A guy turned up with a nice English Yew stave he'd cut himself a few years ago asking if I could make him a 100# bow.
I could have put side nocks on, but he preferred them more conventional (but not over elaborate).
He was rather indignant when I said the stave was a tad short
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Anyhow I roughed it out using one of the shorter Mary Rose as a rough guide for dimensions. In the end I made it fractionally wider and a whisker thinner for safety as there was a troublesome knot that only just disappeared in time.
The sap wood was a pretty good thickness although it was a bit thick at one and and at the other it was much thicker one edge than the other. Because of that I reduced the sapwood thickness over the last 5 or 6", feathering it in gently. Over the rest of the back the sapwood is untouched (I let the bark pop off on its own).
It's only 73 1/2" ntn 100# at 32" with a nice full bend (only shown at 30" in the pic).
No arrow plate or grip, just a simple mark to show the arrow pass.
Anyway be gentle with me as I've just been told I don't make warbows
Still it's not full of knots on the belly, each with a pinch because they haven't been treated with respect and a ton set.
It also doesn't stack like pig
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Del
