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Offline kamil2910

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My bow from Poland
« on: June 22, 2013, 03:14:37 pm »
TRADITIONAL English Longbow, from yew . Made from one piece of wood.
D section - self yew bow with self horn nocks.
Bow conserved with schelack

Bow Length: 69" (beatween string grovs)
Draw weight: 55 lbs at 28" (max 28")
1 inch string follow
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2013, 03:18:36 pm »
That is a very beautiful bow.  The clusters of knots on the one limb must have made tillering a bit more difficult, to say the least.  Nice work, brother!
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Offline kamil2910

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2013, 03:19:53 pm »
angular self yew bow
lenght- 160 cm
draw- 15 kg-28"
in grip maple plate,
maple nock
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2013, 03:29:31 pm »
I love that angular bow... Very good.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2013, 04:32:01 pm »
Those are both finely crafted bows, very nice. :)
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2013, 05:02:21 pm »
Really good work on them both !!!
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Offline WillS

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2013, 05:21:25 pm »
Every bow you post makes me love the look of Polish yew more and more!  It's so elegant and "pretty" compared to English yew.  I love English yew of course but there's something about the sapwood blending into heartwood on your bows that intrigues me!

Absolutely love that angular bow too.  As soon as my obsession with longbows wanes that's my next project!  Congrats on two ace bows!
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Offline barecgesh

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2013, 06:41:23 pm »
that angular is  a thing of beauty the shape just blows my mind
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2013, 07:54:48 pm »
Quote from: barecgesh on June 22, 2013, 06:41:23 pm
that angular is  a thing of beauty the shape just blows my mind

I second that, very cool!
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Offline burn em up chuck

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2013, 08:00:47 pm »
   very very attractive, like both bows

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Offline mullet

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2013, 11:11:29 pm »
Two very nice bows from some challenging looking wood. Well done.
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Offline coaster500

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2013, 11:37:23 pm »
Excellent!!!!!!
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2013, 12:47:59 am »
Both very nice.
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Offline Youngboyer2(billyf)

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2013, 12:55:43 am »
I'm suprised that the first bow has any string follow, it has a good design and an excellent tiller
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Offline kamil2910

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Re: My bow from Poland
« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2013, 06:39:46 am »
yew longbow from very interesting yew

Bow Length: 70" (beatween string grovs)

Draw weight: 42 lbs at 28" (max 28")

1 inch string follow

bow weight: 501 gram

buffalo horn nock

oily finsh
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