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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #30 on: August 14, 2017, 10:16:57 pm »
Stunning bow Weylin, you knocked it outta the park with that one. Every part of the bow is perfectly done and blends flawlessly with every other part of the bow.
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Offline Bob Barnes

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #31 on: August 15, 2017, 12:14:38 am »
what do you use to do the decorative lines/dots?
Seems like common sense isn't very common any more...

Offline Parnell

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #32 on: August 15, 2017, 11:37:35 am »
What a beauty!
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Offline Steve Milbocker

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #33 on: August 15, 2017, 11:42:17 am »
Beautiful!!!
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #34 on: August 15, 2017, 05:12:30 pm »
Thanks again, guys.

Bob, I used acrylic model paints, a tiny brush, a steady hand and some patience.  ;D

Offline Bob Barnes

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #35 on: August 15, 2017, 11:10:45 pm »
wow... I totally expected you to say that you used a special paint pen of some kind... your hand is way steadier? than mine.   :)
Seems like common sense isn't very common any more...

Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #36 on: August 15, 2017, 11:18:35 pm »
Nice work, that's a work of art sirs

Offline Weylin

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #37 on: August 16, 2017, 12:01:34 am »
Bob, I did start with a brush tip pen. That's what you see in the video. But it wouldn't set all the way on the shellac and kept wiping off so I had to paint over it anyway. I used to paint little models as a hobby so I developed a pretty steady hand from doing all the little detail work.

Offline Dvshunter

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #38 on: August 20, 2017, 11:39:34 am »
Beautiful work! I almost missed it.
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #39 on: August 21, 2017, 11:38:08 am »
Very, very nice!
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Offline Onebowonder

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #40 on: August 21, 2017, 11:46:57 am »
This is a beautiful bow sir.  The HLD makes it even more intriguing to me...  -OneBow

Offline Clovis6

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #41 on: October 02, 2017, 06:35:48 am »
Just saw this bow in the Selfbow BOM post.  Very nice detail.  And of course you know how much I love anything yew.  Am very curious about how the hollow limb design feels and performs when you shoot it  Anything you might be able to compare it with? 

Offline GlisGlis

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #42 on: October 02, 2017, 08:30:27 am »
BEAUTY
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #43 on: October 02, 2017, 07:15:30 pm »
Thank you, fellas.

Bob, I've only made a couple hollow limb bows and it's always hard to tell which factors are differentiating one bow from another but I do think the design makes for a more efficient bow from my limited sample group. The design is really about getting the most from a high crown stave. It redistributes the stress that gets concentrated by the high crown and spreads in out across the width again. It also reduces the limb mass by getting rid of the dead weight that occurs from that concentrated stress. Even if the gains from that are marginal (which I don't think they are) it at least looks really cool!

Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Hollow-Limbed Yew with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@28"
« Reply #44 on: October 03, 2017, 05:02:11 am »
Dang man...you sure make nice bows!
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