Ash backed Yew Longbow

[Shaun]

Love the arc of a circle tiller. Does that have a D shape - the wood cross section not the tiller? I have not tried one yet but have read about making the handle nearly round, the mid limb a little wider than thick and the tips thicker than wide. Is this your method?

[cowboy]

like the way you burn your initials into the wood with stencil - looks official, I may have to look into doing that .

[Pappy]

Beautiful bow Marc,very nice job on that one in all aspects.
   Pappy

[shamus]

VERY nice!

[Marc St Louis]

This bow is a D section bow and complies with the BLBS 5/8 rule so he can use it to compete with if he wants

[james parker]

there you go,doing it again,i told you that i really like your  elbs, very nice combo........james

[OldBow]

Great combo - ash and yew!
Great combo - Marc St Louis and Craftsmanship.
Bookmarked under Laminate Bow of the Month for August, too.

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks James and Don

[Keenan]

 You sure make some awesome bows Mark. The glue lines look great and the tiller looks picture perfect. Bet that is one smooth drawing bow.  Congratulations

[knightd]

Nice!!!!! I like the two togather also.. Good looking bow..

[Badger]

     Very nice Mark, a bit lighter than your normal long bows but just as well tillered. Steve

[DirtyDan]

Excellent job as usual, Marc.  I just blew up a hickory-backed Eastern Red Cedar longbow yesterday, and seeing your wonderful bow reminded me of how pretty my bow was just before it broke on the tillering tree.  Oh, well, I have some nice antler nocks that I can salvage.  I had a knot in the cedar, and I thought it would hold, but it didn't.  Anyway, thanks for the inspiration.  Can you explain the 5/8 rule one more time?

Thanks,  Dan Spier

[Marc St Louis]

Yes but at least I didn't have to break into a sweat making this one Steve.

Dan, as a ratio the bows thickness should not be less than 5/8 of the width.

[DirtyDan]

Thanks, Marc.  Dan

[hawkbow]

Marc, very nice bow.. can't wait to shoot mine.... you have a gift brother... Hawk