Primitive yew ELB

[penderbender]

Hey guys, this is a yew bow I made about 5 years ago. Never finished it, cause of a big knot in the handle area made it really bulky and stiff. Pulled it out last week, rasped most of the knot away, retillerd a little. Scraped it and gave her a few of rubs of Danish oil.
52# @ 28" tillered to 29"
68" ntn

[DC]

Looks good, is that a yew branch? It looks like the knots face every direction

[ajooter]

Pretty bow....the bottom 2/3 of that top limb are a little stiff.  Bottom limb looks good.

[Will B]

Cool looking stick.  Nice job!

[loon]

Nice
It looks like the top limb hinges near the tip

[penderbender]

DC it's from a 2 1/4 " sapling. The knots do go everywhere. You can just see the pith for about an inch in the handle.The hinge is just a kink where some deflex  was naturally. You can see it in the unbraced photo. Ajooter thanks, I thought that too after seeing pics but it shoots fine.☺

[George Tsoukalas]

Looks good. Nice save. Jawge

[penderbender]

Thanks Jawge!

[ajooter]

If she shoots good then your in business!!

[penderbender]

Thanks Ajooter, my thoughts exactly.

[wizardgoat]

Nice yew stick PB

[penderbender]

Thanks goat!

[Knotty]

Nice job on that!
Really like the character that the knots give to most Yew Staves.

[penderbender]

Thanks knotty! I've never had the chance to work a nice clean stave from a big diameter yew. All of my yew is 3-5 inch stuff, most full of knots. You get lots of character out of them.

[Carson (CMB)]

I sure like the looks of these small diameter knotty yew. It is primitive! And it speaks to the nature of yew and how it just wants to be a bow.