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ceolith

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Blacksmith's *Abbeygale* 74" Yew Warbow 120#@33"
« on: January 22, 2015, 12:10:10 pm »
74" german yew warbow with 120#@33"
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Offline adb

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Re: Blacksmith's *Abbeygale* 74" Yew Warbow 120#@33"
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2015, 03:32:21 pm »
Nice bow! Nicely tillered. It looks like there's just a sniff of reflex in those tips. Did you flip the tips a bit?
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Re: Blacksmith's *Abbeygale* 74" Yew Warbow 120#@33"
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2015, 03:54:16 pm »
The bottom limb has a natural reflex. I've steamed only the upper tip.
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Re: Blacksmith's *Abbeygale* 74" Yew Warbow 120#@33"
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2015, 04:01:06 pm »
Good call. I would have evened out the tips too.
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Blacksmith's *Abbeygale* 74" Yew Warbow 120#@33"
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2015, 03:26:08 am »
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Re: Blacksmith's *Abbeygale* 74" Yew Warbow 120#@33"
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2015, 10:10:20 am »
Excellent work!
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Re: Blacksmith's *Abbeygale* 74" Yew Warbow 120#@33"
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2015, 03:05:21 pm »
thank you.  :)
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Blacksmith's *Abbeygale* 74" Yew Warbow 120#@33"
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2015, 04:15:11 am »
Lovely full draw curve. :)
Nice big bend from a relatively short bow  :o.
I particularly like that streaky knot just below the top nock, nice feature :)
I notice it has a fairly low ring count, hopefully this will be another small step in dispelling all the nonsense about needing high ring counts to make heavy bows.
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ceolith

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Re: Blacksmith's *Abbeygale* 74" Yew Warbow 120#@33"
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2015, 05:13:14 am »
About 35rings per inch, yes. What i can say after nearly 500 yew bows is, that you need a ringcount between 25 and 40 to reach a solid drawweight over 120lbs. Ringcounts over 40rpi are nice for the eyes, but no hint to have good yew.
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Offline WillS

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Re: Blacksmith's *Abbeygale* 74" Yew Warbow 120#@33"
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2015, 08:16:16 am »
Beautiful as always Michael!
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