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Offline wizardgoat

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Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« on: November 21, 2014, 05:23:41 am »
She's only 63", so not a very "long" bow, but I love me a narrow yew bow. 1" for the inner 1/3 of the bow, then tapering to 1/2" tips.
The yew was cut in the washington cascades, and was flawless, except for being slightly deflexed (1") . I tried to cook out as much as I could on
my caul, and only about 1" stuck. After shooting in she seems to loose it, and another 1/2".
I tillered the bow to 55#, but brought it down to 48# @ 27", it just felt like the right weight for it.
I know the tips could of been smaller but the bow shoots so well and smooth I left it as is.
Top limb is 1 3/4" longer than the bottom
skins were from Carson, and are taken from the top of the fish. i still have enough white ish belly skin to back another bow.
Tips are cow horn, handle is built up leather with cane wrap. Silk soaked in tbb3 to fill the small gaps.
Cheers, thanks for looking!
























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Offline Pappy

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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2014, 05:54:14 am »
Nice work, nice looking bend, looks like a shooter to me. :) :)
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2014, 05:54:45 am »
Beautifully done! I love everything about it! I especially like the cane wrapped handle, that is in my bucket list.

Did you split the cane yourself, or did you buy it somewhere? Patrick
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2014, 08:20:00 am »
That is a fine looking bow.  Looks like a real sweet shooter to me.
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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2014, 08:29:11 am »
"....but I love me a narrow yew bow".

 Who doesn't?  ;) looks good
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2014, 08:53:06 am »
Very nice, goat.
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Offline Will H

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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2014, 08:57:58 am »
Cool bow man!
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2014, 09:30:07 am »
I like that one a lot. Great job
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Offline Dean Marlow

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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2014, 10:06:58 am »
That is a beauty for sure. Thanks for sharing.
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2014, 10:17:26 am »
I really love the contrasts. Salmon skins huh? Interesting. I suppose we have seen just about every other kind of skin why not salmon.  Nice job.   Danny
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Offline bow101

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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2014, 10:24:08 am »
And another great looking yew bow Goat.
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2014, 10:25:36 am »
That's a sweet looking bow!  The grip looks really comfy and goes great with the rest of the bow. 
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2014, 10:26:39 am »
You have been putting out some really nice stuff goat.  No exception here.  Beautiful landscape too!
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Offline Drewster

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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2014, 10:29:12 am »
A nice looking bow.  Most interesting cane and silk handle wrap.
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Re: Yew "Longbow" w/ salmon skins
« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2014, 11:26:49 am »
That is a great bow!  Those tips look good to me, sometimes I think we get caught up in over-refining bows to really push the envelope but it takes away from the bows function.  Those look practical.  Nothing like a girl in practical shoes.

Sure is beautiful where you live.

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