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Offline NorthHeart

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Re: Little Yew Bow
« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2019, 06:06:46 am »
Love it! That's my kinda bow.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2019, 05:24:43 pm »
Thanks guys  :)
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Offline Rākau

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« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2019, 05:47:22 pm »
short and sweet, the more I see them the more I like em!
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Offline Stixnstones

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« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2019, 06:23:59 pm »
Great lookin stik...
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Re: Little Yew Bow
« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2019, 09:20:15 pm »
My hats off, master Jeff - that little stick is a great one and looks beautiful too.
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Offline Ozi Sapling

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Re: Little Yew Bow
« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2019, 10:36:31 pm »
Wow!
It is my dream to make something as nice as that. Well done Upstate. You must be pleased.
Love the alternate style nocks.  Really cool.

Was it hard to come by the Yew stave?
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2019, 04:43:45 am »
Thank you for looking Rakau, stix and simson.  :D

Ozi, welcome aboard. I have a few ways to get a hold of English yew around here. One is a local arboretum where there is a small forest of mature trees. A few windstorms over the past 2 years have knocked down huge Spruce, which in turn took down yew. The director of the arboretum allowed me to help clean up.  (W

The other is to frequent our local highway dept. English yew (amongst many other varieties ) is planted ornamentally and every now and then I find it waiting for the chipper.  :o
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: Little Yew Bow
« Reply #22 on: June 18, 2019, 05:00:21 am »
Jeff,
       Once again, you really done a fine job on getting all the parts on that bow moving in sync...I love to see everything moving like that...I know that is a joy to shoot...Just brilliant, Sir
                                                                                          Don
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Offline Ozi Sapling

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Re: Little Yew Bow
« Reply #23 on: June 18, 2019, 05:03:54 am »
That's awesome Upstate. 'Opportunistic' you might say. If you don't ask, you don't get.

I fear that when I feel competent enough (worthy enough?) to try my hand at Yew, I'll be shipping it half way around the world.

There is a biological database in Australia which has species records, and there are a couple of records of introduced Yew from 1947 around an hours drive from where I am.  I'm almost certain the area has been developed since and they won't be there, but I'm tempted to go and look.  You never know, there could be some new saplings!
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Offline Bayou Ben

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« Reply #24 on: June 18, 2019, 06:38:37 am »
Awesome little bow Jeff!  I hear you on the lam bows.  After a couple in a row it becomes too much of a process. 
 
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Offline Hawkdancer

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« Reply #25 on: June 18, 2019, 10:04:47 am »
Sweet little bow, Jeff!
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Offline Sagebrush

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Re: Little Yew Bow
« Reply #26 on: June 18, 2019, 06:19:58 pm »
Nice work. Great lines. I bet it is a snappy little bow.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Little Yew Bow
« Reply #27 on: June 18, 2019, 06:28:22 pm »
Hats off to you as well Don for giving her the perfect name!  :OK

I say go for a look Ozi. One of my favorite things about making bows is going on treasure hunts to find wood.  )P(

Thanks for looking Ben. Hope all is well. Can't wait to see your work again soon!  8)

Thanks Hawk.  :)

Thank you Sagebrush. She's fun to shoot for sure.  (SH)
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Little Yew Bow
« Reply #28 on: June 18, 2019, 07:13:50 pm »
Nice little bow
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Re: Little Yew Bow
« Reply #29 on: June 19, 2019, 12:33:43 am »
Hey Jeff, just had a similar one ongoin' - glad you got away with it - yew just can be unpredictable bitch. You are definitly on the sunny side with this one - one more perfect-bend-compliment from my side. Treat her well. Cheers Simon
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