Pacific Yew Longbow

[sieddy]

Absolutely lovely mate. You channelled the spirit of Olde England on that one!

[vinemaplebows]

Very nice!

[Marc St Louis]

It is indeed a very nice bow.  The only thing I would suggest is you cut your nocks at a steeper angle to follow the angle of the string.  You can see in both pics of the nocks where the string has left some color on the wood where it jumps the groove as you draw.  It's a minor detail but it will look better and also easier on the string

[Dan K]

Nice one bro!  Love the tiller on that money shot!  Can't wait to see it.

[Blacktail]

yes,i will be there...cant wait to see what you have done with the billets....

[loefflerchuck]

I love these bows. I know firsthand cuz I was lucky enough to get one of your yew bows in a trade. One of the best bows I have shot. Still shooting strong by the way.

[BL]

That grip...  I'll second the props to your leather work. 

[simson]

Beautiful in all aspects! great tiller!

Can you tell me why you decided to use the stick upside down?

[Weylin]

Thank you, everyone!

Dave and Dan, you'll see it at stick and sage, for sure.

Thanks for the advice, Marc. Do you make the angle match the string at brace or at full draw? Lately on my bows like this with tip over lays I've been having the top of the overlay doing the work to hold the string in place and only having the barest hint of grooves on the side so as to avoid the problem that you mentioned.

Simon, that's a good question and one that I didn't put a ton of though into. I think the main reason was that I wanted the big knot on the bottom limb for some reason on this bow. Is there a reason that I should reconsider that on future bows?

[Marc St Louis]

Thank you, everyone!

Dave and Dan, you'll see it at stick and sage, for sure.

Thanks for the advice, Marc. Do you make the angle match the string at brace or at full draw? Lately on my bows like this with tip over lays I've been having the top of the overlay doing the work to hold the string in place and only having the barest hint of grooves on the side so as to avoid the problem that you mentioned.

Simon, that's a good question and one that I didn't put a ton of though into. I think the main reason was that I wanted the big knot on the bottom limb for some reason on this bow. Is there a reason that I should reconsider that on future bows?

Match at brace but you do need to allow for the string at full draw as well

[simson]

Thank you, everyone!

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Simon, that's a good question and one that I didn't put a ton of though into. I think the main reason was that I wanted the big knot on the bottom limb for some reason on this bow. Is there a reason that I should reconsider that on future bows?

Here's what I do:
Whenever possible I use the stave inthe direction it has grown. If there are some imperfections in one limb, for example a great knot, this will be the upper limb. The upper limb is longer (on asym. bows) and the stress coan contribute on a longer way.
In your case I would have used the stick exactly in the other direction.
But that's just me.

And again you have made an exceptional fine bow!

[Gordon]

That's as nice a yew longbow as I have seen. Wonderful work Weylin.

[Markus]

Very nice, I like bows with nipples  Outstanding leather work.

[bushboy]

Another beauty, your work is top shelf!

[Weylin]

Thanks, Gordon!

Thank you, Markus. This knot reminded me of something else though. I have another bow that has a straight up nipple on it. I had a friend tell me I should paint this one to look like a dogs behind...  I learned my leather work from the best, but I still have plenty of room to improve. It's hard to get away from the Strunk style though.

Thanks for the compliment, Bushboy.