Hello!
I posted a few pictures in July about this bow once I got the bark on. Sadly I got sidelined with a lot of things like a hand injury and changing my career and working a ton of hours for a startup company. Here's a little history on this bow. In April of 2005, Ken Payne Sr. sold me a 12" yew log for $30 in return for a longbow made from it. After a year I built the bow for him and it broke last May after his ~50th shot. So...I took the only stave left and made him this bow. I actually like it a lot better especially since the cherry bark really makes it pop. This is the only bow that was built from that log; all of the others broke.
When I took the bow out to Ken's today, he shot it immediately and it really pops. Ken turns 76 in February and he still hunts with a compound. In fact, he shot a P&Y Roosevelt in 2006 (5x5) @ a distance of 9 yards. The man still have ice in his veins! Ken's son Kenny Jr. own a bow shop out in "the sticks" in Carlton Oregon. That's where the pictures of Ken Sr. were taken.
Here are the Specs:
1. 64" ntn
2. 57# @ 27"
3. Cherry Bark Backing
4. Wrapping on the limbs where the bark splicing took place, and also where I found a tiny defect on the limb.
I'm going to post a ton of pictures.
Enjoy and Happy Holidays! Joe
[attachment deleted by admin]
