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Offline BowEd

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Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« on: November 21, 2015, 05:55:06 pm »
I was talking with Carson just lately and he reminded me to post this bow from a stave he sent me some time ago.I sent it to him but not to this forum.So I have a yew bow now.It's a 64"TTT,62.5"NTN holmgaard.52#@ 28"Covered the sinew with birch bark.Used a jute string wrap handle.Silk wraps.Sheep horn overlays on tips.Think I started with almost 6" of reflex and it holds a good 3.75" resting right now.Smooth fun bow to shoot & I've shot it a lot.The rings were about 25 to the inch in the heartwood and the sapwood was higher around 40.Nothing wrong with the sapwood.Just was'nt trusting enough of the violations on the back.I know people who are familiar with yew it does'nt  bother them a bit.I just went the safe route.It has the usual brace heighth of 5 and 5/8" with the 9 strands of fast flight plus string.Some musk ox woolys on there too.Would like to try this wood again too.Very easy to work with.Did'nt give me any trouble at all.
Here's the stave

The sinewing

Sinew dry ready for birch bark and top view layout profile

Birch bark on/Too far away of a picture

Another

Lever and tip

Handle

At rest

Brace

Full draw
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Offline dantolin

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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2015, 06:03:57 pm »
Nice bow. I love the birch bark backing on it!
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Offline rps3

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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2015, 06:16:13 pm »
I'd like to take that one for a walk in the woods.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2015, 06:48:02 pm »
Very nice, Ed. Cool bow.
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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2015, 07:51:30 pm »
Another nice bow Beadman. Cool design and I like the finish work as well, looks like a keeper.
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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2015, 01:49:35 am »
Absolutely fantastic looking bow. Great job!  :)
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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2015, 02:26:01 am »
Very slick😎
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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2015, 03:06:21 am »
That bow turned out very nice! Super tiller and I also like the birch bark cover.
Here at my home is a good population of birch, but can't get out a larger piece of thin bark. Maybe it is another species?
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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2015, 06:11:17 am »
Very nice work for a well crafted bow,  looks great. 8)





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« Last Edit: November 22, 2015, 06:18:52 am by Ruddy Darter »
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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2015, 07:59:50 am »
Thanks fellas.Simson I wish I had a lot of access to birch bark too here but I don't.I got mine from a guy from Spokane,Washington.John Lindman.He's a former regular bow maker and knows about the PA.He makes birch bark canoes now and gets all of his birch bark from Siberia.It's pretty nice stuff.Any size piece you might want.I know you could do wonders with the stuff on some bows.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2015, 08:33:38 am »
Nice one Beadman.
 Simon, your birch is a different species but it's virtually identical to ours. With smaller trees you can just use shorter pieces put on diagonally and slightly overlapped.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2015, 09:11:52 am »
Beadman, glad you posted this one up. With nearly four inches of reflex, I bet that thing really rips them! Beautiful work all around.  8)
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Offline bowandarrow473

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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2015, 09:32:14 am »
Sweet!
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2015, 04:17:08 pm »
Beauty bow beadman!
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Offline Badger

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Re: Sinewed heartwood pacific yew
« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2015, 05:36:00 pm »
  Another nice one, looking forward to seeing more.
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