Maple Backed Yew R/D Molle

[Woodely]

 " You mean like a  Finno-Ugrian bow?  "  ...............never heard of that bow before, so I did some research and came up with this.
http://northernwildernesskills.blogspot.com/2010/10/fenno-ugric-bow.html

I never noticed how low the brace height was until I went out to shoot it after I took the pictures. It was about an inch low in the pictures. It's about 6.5" now. The handle is 1 1/8" wide at the arrow pass(could be less) but it's offset to make it more center shot. You can see it in the picture. Arrow pass is upper right. I stole this idea from Marc St Louis

I prefer the lowest brace height that I can get away with.  I re-braced a bow after 300 shots and it broke,  I went like 1 1/4" over brace.  It broke after 20 sots.  I heard a tick then on the next pull the limb simply collapsed. 

[High-Desert]

Very nice bow DC. That’s is some impressive splicing work.

[bradsmith2010]

congrats, ,thanks for the photos

[DC]

wait. what do you mean you heard a little noise when drawing?

Just that. A little crackle. Thought I would mention it because it lifted a splinter when I was tillering. 100 shots since then. Quiet as a mouse.

[PaSteve]

Quite impressive workmanship DC.

[upstatenybowyer]

Don, I love it! I read through some of the thread about it but couldn't think of anything worthwhile to add. 

So glad it turned out as awesome as it did. Very unique. It says a lot about what a forward thinking bowyer you are.

[DC]

Don, I love it! I read through some of the thread about it but couldn't think of anything worthwhile to add. 

So glad it turned out as awesome as it did. Very unique. It says a lot about what a forward thinking bowyer you are.

Nahh, I just wrote down all the words to describe a bow, eliminated some redundancy and built what was left. I originally had "sinewed" in there but I'll save that for good.

[upstatenybowyer]

Well, you can't stop me from admiring the way you think about bow making. So there! 

[simk]

The building-thread was very interesting - thanks for the show!
The bow turned out great - beautiful job! Take care, it's an infectious design 

I seems to have a bit of negative tiller now.

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Cheers

[Bayou Ben]

Finish work tuned out great .  The finish really makes yew pop.  I forget this was beautiful yew when watching the build.   

You know I like this bow, but if you don't....I really like this bow   
And thanks for taking us along.  I learned a few things with following the build thread, as I'm sure many others did too. 

[ohma2]

I agree with Ben DC and i think you are a pioneer in the art of wood bows.

[DC]

Thanks for all the nice comments guys, but I really think you're over estimating my abilities. Sleek gave me a awful lot of help with this bow.
  I'm not done with this one yet. It's 5-10 fps slower than my BooYew and I want to know why. After I shoot it in(or maybe sooner) I want to balance the tiller a bit and then I'm going to start lightening the levers. I still think the key to acceleration lightness, the more of that you can add, the better. I think splicing on the levers was a mistake as that leaves a big lump of stuff right in the middle of the limb. Maybe a finger joint might be better than a "V" joint but no joint would be the best.
Thanks again for all the nice comments

[simson]

That stick looks great! You make some really nice bows DC - my hats off!

[bjrogg]

Very nice DC. That bow really has a nice bend. It doesn't look stressed at all. Beautiful work and some nice numbers.
Bjrogg

[backtowood B2W]

I also like it and it will help me a lot in something similar in ash and in one piece, very flat and wide maybe a bit longer. Thank you for posting pics all the way throug!
Congrats!
B2B