sapling yew bow

[Aksel]

Hello, I cut a stand of European yew saplings last month, full of knots and pins,  which I will try some experimental stone age technology on, like semi-HLD. Before I try something crazy I made a type of bow I am already familiar with. This quick dried yew Holmegård came from a 1 3/4 -2"  sapling. It is 66"long and pulls #43 with the tie-on nocks all the way out. If I move them in an inch its closer to #50.  String follow is 1/2 - 3/4 of an inch. The grip section is quite shallow and there is a certain "give" in the handle which I believe often was the case in primitive bows. You hardly ever see any deep handle sections of old bows.  Hope you like it /Aksel

[Aksel]

full draw etc

[George Tsoukalas]

Mighty fine. Tiller looks great. Jawge

[Hamish]

A very handsome bow, straight from the stoneage.

[PaSteve]

Very nice bow. Well done!

[Pat B]

Beautiful, well tillered simple stick, Aksel.   

[bownarra]

Sweet

[BowEd]

Sweet looking bend on your yew bow.Nice work.

[GlisGlis]

it's a very nice bow you got there.
It's likely a weapon that was pretty common for a long period in Europe
you made very good use of that yew

[Del the cat]

I love the coffee and cream look of Yew and how the sapwood wraps round on sapling bows.
Clean simple elegant, like all the best engineering.
Del

[Pappy]

Very nice work,beautiful bow, looks like a mighty fine stick.
 Pappy

[Will B]

 Beautiful yew bow!  Your bow has a really nice bend. Nice character with the knots too

[M2A]

Really cool bow. Like everything about that one.
Mike

[Aksel]

Thanks for the comments, all. I´m not sure what the expected life is for a yew sapling bow full of knots and pins but guess I´ll find out 

[bjrogg]

Very nice Aksel.

Hopefully your answer is for a very long time.

Bjrogg