yew warbow , 125 lb at 30"

[Lukasz Nawalny]

hello. Its my warbow, very mighty - 6 feet 6 inch long about 125 at 30". Looks good but Im to week .

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[chaetaux]

who made this bow?Looks awsome.

[Lukasz Nawalny]

I ofcourse

[alnbren]

I want it.  It makes my 70# Ash bow look like a childs toy.

[nickf]

today I glued a boo-massarabunda warbow up. Going for 125#. Funny to see you've got a beautyfull 125!

who did you made it for?

alnbren, 70-125 is a really big step. trust me better leave it to me!

Nick

[Lukasz Nawalny]

I make myself my bows.Here my 75 lb warbow/longbow against 62 lb asian bows.Plate 1,3 mm high quality steel.This guy with yew longbow its me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb4VwqX1Wss

[Yeomanbowman]

Very nice tiller and an impressively minimal amount of string follow.  The yew looks interesting with the course grain, is it dense?
Cheers,
Jeremy

[nathan elliot]

Wicked looking bow, did you heat treat it at all? Love the youtube vid, a very quick bow you have!

Nathan

[Lukasz Nawalny]

yes I correct my yew bows on hot steam.This longbow on video is one of the fastest longbows what I ever made.European yew, dense growth rings.Over 250 yards distance range with hevy war arrows 47 gram and only 28 inch draw lenght - this bow I have made special for tournament in Poland - guys with asian bows said that longbow, even little stronger cann not be so fast like asian bows - after this competition they said - can be even faster 

[nickf]

henry, that's some great shooting, though you might want to increase your drawlength a lttle, and try to work on the draw itself. I'm sure you'll master ths bow sooner or later

Nick

[Lukasz Nawalny]

incrase is unpossible for me , my arms are to short , 28 inches its max draw lenght

[Jaro]

Must be difficult to string with such steep transition from wood to horn. How tall are you? I m 5´ 3" and can draw over 30" at level and 31" for distance shooting.
From the video is clear that you could go little down with your anchor and take a second to stabilise, which will give you another 1" or something.

Very little of folow on that bow, that is good. How heavy were arrows shot at the metal plate?

Jaro

[Lukasz Nawalny]

arrow was 47 gram. Hm, you have prabobly right, I must work on technique

[Jaro]

Try to make some 65 gram ash arrows. With correct arrowheads, they will go right through such metal (1.3 mm). 
Keep us posted.

Jaro

[Yeomanbowman]

Henry,
You have potential to draw a much longer arrow.  If you look at your full draw, say at 2:08, you have not pulled it past your head so from the side there should be 'fresh air' between the string hand and your head.  Below is me drawing to 33" at 5'8" tall, however the bow is light (for me at 114lbs).  If it were heavier my body would compress and make 31 1/2" my max.  This is the case over 150lbs.