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Offline peacefullymadewarbows

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First post and a yew bow
« on: December 17, 2018, 09:09:20 pm »
Hello all! First post to PA. This was my first try at loosely following the mass principle and I'm addicted to English war bows so here goes. Was having trouble with handshock in my recent few bows and racking my elbow with pain. Sought out the mass principle for help and I think its the magic bullet. She's a smooth shooter. Definitely was overbuilding those last few in the past.

Pacific Yew
75" ntn
115# @ 31"
25.8oz

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Offline peacefullymadewarbows

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Re: First post and a yew bow
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2018, 09:16:57 pm »
Sorry it failed to post the proper pics so I'll just reply with each one individually.
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Offline peacefullymadewarbows

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Re: First post and a yew bow
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2018, 09:17:45 pm »
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: First post and a yew bow
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2018, 09:56:43 pm »
Ye shrunk in the last picture >:D (lol)!  Looks pretty heavy duty to me, but about 2 1/2 times my weight!  Welcome aboard!
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Re: First post and a yew bow
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2018, 01:59:34 am »
Nice bend on that.
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Offline peacefullymadewarbows

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Re: First post and a yew bow
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2018, 08:30:02 am »
Oh shoot I done got squished! Thank you guys.
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Offline High-Desert

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Re: First post and a yew bow
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2018, 02:26:45 pm »
Quote from: peacefullymadewarbows on December 18, 2018, 08:30:02 am
Oh shoot I done got squished!
thats ok, your bow shrunk in the same proportion, so it should still shoot just fine.
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Offline peacefullymadewarbows

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Re: First post and a yew bow
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2018, 07:47:34 am »
High-Desert:  (lol) that gave me a good chuckle.  :)
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Offline JNystrom

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Re: First post and a yew bow
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2018, 12:07:51 pm »
Nice bow! I think you got the most out of the wood. Nothing better than a properly tillered piece of wood bending through its whole length!
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Offline peacefullymadewarbows

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Re: First post and a yew bow
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2018, 04:23:27 pm »
Thank you! I appreciate it. This bow is a pleasure with how much power it packs in a relatively small and light package. Making this bow made me really wonder how heavy some of those 80+ inch long MR bows were. Better yew, bigger in cross section, and the fact that they felt 80 inches was required for a safe design makes you think. 
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Offline WillS

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Re: First post and a yew bow
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2018, 04:59:59 pm »
Some of the slab-sided bows would have been 190lb, 200lb no problem.  Bowyers have made copies that have come out over 210lb recently.
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Offline peacefullymadewarbows

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Re: First post and a yew bow
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2018, 09:38:43 pm »
Jeeeezzzzz! I'm eager to replicate, but it's gonna take me another seven years to be able to pull that kind of bow. Was that giant one Joe Gibbs made a replica or was that him oversizing beyond that?
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Offline WillS

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Re: First post and a yew bow
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2018, 01:24:02 pm »
If you mean the 240lb one, I'm not sure!  You'd have to ask him.  It may have been built oversize as a training tool, instead of as a direct copy to an original.
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Offline peacefullymadewarbows

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Re: First post and a yew bow
« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2018, 09:35:47 pm »
Yeah I bet your right. It looked a like he was holding a stave in that video!
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