Blacksmith's *s'Gretel* 78" Yew Warbow +125#@32"

[ceolith]

78" italian yew, buffalo horn-nocks, 16strand FF string and a shitload of earlypower!

With a braceheight of 6,5inches she is nearly 80#@20"






















Ah, please click the thumps to see a bigger picture.

[Del the cat]

Very nice 50:50 heart sap looks great, and that lump give it some character.
Great work
Del

[dantolin]

As nice and good as always

[bowandarrow473]

Beautiful! I love the look of yew bows and yours is certainly no exception!

[9333 NZ]

Stunning work as always Michael, you are the man when it comes to yew warbows!

[poplar600]

Quite a lot of sap.

1/8th is better

[Heffalump]

"1/8" is better"........ARRROOOOOGAH, ARRROOOOOGAH...."TROLL ALERT"!!!! 

[WillS]

Of all the bowyers in all the world...

I think telling Michael how to make a self yew warbow comes close to the most ridiculous thing I've read on the internet.

[Marc St Louis]

Very nice.  Any particular reason you have the outer limbs doing most of the work?

[Heffalump]

Of all the bowyers in all the world...

I think telling Michael how to make a self yew warbow comes close to the most ridiculous thing I've read on the internet.

It's gotta' be right up there with the best of them Will! LMFAO 

[poplar600]

Tapers to 1/8 at the tips. No more that 1/4 anywhere.

[ceolith]

Very nice.  Any particular reason you have the outer limbs doing most of the work?

Yes, to minimize the handshock and to use the maximum power from the entire wood.

Quite a lot of sap.

1/8th is better

Better for what? The look? Feet per second? Endurance from the bow? To reduce the hysteresis? To move to the neutral phase?

[poplar600]

Looks better. Faster IMO. I have one from all heartwood.

Not telling you how to suck eggs of course.

[poplar600]

I make all mine 80 inches or so. Maybe I have room to have thin sap 

Looked at your site. Bows look truly powerful. I seem to overbuild mine a great deal.

[bownarra]

Very nice.  Any particular reason you have the outer limbs doing most of the work?

This how to tiller an elb. Perfect in my eyes.
After a few hundred elb's and monitoring set on them all this is the 'correct' tiller shape. People talk about 'full compass' tiller but to get the handle doing too much is a mistake. As the fella says it has loads of early draw weight and I bet it wouldn't if it had more bend in the center.