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Offline Weylin

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Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« on: November 08, 2015, 08:25:08 pm »
I haven't made many bows this year, it's been quite busy. We had a new baby, moved to a smaller town and I started a new job. Enough excuses, here is a bow I have been chipping away all year and finally finished.

This bow is a yew longbow that draws 35#@28" and is 66" long, nock to nock. The piece of wood was a branch from a large yew tree that had fallen. It's gnarly and snakey with a bit of decay in the sapwood. I didn't want to do anything too extreme given the character of the stave so I opted for a light weight longbow. It was a pain to tiller given the whoop-de-doos but it came out to be a smooth and surprisingly lively shooter. I had so much fun shooting it in, I didn't want to stop. The top limb has a big dog leg and over all deflex and the bottom limb is straighter and more well behaved. This led to a tiller that appeared uneven to the eye so I had to focus on making sure that both limbs were doing their fair share of work despite what I saw. This was a fun bow to make.



























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Offline Traxx

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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2015, 08:27:36 pm »
WOW!!!!

Thats a looker.Bet shes a hoot to shoot :)
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2015, 08:30:59 pm »
Thanks, Traxx! It was fun. I don't often shoot light weight bows. It's a pleasure.
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Offline bowandarrow473

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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2015, 08:56:03 pm »
That is one heck of a bow! AMAZING!!!
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Offline DC

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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2015, 09:05:02 pm »
That's a beauty, I like that a lot!
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2015, 10:50:46 pm »
Beautiful bow! I love yew branches, those overlays came out nice too
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2015, 11:09:16 pm »
Thank you, bowandarrow!

Thanks, DC!

Thanks, wizardgoat. The branches are definitely fun. A different challenge than a stave. The overlays were a play off of John Strunk's arrowhead overlays.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2015, 11:25:16 pm »
Thats one sweet rig weylin
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Offline Setarip

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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2015, 02:03:51 am »
Dude! Those limb tips are killer! That's a sweet looking bow. What material are the tips?
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2015, 02:31:04 am »
Congrats on the baby and other changes :)
Cool work on that bow, great detail.
Classy 'up into the sky' picture, really shows the character.
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2015, 02:57:19 am »
That sure is a beautiful bow! Lots of character, just the way I like them. You made that ugly stick, beautiful! Well done!
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Offline Bryce

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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2015, 03:00:59 am »
Great work bud! Love it!
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2015, 07:21:15 am »
Wow, that challenging piece came out great.  Well done Weylin, and congrats on the new baby.
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Offline sieddy

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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2015, 07:44:15 am »
I always love to see your work Weylin and this one is great!
We've got a new baby too- tend to take over a bit don't they!  :)
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Re: Yew Longbow 35#@28"
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2015, 07:58:37 am »
Lookin good there weylin... (the bow not you...lol)  :laugh:

Congrats on the new life changes  ;)
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