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Offline SebastianArc

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Scottish Yew Recurve
« on: October 17, 2023, 06:16:19 pm »
Just finished up this nice little shooter. 35#@28”








Offline superdav95

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Re: Scottish Yew Recurve
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2023, 07:46:11 pm »
Nicely done with that Knarly piece of wood.  Bend looks good. 
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Offline Muskyman

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Re: Scottish Yew Recurve
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2023, 09:58:34 pm »
Yes indeed it’s got character. I like it.

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Scottish Yew Recurve
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2023, 10:06:31 pm »
So very much character on the back of that bow! Nicely done, sir.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Scottish Yew Recurve
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2023, 01:34:13 am »
Totally gnarly, dude!   8)  :OK
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Re: Scottish Yew Recurve
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2023, 05:03:25 am »
Gorgeous, love all those little pin knots and bumps.
Just how I like 'em
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Offline simk

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Re: Scottish Yew Recurve
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2023, 05:35:20 am »
Lovely piece of wood turned into a beautyful bow! very nice  (-S
maybe I'm totally wrong but to me somehow its seems to have a negative tiller...
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Offline SebastianArc

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Re: Scottish Yew Recurve
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2023, 06:05:36 am »
Thanks guys..Yeah the tillering process on this bow wasn’t easy and still looks odd! No matter how much wood I’ve taken off the top mid limb!
The bottom limb had a bit of natural deflex  and the top limb had natural reflex! I didn’t want to over-stress this wood to much so decided to induce some deflex on the top limb and couldn’t do as much I’d like as the wood did not take to heat well. Never had this problem with yew before but I think the seasoning wasn’t great and it began checking along the back when I added heat to it,I managed to get them early enough to soak them in glue and seemed to be fine ever since.. the tiller stilll bugs me but seems to be shooting very well with very little set.

Offline Aksel

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Re: Scottish Yew Recurve
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2023, 06:44:53 am »
NIce bow. If it shoots well and doesn´t take more set it´s a success no matter how much the tiller annoys the eye.

+1 for the linnen string
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Offline Hamish

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Re: Scottish Yew Recurve
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2023, 07:13:28 pm »

Beautiful job. Stunning character in that stave.

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Re: Scottish Yew Recurve
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2023, 09:31:06 am »
Another nice bow, love the character on this one. :)
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Offline wooddamon1

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Re: Scottish Yew Recurve
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2023, 12:30:08 pm »
Very nice work!