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Offline DC

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45# Yew (pic heavy)
« on: May 16, 2016, 04:20:11 pm »
This is my latest bow. 67" NTN. 45#@ 28". The stave had a lot of deflex so I flipped the tips to get back to straight but a bit of that pulled out and I ended up with about 1" deflex. My previous bow is 40# at 28" but this one seems easier to pull, go figure. The tips are made from a Yew knot. I cut the dark spur or what ever it's called out of a big Yew knot. They are a really nice color. They seem hard, I hope they last. Handle is just black 3/8" ribbon wrapped and CA'd. Arrow pass is abalone. My first non shelf bow. I like it. Best so far through the chrono is 167FPS @10GPP. On another post I mentioned cleaning the back with a Dremel wire brush. This is that bow.
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Re: 45# Yew
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Offline H.P.

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Re: 45# Yew (pic heavy)
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2016, 04:29:54 pm »
That's a gorgeous bow man.  ~H
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Offline Urufu_Shinjiro

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Re: 45# Yew (pic heavy)
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2016, 05:11:55 pm »
Very nice, I like the knots for tip overlays, pretty cool.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: 45# Yew (pic heavy)
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2016, 05:18:03 pm »
Beautiful bow.  Nice job!
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: 45# Yew (pic heavy)
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2016, 05:37:16 pm »
Lovely bow, nice bit of character too.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: 45# Yew (pic heavy)
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2016, 06:50:09 pm »
very nice bow,, congrats, thanks for posting the chrono specs,,, nice shooter,, seems like the reflexing you did,, really helped the cast,,
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: 45# Yew (pic heavy)
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2016, 07:18:44 pm »
Nice work Don, that bow looks awesome. Is this yew that you harvested?
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Offline mullet

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Re: 45# Yew (pic heavy)
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2016, 07:27:42 pm »
That's a looker, very nice.
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Re: 45# Yew (pic heavy)
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2016, 07:44:01 pm »
Quote from: wizardgoat on May 16, 2016, 07:18:44 pm
Nice work Don, that bow looks awesome. Is this yew that you harvested?

Thanks Ryan. I don't think I harvested this. I have a mix of some I harvested and some from Yew Hunter up Island. My labelling sucks :-[
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Offline ajooter

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Re: 45# Yew (pic heavy)
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2016, 08:03:01 pm »
Gorgeous bow brother...nice bend to boot!
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Offline Redhand

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Re: 45# Yew (pic heavy)
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2016, 09:20:05 pm »
Great bow.  I bet it spits out the arrows.
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Re: 45# Yew (pic heavy)
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2016, 12:13:06 am »
Good one Don!
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Offline BowEd

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Re: 45# Yew (pic heavy)
« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2016, 12:14:33 am »
Very nice yew bow there.
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