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Offline adb

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A new yew (lots of pics)
« on: June 02, 2009, 11:51:03 pm »
I've tillered out many bows over the last few months, but I've been lazy about taking pics and posting. My apologies.

My latest bow of interest... a deer rawhide backed yew bow. 58" NTN, 48#@27", buffalo horn nocks, strunk style grip, B&W flemish B50 string. It started out at 66", and I wanted to flip the tips. I used dry heat, and the first tip came out beautiful, but the second tip failed, so i piked and retillered. I'm planning to use this bow for some treestand action this fall.

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Re: A new yew
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2009, 11:54:50 pm »
The stave was low density yew, only 15 rpi, so a bow this short took some set. Freshly unbraced, it's 2.5", but it settles back to 2" after relaxing. The second photo shows why I decided to back it with rawhide. There was a major knot midlimb on the bottom, and the sapwood became nonexistant.

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Offline brownhillboy

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Re: A new yew
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2009, 11:56:09 pm »
Looks like a very nice bow.  Where's the full draw pic?
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Re: A new yew
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2009, 11:56:42 pm »
The money shot...

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« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2009, 11:58:23 pm »
A few more...

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Offline bigcountry

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Re: A new yew
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2009, 12:07:29 am »
She came out real nice.  I tried to make one just like that a year ago, and ended up breaking it.  I am jealous. 

Did you make the tips yourself.
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Re: A new yew
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2009, 12:10:41 am »
Thanks, Big... yes, I made the tips. We have several local bison ranchers, and I made a trip out and managed to scrounge some horn.
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Offline Little John

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Re: A new yew (lots of pics)
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2009, 12:31:24 am »
Beautiful bow, very well done. I really like the contrast and the handle.    Kenneth
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Re: A new yew (lots of pics)
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2009, 12:38:19 am »
Sweet bow!!  Great job..
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Re: A new yew (lots of pics)
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2009, 01:34:48 am »
Great job, the bow looks wonderful, and at only 58" great for the trees and brush.
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Offline elk country rp

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Re: A new yew (lots of pics)
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2009, 01:42:30 am »
nice looking bow!
it looks like you managed to get every bit of draw length from that length!

Rob
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Offline Dauntless

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Re: A new yew (lots of pics)
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2009, 01:43:25 am »
Hey, a scaled down ELB!  Thats a particularly beautiful ELB too, especially with low density Yew.

The tiller looks fantastic too, the deer will stare in awe.
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Re: A new yew (lots of pics)
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2009, 02:52:44 am »
Nice tiller and the Grip is cool,them knots are Kinda scary but I think that's a winner.
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Re: A new yew (lots of pics)
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2009, 05:40:53 am »
Beautiful bow,very well done. That should do it this fall. :) :)
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Offline DanaM

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Re: A new yew (lots of pics)
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2009, 07:34:31 am »
Yew done well :) Looks great
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