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Offline Olschool

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First Yew ELB
« on: April 05, 2008, 11:18:58 am »
I came up with a Yew Stave in trade for some Osage. Came out 71"NTN, 70lbs at 29", backed with rawhide for camo and to protect the back from dings while hunting, buffalo horn tip overlays




first arrows shot at half draw




Full Draw at 29"

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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2008, 11:58:31 am »
Looks like you did a good job tillering a gnarly stave. Good looking bow.
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Offline Dano

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2008, 12:16:51 pm »
Not bad for a weekend project at Ojam ;D Great job Dave!!
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Offline OldBow

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2008, 01:19:17 pm »
Excellent bow. Got to be great fun to shoot it. Bookmarked, too, for April Self Bow of the Month.  Thanks for the post.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2008, 01:37:45 pm »
Nice Bow. Yew is a wonderful wood to work with and you did a fine job with this bow.    Pat
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Offline Olschool

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2008, 09:03:25 pm »
I liked working with Yew, I took the stave to OJAM to make sure I didn't mess up a good stave :o
Got lots of advice, and help with the rawhide backing, I hadn't backed a bow before.
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2008, 09:50:03 pm »
Nice looking bow.  Looks like a tough stave to get looking that smooth.
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Offline Keenan

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2008, 12:34:44 am »
 Very nice bow Olschool, You did real ood for such a long draw and high poundage. Love the character bumps and tips, Congratulations.  Keenan
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Offline venisonburger

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2008, 01:01:48 am »
Nice bow, I really like the color of the wood.
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Offline Lost Arra

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2008, 01:05:04 am »
Dave: what did you use as a finish on the bow?
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2008, 01:08:54 am »
Very nice bow. Congratulations. jawge
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Offline Olschool

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2008, 01:47:46 am »
Hi Don, I used Minwax polyurethane simi-gloss. Thanks again for the help with the rawhide, I really like the way it looks against the sapwood.
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Offline redwasp

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2008, 02:55:17 am »
very nice job on tiller. looks like that would have been a tough one good job.
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Offline DanaM

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2008, 09:42:17 am »
Looks good to me, thanks for sharing.
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: First Yew ELB
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2008, 12:21:52 pm »
Nice bow.  Justin
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