Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => English Warbow => Topic started by: Del the cat on September 29, 2014, 10:14:30 am
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A guy turned up with a nice English Yew stave he'd cut himself a few years ago asking if I could make him a 100# bow.
I could have put side nocks on, but he preferred them more conventional (but not over elaborate).
He was rather indignant when I said the stave was a tad short ::).
Anyhow I roughed it out using one of the shorter Mary Rose as a rough guide for dimensions. In the end I made it fractionally wider and a whisker thinner for safety as there was a troublesome knot that only just disappeared in time.
The sap wood was a pretty good thickness although it was a bit thick at one and and at the other it was much thicker one edge than the other. Because of that I reduced the sapwood thickness over the last 5 or 6", feathering it in gently. Over the rest of the back the sapwood is untouched (I let the bark pop off on its own).
It's only 73 1/2" ntn 100# at 32" with a nice full bend (only shown at 30" in the pic).
No arrow plate or grip, just a simple mark to show the arrow pass.
Anyway be gentle with me as I've just been told I don't make warbows :'(
Still it's not full of knots on the belly, each with a pinch because they haven't been treated with respect and a ton set.
It also doesn't stack like pig :o.
Del
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really nice a usual Del, lovely. :)
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I like the tiller shape on that bow, good job Del.
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100 lb bows with tiller tree attached to that old brick wall. Miracle ya don't pull the wall over! ::)
What a gorgeous bend!
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Great job Del - looks like a warbow to me! :)
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100 lb bows with tiller tree attached to that old brick wall. Miracle ya don't pull the wall over! ::)
What a gorgeous bend!
Yes indeed....Del is known in this part of the world as a gorgeous bender ;)
Yours aye,
Heff 8)
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+1 everyone a sweet bow as usual. Some pretty yew
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Hi
Nice bow and a cool oldschool tillerwall. :)
Kind regards
Andi
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Cheers guys.
I did some back of an envelope arithmetic on the mid limb dimensions compared with the Mary Rose bow I'd used as a reference. I reckon if I'd made it to MR dimensions it would have been 110#
Of course that doesn't mean much as it's only an approximation based on one set of width thickness figures and it's only valid for that bit of wood.
Del
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Nice tiller on that shortie Del
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That's a nice, simple looking bow, Del. I imagine the one that said you don't make Warbows is the same guy that's not here anymore? ::)
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Haha, what an adventure that guy was.
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Nice bow mate!
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That's a nice, simple looking bow, Del. I imagine the one that said you don't make Warbows is the same guy that's not here anymore? ::)
Cheers,
Yup that would be him, and my snide comment at the end of the post is a critique of one of his Italian Yew warbows >:D
Del
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That's a nice, simple looking bow, Del. I imagine the one that said you don't make Warbows is the same guy that's not here anymore? ::)
Cheers,
Yup that would be him, and my snide comment at the end of the post is a critique of one of his Italian Yew warbows >:D
Del
Do you know who that person is?
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Looks really nice, Del. Great work!
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That is too nice.
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Very nice! I missed whoever tried to tell you of all people anything about english longbows/warbows, but I'm sure whatever they said was comical. :) I once told a guy that I made a couple "warbows" around 120lbs, etc. He said "thats it!?!", and went on to tell me how real warbows would of historically been around 300 or 400 lbs. I tried to explain to him his error, he was way out of his expertise, but the guy took my correction personally and about beat me up over it! ;D So I just let him blab on about whatever fantasy he was living in at the moment. Very nice bow though, I wish people would just bring me yew staves... :'(
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That bend is insane del
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Cheers guys :)
@ Toomany.... great story, but, yeah you should man up and be pulling at least 300# ::) LOL
I didn't even try to get that one back to 32", I did shoot a few at 28" but that was plenty for me. It's too easy to be gung ho and damage yourself.
I'm not sure the guy I made it for will really manage it, he's a big strong old bloke, but with virtually no experience! Mind he managed 80# at 32" ok.
Del
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Very nice Deal,don't usually look at this section but seen you name and had to take a peak,wasn't disappointed.
Pappy
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Love the tiller on that bow Del.
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Just found this thread.
What a bow! -- Gorgeous
Beautiful tiller.
I like your setup, esp. the large analog scale. My digi scale is getting too small for my old eyes.
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Great Bend!
Always a pleasure looking at your work.
Question:
How many rings did you go down while
"feathering" the sapwood at the tips?
Japbow.
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Great Bend!
Always a pleasure looking at your work.
Question:
How many rings did you go down while
"feathering" the sapwood at the tips?
Japbow.
I don't really know, must have been 5 or 6, I reduced the sapwood thickness by about half at one tip. On the other it was just a few rings on one edge, where it was at an angle.
Del
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Welsh and English yew won't make warbows either >:D
Very nice bow!