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Offline TRiggs

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Re: sinew-backed yew static
« Reply #30 on: January 14, 2019, 10:37:42 am »
 That is some beautiful wood where do you get a stave of English yew to make a bow with ?
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Offline paulsemp

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Re: sinew-backed yew static
« Reply #31 on: January 14, 2019, 11:33:26 am »
Very nice

Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: sinew-backed yew static (small tweak added)
« Reply #32 on: January 14, 2019, 04:23:00 pm »
M2A, Aaron, and Paul, thanks for checking her out!

TRiggs, I'm lucky to have a buddy who works at a nearby Arboretum who saves me wood that gets cut from a huge area of English Yew there called "Yew Hill." Otherwise, I'd have to pay a lot of $$, it's not cheap.

Well after careful consideration and examination of the FD pic I realized Leon and PatM are right. This is the best thing about PA if you ask me... it's the honest feedback you get from people who really know this art. We can never stop learning and I think this bow is a good example of that.  :OK

So here she is after just a little scraping of the outer third of the upper limb as Leon suggested...
« Last Edit: January 14, 2019, 04:26:20 pm by upstatenybowyer »
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Offline Bayou Ben

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Re: sinew-backed yew static (small tweak added)
« Reply #33 on: January 14, 2019, 04:41:36 pm »
Yeah gotta admit, that looks better.  Nice job fixing that Jeff.   :OK

Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: sinew-backed yew static (small tweak added)
« Reply #34 on: January 14, 2019, 05:15:30 pm »
nice (-S

Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: sinew-backed yew static (small tweak added)
« Reply #35 on: January 14, 2019, 06:08:50 pm »
Thanks guys, I only lost about 2-3 pounds with those scrapes so I'd say it was well worth doing.  :)
"Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands."

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