Hickory Yumi and some pics of my next project...

[jcougar]

Here's a Yumi inspired hickory bow that I just finished.  It's ~80" long, and about 1" wide.  I heat treated several inches of reflex into the stave to start with.  Just unbraced it holds abot 4" of reflex.  The finish is black leather dye and tru-oil.  Draw weight is around 60# @ 34".  I have also included a couple shots of my next project.  Enjoy....

http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p150/jcougar/?action=view&current=Yumi006.jpg
http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p150/jcougar/?action=view&current=Yumi005.jpg
http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p150/jcougar/?action=view&current=Yumi004.jpg
http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p150/jcougar/?action=view&current=Yumi003.jpg
http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p150/jcougar/?action=view&current=Yumi001.jpg
http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p150/jcougar/?action=view&current=Yumi008.jpg
http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p150/jcougar/?action=view&current=Yumi007.jpg

[jamie]

sweet!

[Pat B]

OK, you know we need a full draw pic. Cool bow. The Yumis have always intrigued me. You did a nice job of this one. I'll bet full draw is right on!      Pat

[jcougar]

Thanks!  I'll get a fulldraw shot as soon as I can-OK, a shot of how far I can draw it!  My longest arrows are only 31", so that will have to do for now.

[Justin Snyder]

Cool looking bow.  Nice crossbow too. 
Hey Pat, how am I supposed to know if the full draw is right on?  I'm not sure what it is supposed to look like.    Justin

[jcougar]

Here are a couple of "full draw" pics.  Both are at about 30"-4" short of the real full draw.

http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p150/jcougar/?action=view&current=Yumi010.jpg
http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p150/jcougar/?action=view&current=Yumi009.jpg

[1/2primitive]

Very cool, I've always been interested in those kinds of bows.
     Sean

[mullet]

I like it,very cool.I was going to buy one but they are outrageously expensive.

[Pat B]

Excellent!    It is a self bow isn't it?  I think I'll wait till next month to submit my newest!    The tiller is perfect.     Pat

[jcougar]

Yeah, its just one chunk of hickory.

[Pappy]

Very nice ,how dose it shoot.Like the black looks cool.
   Pappy

[DanaM]

Looks exellent to me, now you need some traditional Kyudo clothing so you look the part.

[Marc St Louis]

Very nice. How does it shoot?

[jcougar]

Thanks for all the positive feedback.  It took a little getting used to.  The arrow speed seems pretty good.  The strange thing is that it shoots better if the arrow is nocked perpendicular to the bow handle, not the string.

[mamba]

I'd like to shoot one of those some day.I wonder how or why they came up with that design.
 Very nice job Coug,have you shot it for distance?