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Offline dwardo

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nobbly yew.
« on: June 12, 2012, 02:14:27 pm »
Hi All,

This is the yew mostly sapwood bow i have been trying to get finished and finaly its done, well nothing i ever do i can consider done but its good for now :)
After some debate i heat treated it twice, a slow deep heat treat rather that a belly temper. This i think helped no end with the sapwood ratio of lots to little heart wood.
The bow lays flat when unstrung with just the lightly flipped tips. Rubbish unstrung photo below but you get the idea.
The bow is 60 ntn, thin layer of heartwood sapwood was the origional ring under the bark. I didnt facy chasing a ring on a bumpy back like that! hence the tarting out and reducing the belly :)
She draws about 55lbs at 28 inch and lets rip. Not as fast as some of my white wood bows. On refelection I could have reduced the tips a lot more but i needed to move on. The nock overlays are deer antler.
Thanks for looking all.

Nocks



Belly



Bumpy back








Money shot



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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2012, 02:17:13 pm »
Money shot is just that..Money! nothing prettier than a shiny yew bow. great job on that baby.
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Offline coaster500

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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2012, 02:19:30 pm »
Beautiful natural back, tiller looks great!!

Question Slow Heat not tempered....  How did you go about it? I mean I assume you used dry heat but how did you know you were getting the heat where you you needed it with out toasting the belly?

Again sweet bow!!
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Offline Josh B

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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2012, 02:32:29 pm »
Very nicely done sir!  I love character and that bow has it.  Josh
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Offline danny f

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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2012, 02:46:10 pm »
nice bow with plenty of character, love the bumpy back.
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Offline Gus

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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2012, 02:55:40 pm »
Yes Sir!

Beauty of a Bow!

I also, am curious about your heat treating method.

-gus
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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2012, 03:15:11 pm »
Ooh wee! nice finish on that one and good bend, too!!
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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2012, 03:39:41 pm »
Nice bow Dwardo.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2012, 03:48:51 pm »
Very handsome bow, that nice honey colour of the heartwood and the nobbly back mmmm. Gotta love it.
Excellent to do something a bit out of the norm.
Great tiller too.
Del
(The kneeling shot is one of my faves for field shooting, I'll bet that's a great bow for field, nice and compact)
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2012, 03:50:35 pm »
incredible finish... love it...

Jon
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Offline dwardo

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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2012, 05:15:25 pm »
Quote from: Gun Doc on June 12, 2012, 02:32:29 pm
Very nicely done sir!  I love character and that bow has it.  Josh

Thanks Gun Doc

Quote from: Gus on June 12, 2012, 02:55:40 pm
Yes Sir!

Beauty of a Bow!

I also, am curious about your heat treating method.

-gus

Its just avoiding too much colour change rather than that toasted look. Certainly no expert but it worked ok here to keep out the follow. Was only in an inch of forced reflex when heated

Quote from: lesken2011 on June 12, 2012, 03:15:11 pm
Ooh wee! nice finish on that one and good bend, too!!

Thanks Leksen2011

Quote from: Del the cat on June 12, 2012, 03:48:51 pm
Very handsome bow, that nice honey colour of the heartwood and the nobbly back mmmm. Gotta love it.
Excellent to do something a bit out of the norm.
Great tiller too.
Del
(The kneeling shot is one of my faves for field shooting, I'll bet that's a great bow for field, nice and compact)

Cheers Dell, went for your advice on the heat and its went well. I borrowed a fancy laser thermomenter and it read about 300 as far as i remember just about what you said, did that for about 30 mins per limb twice during tiller.
I tend to use the kneeling shot when playing in the woods as it gets you a clear shot under the lower branches :)

Quote from: Ifrit617 on June 12, 2012, 03:50:35 pm
incredible finish... love it...

Jon

Cheers Jon
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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2012, 06:25:00 am »
Very nice,beautiful bow. :)
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Offline dwardo

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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2012, 06:31:53 am »
Thanks PearlDrums and Pappy.
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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2012, 08:12:31 am »
Id say it turned out nice for what you had
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Offline dwardo

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Re: nobbly yew.
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2012, 10:51:31 am »
Thankyou Blackhawk
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