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Offline Dane

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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2008, 07:28:20 am »
Frank, all your bows are a treat to see. This is a beautiful job all the way around.

I'd love to see some shots of your house, too.

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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2008, 10:20:31 am »
Fantasic bow.  Thanks for posting.

Offline OldBow

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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2008, 01:36:45 pm »
Super bow, Frank - Isn't Yew a Wonderful Wood! Got you bookmarked for June Self Bow of the Month, too!
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Offline recurve shooter

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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #18 on: June 21, 2008, 04:43:58 pm »
this is all i can mannage to pull out of my mind right now.

WOW, HOLY CRAP. GREAT JOB. :o :o ;)

haha. great job dude. ;D
lets just shoot it

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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #19 on: June 21, 2008, 06:15:03 pm »
Hi, It's nice to see some great work from this side of the pond!!!!  ;D
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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #20 on: June 22, 2008, 06:57:18 am »
That's quite a beautyful arc Frank, ...I'm really drawn lately by those simple ELBs
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #21 on: June 22, 2008, 02:44:21 pm »
...I'm really drawn lately by those simple ELBs

thanks manny! ...-and i know exactly what you mean!

thanks everybody else, too! means a lot too me!

picture of braced and unbraced bow here; little bit hard to measure, she has taken bit more then 1.5" of set after shooting her in.

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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #22 on: June 22, 2008, 06:22:13 pm »
Nice looking bow Frank !  8)
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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #23 on: June 23, 2008, 01:02:53 pm »
Beautiful bow Frank,you do some fine work. :)
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Offline shamus

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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #24 on: June 23, 2008, 02:22:27 pm »
very nice job!

how wide is the bow?

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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #25 on: June 24, 2008, 12:50:58 am »
i always wondered on the horn nock, , at the end of the hook theres a hole drilled. What is it for?
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Offline Gordon

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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #26 on: June 24, 2008, 01:21:20 am »
You do beautiful work Frank. Those horn nocks are exquisite.
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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #27 on: June 24, 2008, 02:22:58 am »
Wow that is a great looking bow Frank. Ill bet it is a smooth shooting bow with tiller that sweet.  Justin
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: deerhide-backed yew english longbow
« Reply #28 on: June 24, 2008, 03:07:46 am »
i always wondered on the horn nock, , at the end of the hook theres a hole drilled. What is it for?

you can attach a little thread through the hole and the ear of the string that serves as string keeper!

yes justin, the bow does shoot sweet. personnally i'm really sencitive for handshock and i need to shoot heavy arrows with the bow, but benny didn't mention anything about handshock when he first shot it and he is used to a fiberglass recurve, so i'd say that's okay...

again everybody thank you for the compliments!

frank
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