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Offline Weylin

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Pacific Yew Longbow #50@28"
« on: May 21, 2014, 12:57:03 am »
This bow was commissioned as an anniversary gift to a husband by a friend of mine. We kept it a secret the whole time. On the day she gave it to him he thought we were just meeting out at the range to shoot some of my bows. I tried to think of how to get him to take his bow out of the bow sock without making him suspicious but he just randomly grabbed that bow sock and pulled out the bow. There was a card tied to it. He started to read the card and his eyes got bigger and bigger. He had a huge smile on his face and he said, "No Way!" It was really fun to see him so excited about receiving the bow. I hope he gets years of enjoyment out of it.

The bow is 67" long and it pulls 50# @ 28". It is the sister stave to the last yew longbow I posted. The tips are buffalo horn, the handle wrap is leather with calf lace and the string is fastflight. Here are some pictures, taken by his wife (Bodeene Berrevoet's Photography) thanks for looking.


































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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2014, 01:20:47 am »
Wow!
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2014, 02:20:21 am »
Awesome story!  Awesome bow!  Love it!  Great job as usual.
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Talking trees. What do trees have to talk about, hmm... except the consistency of squirrel droppings?

Offline zenart

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2014, 02:25:30 am »
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Huntington Beach, CA … there's no trees here but we do have lumber yards.

Offline Crogacht

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2014, 02:54:26 am »
Amazing. Man I love Yew.
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Offline bambule

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2014, 03:48:40 am »
very well done. You are a generous guy.
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Offline mikaluger (Mick Kay)

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2014, 03:54:59 am »
That is little beauty right there. Awesome gift, well done.
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Offline zenart

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2014, 05:09:27 am »
Quote from: Crogacht on May 21, 2014, 02:54:26 am
Amazing. Man I love Yew.
Bet that what Weylin's friend said.
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Huntington Beach, CA … there's no trees here but we do have lumber yards.

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2014, 06:53:51 am »
Cool..looks like it fits him well :)
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2014, 08:21:24 am »
Some wives just know what to get their husbands for gifts. Nice job Weylin!
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2014, 10:08:48 am »
Nice clean bow Weylin, I like it!
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Offline dwardo

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2014, 10:25:17 am »
Lovely all round and lucky guy.
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Offline steelslinger

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2014, 10:37:08 am »
I think I would have a huge smile if I opened a sweet gift like that as well. Nice work.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2014, 01:32:43 pm »
That turned out great.  Way to surprise him.  Did the arrows match up OK? 
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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

Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Pacific Yew Longbow: Anniversary Gift
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2014, 03:18:55 pm »
Beauty of a bow Weylin, every detail is just flawless looking. That yew is really striking when worked so well.
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