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Offline adb

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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2014, 09:49:26 am »
Yew is amazing, isn't it? What other wood, besides maybe osage, would yield a viable bow out of a stick like that.  :o
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Offline Sidewinder

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« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2014, 11:15:47 am »
Nicely done. Danny
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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2014, 01:20:53 pm »
Quote from: adb on March 05, 2014, 09:49:26 am
Yew is amazing, isn't it? What other wood, besides maybe osage, would yield a viable bow out of a stick like that.  :o

Ocean Spray??   >:D >:D
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Offline AH

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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2014, 07:56:49 pm »
Quote from: Don C on March 05, 2014, 01:20:53 pm
Quote from: adb on March 05, 2014, 09:49:26 am
Yew is amazing, isn't it? What other wood, besides maybe osage, would yield a viable bow out of a stick like that.  :o

Ocean Spray??   >:D >:D
Balsa.  >:D
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Offline Will H

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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #19 on: March 05, 2014, 08:06:53 pm »
Very cool! That's a great lookin bow!
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Offline Zion

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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #20 on: March 05, 2014, 09:05:00 pm »
I'm amazed how well yew deals with rotten patches, even when they're on the back it doesn't seem to affect the bow much  :o
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Offline AH

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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #21 on: March 05, 2014, 11:23:48 pm »
Quote from: Zion on March 05, 2014, 09:05:00 pm
I'm amazed how well yew deals with rotten patches, even when they're on the back it doesn't seem to affect the bow much  :o
Yeah I'm really surprised with how this bow turned out. I got the stave off of ebay for $15! Figured there wasn't much to lose, working on what the seller had labeled as a "Practice Stave". ;D
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2014, 11:29:54 pm »
Email him pictures and he will promptly start charging $200 for waste scraps in his rubbish bin!  Tell him it chrysalled and broke as you unwrapped it after it arrived!  LOL.

Hey LFTO, you getting the feeling people approve of what you did with that practice stave?
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Offline dmenzies1950

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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #23 on: March 06, 2014, 12:18:57 am »
Nice job! It just goes to show you that a gnarly piece of yew will make a great bow! It's hard to beat  yew! Good job!                   Dale
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Offline AH

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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #24 on: March 06, 2014, 12:52:22 am »
Quote from: JW_Halverson on March 05, 2014, 11:29:54 pm
Email him pictures and he will promptly start charging $200 for waste scraps in his rubbish bin!  Tell him it chrysalled and broke as you unwrapped it after it arrived!  LOL.

Hey LFTO, you getting the feeling people approve of what you did with that practice stave?
Yup. You were right  ;)
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Offline criveraville

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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #25 on: March 06, 2014, 02:24:32 am »
Very nice! Where is the yew from? What's balsa?

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Offline AH

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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #26 on: March 06, 2014, 02:28:35 am »
Quote from: criveraville on March 06, 2014, 02:24:32 am
Very nice! Where is the yew from? What's balsa?

Cipriano
Thanks, Cipriano. It's pacific yew. Balsa is a real light wood that's usually used for arts, crafts and models and the like. it's also frustratingly soft and annoyingly weak. wouldn't be able to get a bow out of that stuff for my life  ;D
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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #27 on: March 06, 2014, 02:36:28 am »
Good looking stick!!!  I'm green with jealousy   ;)  one of these days I'll be that good.  :)
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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #28 on: March 06, 2014, 05:26:52 am »
Looks good,nice tiller.
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Offline dwardo

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Re: yew flatbow
« Reply #29 on: March 06, 2014, 06:50:13 am »
Great work, especially considering the evil bits of wood that stave has.
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