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Offline Parnell

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Re: Viking Style Yew Longbow 55#@30"
« Reply #15 on: May 08, 2018, 08:36:11 pm »
That's a great project Weylin.  I've always been curious about those bows.  Maybe an homage to their longboats?  Maybe just simplicity...

Fun to see something different.  Shoot, maybe it could have doubled for a rudder, or ski, or a paddle...ok, I'll stop now. :)
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Re: Viking Style Yew Longbow 55#@30"
« Reply #16 on: May 08, 2018, 09:02:51 pm »
  Reproductions are fascinating. Our imagination can only try to imagine why they did things the way they did. I think it is relatively certain they had good reasons. Nice job on that one.
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Re: Viking Style Yew Longbow 55#@30"
« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2018, 03:30:49 pm »
Wooo doggy!
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Re: Viking Style Yew Longbow 55#@30"
« Reply #18 on: May 10, 2018, 06:27:34 am »
Incredibly beautiful! Did you have to bend/heat treat the tips?
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Re: Viking Style Yew Longbow 55#@30"
« Reply #19 on: May 11, 2018, 03:52:53 am »
Beautiful bow.
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Re: Viking Style Yew Longbow 55#@30"
« Reply #20 on: May 11, 2018, 06:46:03 am »
Beautiful bow, very nice job. :)
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Viking Style Yew Longbow 55#@30"
« Reply #21 on: May 11, 2018, 11:23:31 am »
Beautiful replica.
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Viking Style Yew Longbow 55#@30"
« Reply #22 on: May 11, 2018, 09:01:20 pm »
Quote from: bookworm on May 10, 2018, 06:27:34 am
Incredibly beautiful! Did you have to bend/heat treat the tips?

Thank you! I boiled the tips and then bent them into deflex. The one thing I learned the first time I made this style bow is to bend the tips and then carve the nock. if you do the nock first you will get some splitting right under the nock. I felt pretty stupid after I did it. Should have known better.   ::)
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Re: Viking Style Yew Longbow 55#@30"
« Reply #23 on: May 31, 2018, 08:15:22 am »
On your second to the last pic, you have runes trying to form in the grass to the left of your bow.  Strictly coincidence i'm sure. ;)
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