Old yew bow ID

[JW_Halverson]

For $20 I would have thrown my wallet at his head, ran off down the street with the bow in my arms, cackling like a mad hen!

"Precious!  Oh my precious! I loves my precious, I do!" 

[Blacktail]

MAN,if i had 100 bucks i would give to you in trade...i will say this i don't know the maker...BUT the wood is very high quality wood..the rings look pretty tight...what a great find...john

[Badger]

   A young mas showed up at one of our Pasadena meets with an old yew bow. One of the guys who hangs with us is well into his eighties and thought he recognized the bow. Once he looked it over he discovered he had built that bow himself over 50 years prior. The bow shot as good as the day he made it.

[snag]

Very cool Badger.   It's great to see a well built selfbow does last. 

[dwardo]

   A young mas showed up at one of our Pasadena meets with an old yew bow. One of the guys who hangs with us is well into his eighties and thought he recognized the bow. Once he looked it over he discovered he had built that bow himself over 50 years prior. The bow shot as good as the day he made it.

Brilliant story.

[bloodstone]

Hey all, I'm the owner of the yew bow. I made an account. I'm more than willing to get some measurements on it for everybody. I may eventually try to string it again. Last time I tried the string slipped off the nocks. They seem well warn so I may need to deepen them. I've been reluctant to do anything to it, it is really nice

[Bryce]

Take it SLOW

Who knows how long it's been since it's been strung or shot.

Put on a long string and work it in a bit. Any sign of trouble, call it quits.

[PatM]

I wouldn't mess with the nocks. The bow could have pretty steep value if you can id the maker.

[JW_Halverson]

   A young mas showed up at one of our Pasadena meets with an old yew bow. One of the guys who hangs with us is well into his eighties and thought he recognized the bow. Once he looked it over he discovered he had built that bow himself over 50 years prior. The bow shot as good as the day he made it.

This defines the concept of passing along the tradition! 

Hey all, I'm the owner of the yew bow. I made an account. I'm more than willing to get some measurements on it for everybody. I may eventually try to string it again. Last time I tried the string slipped off the nocks. They seem well warn so I may need to deepen them. I've been reluctant to do anything to it, it is really nice

Congratulations on the excellent find!  You are the Indiana Jones of archery!

[bloodstone]

The bow is 67 in long. 1.25 inches at mid limb. The fade goes 5 in from the center of the handle. The handle is 2 in deep. Are there any other measurements anybody wants

[JW_Halverson]

The bow is 67 in long. 1.25 inches at mid limb. The fade goes 5 in from the center of the handle. The handle is 2 in deep. Are there any other measurements anybody wants

Careful folks, this is a family oriented site!!! 

[Wiley]

Even with the risk that comes with shooting an old bow, if it were mine I would definitely want to provided everything about it seemed sound. I like to think that whoever made it would have liked to see it still shooting after all these years. I would consider sending it to an experienced bowyer to examine it closely before shooting it, i'm sure there are those on here that would volunteer for that task, you may even find someone that is fairly local.

I can imagine finding such a thing and shooting it even just a few times would feel like I did when I had the chance to fire a 102 year old 1911. Even a WWI war relic deserves it's moment in the sun every decade or so. I would feel similar if I found an old yew bow that was in good working order.

[PatM]

Plus who doesn't want to see a sinewed longbow shoot?