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Offline Keenan

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Character Yew Completed
« on: January 08, 2010, 03:01:18 pm »
 This is Yew D/R character bow that was made from a highly deflexed stave. The stave had over 6" of natural deflex, so It was best suited for a Deflex/Reflexd bow. Often we are so busy looking for straight or naturally reflexed staves that we overlook the potential that is in natural deflexed staves.
  This bow is 68" Tip to Tip and comes in at 61 lbs at 28 inches. It has been tillered out to 30 inches and even pulled to 31 several times. The tips are zebra wood ad the finish is minwax polyurethane.






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Offline Kegan

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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2010, 03:57:22 pm »
Oooooh! I dunno if I can wait a few minutes, let alone years to see this one ;D!
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Offline waterlogged

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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2010, 06:24:14 pm »
Nah. Not shiny enough  ;) Will be looking forward to this one
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Offline Blacktail

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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2010, 07:59:03 pm »
ohhhh come on keenan...thats not fair for the rest of us  ;) ;)....hey,do you reduce and round the sap wood in the early stages...john
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Offline sailordad

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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2010, 08:02:11 pm »
well well well
from wht your showing it sure looks sweet as pie
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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2010, 08:08:54 pm »
NICE!!!  ;D
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Offline Keenan

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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2010, 08:13:48 pm »
Quote from: blacktail on January 08, 2010, 07:59:03 pm
ohhhh come on keenan...thats not fair for the rest of us  ;) ;)....hey,do you reduce and round the sap wood in the early stages...john
Yes John, I generally roll them fairly soon. The sharper corners are easy to lift a splinter. And if you wait till near draw weight, rounding those corners  can easily bring you in under weight. ;)

 Thanks guys, Wasn't sure if this one was going to hold together with all the knots but I've had it to 31" several times on the tree and she's doing good.
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Offline Blacktail

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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2010, 08:29:17 pm »
o.k. thats what i was thinking..because it is wood removed..thanks john
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2010, 08:52:48 pm »
That first side view is very sexy!  Looking forward to seeing it ALL!  ;D
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Offline Keenan

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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2010, 09:38:50 pm »
 Just one leg at a time Pat,  Remember the best teases don't show everything. ;D :D   >:D
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2010, 10:10:06 pm »
Oh my, I better remember to be sitting down before I look at this one  :o
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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2010, 10:14:06 pm »
What Pat B said....Sexy! :o
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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2010, 05:20:14 pm »
any more on this one, Keenan? 

This must be that high elevation yew you told me about a few months ago...can't really make out any rings...

love the shape
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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2010, 07:11:53 pm »
So is she gonna be bare? you will you cover her with some leather? ;)
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Re: Yew D/R Tease
« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2010, 10:04:35 pm »
That is not fair Keenan. It is like that time when I was a kid at the county fair with my cousin, and we were peeking under the girlie show tent, and if that one big guy would just move, the mystery would be solved. ;)
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