A close friend asked me to build his dad a bow for Father's Day, and this is what I came up with (finished up a little early
).
The stave came from a really nice 4" diameter English Yew tree that someone had cut down in a really wealthy part of Rochester. It was just laying on the side of the road, ready to be brought to the chipper!!
I kept all the sapwood, which left it w/ not as much heartwood as I would have liked, but definitely enough to cover the belly.
The bow came out a little below the intended draw weight of 60#, but other than that, I'm really happy with the way it performs. I started shooting it around 21" and kept it up until I finished up at the intended 28" of draw. I wanted to hand it to the fella well shot in so it wouldn't take any additional set post-delivery. It took about an inch over the coarse of 150 shots or so.
65" ntn
57# @ 28"
water buffalo overlays
stingray hide handle
ebony dust and epoxy where the knots were
Many thanks as always for checking it out
