? This stuff is magical crap!

Good choice. More yew will come along.

Carson @ Echo Archery has rawhide and premo yew staves.
It's where I get 90% of my stuff.

Me too.

Yep. Echo Archery has a collection of staves for every one. Their pacific yew is the best around.