Yew English Longbow (Wall Hanger, don't vote for BOY :) )

[simson]

Great work brother! in all aspects.
I'm with you, the pure stick would match better. But I admire your leather work - just flawless.
The receiver will be very happy for sure.

[Stixnstones]

sweet lookin stik, love your work.

[Weylin]

Thank you to everyone for the kind words! It's nice to have your work appreciated by such a talented group.

Thank you, upstatenybowyer. It is pretty out here, soggy, but pretty.

The feeling is mutual, Chuck. Thank you

Thanks, Stalker. It's a pretty cool landscape. Hopefully we wont be having any battles out here any time soon.

[Josh B]

Now that is a beauty!  Your attention to detail is second to none...as usual.  Josh

[markc324]

Excellent bow! Love the swirls of the grain and full of knotty character. I also noticed on the image that shows you point to the sky, there's double string at the upper limb?!

[Clovis6]

This ELB is the 4th custom piece Weylin has done for me and as usual he has exceeded my highest expectations. Cut him some slack on the shelf/arrow rest.  The customer is always right, even when the bowyer disagrees. I have had 5-6 no shelf ELBs and an equal number with a small shelf like the one Weylin put on this bow. My current hunting bow is a no-shelf as is my 3D "competition" bow.  Will try out the arrow rest on this new bow and see what I think. There is a 50/50 shot I will ask him to redo the grip to something similar to the attached picture. Wrapped leather grip with a matching leather plate and no rest. Have also thought about having him take the grip/rest/plate off altogether and just put a small inlay in the bow as an arrow plate. Finally, we debated the stiff handle question a bit. Since Weylin likes the way this one shoots, I am sure I will like it also when I finally get it out to the range in a couple of weeks.

[SETPARAPUSETH]

wonderfull

[Lehtis]

Got my BOM vote even though the existing unnecessary and non-traditional arrow self.

[Clovis6]

Lehtis - I agree with you that the shelf is unnecessary on an ELB and, all things being equal, would probably go without it if we were starting this project today. Still, you gotta admit that Weylin does nice leather work.

[Weylin]

Well, sometimes Bows of the Month aren't all they appear to be.  This stave had some twist in it that I felt confident in conquering. I thought I had it licked, put a bunch of arrows through it and sent it out the door. The wood had other plans... It insisted on reverting back to it's former state. I made a replacement for it  and stuck this one up  on the wall for now. I might try to mess around with it later but for now it's just going to sit around and look pretty. Chalk this one up as a learning experience.

[DuBois]

Hey Weylin,
would you p-lease do a how to on your handle? That is sweet.