I s'pose it could be in the Warbow section, but this is more about the Yew than the bow. (And no one reads the Warbow section
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This fast grown Yew is 3-4 rpi in places and I wanted to see how it would perform.
It's not been shot yet so it may loose weight and take set, but it's performed very much within the variation I've seen from other Yew, better than some, and not much worse than the best.
Hope to get my trusty test pilot to try it at the weekend.
The wood certainly isn't pale and rubbery, it's also not "full of moisture" or "brittle" as you'll read some saying about English Yew or lowland Yew.
I did use heat to take out some of the bend where there is the big dip, I also heat treat it there a tad at the same time to stiffen it as the geometry was making it weak there.
It's just shy of 100# at 30" in that pic, still at a slightly low brace.
77" ntn (comes with free safety glasses and a 10 minute guarantee
. Actually this one may stay in my collection to show off low ring count Yew )
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