Ash backed Yew Warbow

[Marc St Louis]

Made this bow for a guy in MN.  It's Pacific Yew backed with White Ash that's just under 1 1/2" wide and about 1 1/8" thick at the center.  It's 76" N to N and pulls about 110# @ 32".  The nocks are made from WB horn and the top nock has a double groove in it.  I backed this bow with a flat sawn strip of Ash that's about 1/4" thick so that it would have the natural look of sapwood.  Here's a few pictures







I'm pulling the bow to about 30" in the full draw picture as 110# is a bit too much for me but it is quite smooth to draw

[african man]

Verrrrry nice Marc 
Like the look of the ash on yew ..... was it a board that it didn't have sap wood on it ?
I see you tweeked the tips a bit .....why ?
goes without saying .....Nice tiller !!!

Chris 

[heavybow]

Very nice Marc. I see you have increased your strength nice pull Marc. Marlon

[hawkbow]

VERY COOL MARC... looks like you are ready to storm the castle.. she should pierce armor for sure.. Hawk

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks guys

Chris; The guy wanted an Ash backed Yew so I just ripped the sapwood off.  What do you mean "tweaked the tips"  I did glue in a few inches of reflex in the bow

Marlon; It's from making all these heavy draw weight bows  .  This draw weight is something I could work into

[african man]

Tweak = subtle bend             (or anything else one wants it to mean)

X   

damn nice bow

[Yewboy]

That's a great looking bow Marc, just out of curiosity what is the diameter at the start of the horn?

[Yeomanbowman]

Very nice Marc,  I bet she's fast.

Hugh Soar told me there is a historical reference to a Tudor ash backed yew bow,  I assume a sport bow.

Cheers,
Jeremy

[nick1346]

Very nice Marc,  I bet she's fast.

Hugh Soar told me there is a historical reference to a Tudor ash backed yew bow,  I assume a sport bow.

Cheers,
Jeremy

Hi Jeremy,

Any chance of getting that reference?

Cheers

Nick

PS Nice bow, I'd be interested to hear how it performs!

[Kviljo]

I can't resist asking - how much overall reflex did you glue in?

And I just can't resist commenting on the perfect tiller. I wouldn't expect anything else, but it still keeps amazing me how perfect you seem to tiller your bows.

The nocks though  - a warbow should have sidenocks!

[Yewboy]

personally I like the nocks, I'm not sure about the statement that "warbows should have side nocks", considering there is only evidense of 1 actual side nock found.

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks guys
The diameter at the nock is about 14 mm

I shot the bow with a 600 grain arrow drawn to 28", no chronograph but it was fast.  A bit of hand shock but not to bad

I didn't measure it but I glued in about 4" of reflex.  It kept about 1", without the nocks

The nocks are what he wanted the way he wanted them

[koan]

Dont know much about warbows Marc, but that tiller is SWEET! I think I have overlooked my ash backings long enuff!....Brian

[Cromm]

Hi,
If this bow shoots anything like mine, then it's a winner!!!!
Love the look of the bow, Great job!!
Thanks for your time.

[medicinewheel]

Nice bow Mark! - what's the grain orientation of the ash??