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Offline dragonman

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YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« on: January 10, 2016, 09:24:21 am »
  Hello PA Bowyers, Greeting from wet Wales. It has rained here everyday for the last 2 months. Just managed to photograph a new bow between the downpours.
This is another ancient graveyard  yew bow made from a 4" diameter branch.With only a drawknife ,axe and scraper.
  It is 64" ntn. 60lbs @ 27". Slight recurves induced with steam, but they mosty pulled out. The belly was gently heat treated, but not much.. Would like to have got the outer limbs bending slightly more, but 2 largish knots in the one limb made this difficult, so settled for how it is now.
   To my pleasant suprise, this bow shoots almost on a par with a boo backed ipe. Much faster than the recent ELB bow I posted....not sure if that is because of the design or the wood. They where from different trees. and ideas on this welcome!!
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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2016, 09:27:10 am »
heres a few more pics. The runes say ULLR , this is the name of the old Nordic Bow God, whose blessings I invoked to empower this bow. The bird is a raven....one of Odins ravens.
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Offline bushboy

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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2016, 09:45:26 am »
Beautiful bow!i think the design coupled with yews light mass and the tiller spells for a speedy arrow!Certainly one of nicest bows posted lately,an yes I admit my bias for that design(my favorite).
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2016, 09:48:49 am »
Sweet...  :)
Nice feature knot too.
I think the shorter primitive designs are a tad faster than an ELB design, also more compact for field shooting,
and that ELB tends to be a tad smoother and more forgiving to shoot and comes into it's own at the heavier wright and longer draws... mind that's just my gut feel.
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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2016, 09:50:32 am »
Nice one!!! Oughta be a shooter by the looks of it from here  :)
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2016, 09:59:33 am »
That's a beauty. The back, resting, braced and drawn profiles all look excellent to me. I've never attempted that design or have I ever made a yew bow to date but I sure don't see anything at fault in this one of yours, very nice bow.
Looks to be mostly sapwood in the pics., is it?
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Offline dragonman

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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2016, 10:52:04 am »
Thanks for the kind words.

Badly Bent. no its actualy mostly heartwood!. Because the stave was only 4" wide, I decrowned it, losing most of the sapwood except on the upper corners, there is practically no sapwood left down the centre of the back,and the heartwood starts showing thru. its all on the upper corners and edges.

Del, thats my feelings and observations too!!
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Offline PlanB

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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2016, 11:31:37 am »
Really like it, Dragonman.
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Offline bubby

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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2016, 01:07:29 pm »
Thats a looker for sure, thats one of my favorite designs as they are fast and smooth
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2016, 01:25:59 pm »
Nice looking bow dragonman
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2016, 01:39:11 pm »
Good job!
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2016, 02:55:42 pm »
really nice work, looks very smooth.
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Offline Hans H

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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2016, 03:05:35 pm »
Looks good to me, nice Job,   Hans
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Offline TimPotter

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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2016, 05:48:00 pm »
Love it! Nicely done all the way around. Plus it's my favorite bow design as well.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: YEW HOLMIE STYLE
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2016, 06:58:14 am »
Very well done, in every aspect
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