Congratulations to Derek Hutchison from Harlow UK and to Will H. from Jonesboro AR for Winning June Self BOM!!
Derek's
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,26498.0.htmlWill's
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,25735.30.htmlFrom Derek:67.5"ntn 40# @ 28"
Not sure the pics do it justice, but here ya go. The last pic will hopefully reveal where it gets the name
It's not 100% finished yet, I may add an arrow plate, but I think I like the grip bare wood. Hard to take good pics, the white back tens to bleach out, and I was too impatient to spend ages setting up arty shots.
That bit of wood was so nearly overlooked. I had a tree surgeon bring over some Yew logs, most were no good, I sorted out 6 and then saw that runty twisted bit with a huge scar up one side where all the sapwood had been worn away where it had been rubbing against another branch.
"Oh I might as well have that too, there might just be a character bow in it" I said
Guess I was right.
Comments on this fine Bow!:
"Looks great. I love the grain pattern....good job!" -beetlebailey1977
"Oh man....you just made choosing for june BOM VERY tough to choose. You did that stave justice and made it even better than it should've been. That big horizontal knot is ridiculous that it holds to the strain. Most woods with that type of knot wood explode.
dude...that bow is gorgeous and I love the centershot front profile drawing the bow. I am soooooo full of yew envy. Im dying to get my hands on some and this is not helping my sickness." -blackhawk
"Exactly the type and quality of bow we've come to expect from you Del...Killer work. (The colors of that Yew's belly is sooo beautiful.)" -LeeSlikkers
"Great looking bow Del. You pulled it off nicely with a very challenging piece of wood. It's hard to compare anything to a nice yew character bow. Congratulations!" -Keenan
From Will:Well here she is! 55#@27", 64"NTN, 1 1/2"W to mid-limb then tapering to 3/8" nocks. The tips were about 1 1/4" in front of the handle when I spliced the billets together. After shooting in the bow they stand dead even with the handle. I finished her out with a beaver tail handle and strike plate and some red lettering... This has got to be the best shooting bows I've made! This thing really puts arrows where I want and FAST too!! I'll have to wait till my wife gets home to post full draw but here's what I got so far...Thanks for looking!
I ran close to 1000 arrows through it after sanding then burnished the whole bow with an antler the other day. Since then Ive put two coats of Tru-Oil on and MAN is she looking purty! Its amazing to me that those old rotten looking fence posts I pulled out of the ground finished out with such incredible grain! BURIED GOLD I TELL YA!!!!
Comments on this great bow!"Spectacular!!I'm sure if old Bill Shakesphere were still around, he would write a sonnet about that bow!!! And wow!! For a young un you sure can work wood" -criveraville
"Incredible!!! I think it is awesome taking a piece of wood that has been cut for and used for something else - fence post, shovel handel, house frame, etc, and fashioning it into a bow that will take down game. Can't beat that." -NTProf
"WOW,if that piece of wood could talk about all the stories from 1911 that would be some thing...great work on a piece of history...i love the tiller and finish work...MAN,from stagecoaches to airplanes..." -blacktail
"I can honestly say this is one of the nicest bows I've seen. Great work, to think inside of that old rotting wood post was that bow waiting to come out. Great work. " -Stingray45
