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Offline Ryano

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Re: Low density, low ring count yew
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2010, 10:47:24 am »
Here's a peak of it.... Notice the sap wood in the sides and belly of the grip area. The sap wood is quite thick on this stave but the thicker on the sides than in the middle due to its small diameter. The tips are almost all sap wood.

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Re: Low density, low ring count yew
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2010, 11:07:55 am »
That looks good Ryan...
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Re: Low density, low ring count yew (pictures added)
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2010, 11:35:24 am »
That is looks great Ryano.The tip flips look just right and should be really beautiful with the sapwood mixing through the grip.
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Re: Low density, low ring count yew (pictures added)
« Reply #18 on: February 10, 2010, 11:52:01 am »
That's gonna be perty Ryan! ;)
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Re: Low density, low ring count yew (pictures added)
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2010, 01:07:23 pm »
I like the way it's hewn out of one piece of timber, looks sorta right...
That grip area looks like it's full of character.
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Re: Low density, low ring count yew (pictures added)
« Reply #20 on: February 10, 2010, 05:40:12 pm »
Thought it might have some flip at the tips, though...!  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Low density, low ring count yew (pictures added)
« Reply #21 on: February 10, 2010, 06:14:01 pm »
That should be nice !  lets see some more.  Scott
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Offline Blacktail

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Re: Low density, low ring count yew (pictures added)
« Reply #22 on: February 10, 2010, 07:13:39 pm »
that is one great looking stick there..i really cant wait to see it all shined up...john
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Re: Low density, low ring count yew (pictures added)
« Reply #23 on: February 10, 2010, 09:07:39 pm »
I had no idea that yew grew in your parts. I'm looking forward to seeing this one finished!
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Offline Ryano

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Re: Low density, low ring count yew (pictures added)
« Reply #24 on: February 11, 2010, 12:23:32 am »
Thanks Guys.  ;D
Gordon, it doesn't grow here native. It was planted in someones yard as a ornamental tree. We just did a little pruning..... >:D  ;D
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Re: Low density, low ring count yew (pictures added)
« Reply #25 on: February 11, 2010, 12:29:32 am »
I see something special about that one Ryan. Maybe another P and Y buck 8)
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Offline Pennhawk

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Re: Low density, low ring count yew (pictures added)
« Reply #26 on: February 11, 2010, 01:27:23 am »
Really looks good Ryan. You're a master with a heat gun,I think you could get any wood to bend.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Low density, low ring count yew (pictures added)
« Reply #27 on: February 11, 2010, 02:03:08 am »
I wonder if it is Japanese yew, a common landscape plant/tree. There is a Canadian yew also here on the East Coast.
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Offline Jesse

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Re: Low density, low ring count yew (pictures added)
« Reply #28 on: February 11, 2010, 03:12:04 am »
Thats looking nice Ryan. Yew has such a nice color to it. We plant yew here in WI. as an ornamental shrub. I have seen a few big tree size in peoples yards but it takes a long time for them to get that size around here.
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Re: Low density, low ring count yew (pictures added)
« Reply #29 on: February 11, 2010, 07:16:52 am »
Looking good Ryan. I am with you,I started my first yew and am really impressed the way it shoots.
It just seems to love to bend. It looks so much like erc but likes to bend much better. The sap
wood on mine was pretty thick also,I thinned it or I think it would have been almost all sap wood.
Can't wait to see yours finished.I may get mine done someday. ;) :) :)
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