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Offline Aksel

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Character yew bow
« on: January 18, 2023, 05:32:44 am »
Hi all, here´s a bow a made recently. It´s Taxus Baccata, not very dense and with a few bumps and dips I tried to follow as good as I could.

The bow is 65" and pulls 48@27"

3,5cm / 1,3" at widest.

It weighs 18,2 OZ

primitive tie-on nock on one end, pin nock on the other.

What´s different on this bow is the back, which I scraped from a flatter to a more round cross section to give it the cross section of a smaller diameter sapling. Rounded back with a flat belly.

It took some set and after a couple hundred shots follows the string by 0,4 inches after an hour or two after taking the string off.

It is probably my fastest bow and most accurate bow so far even though the character should work against it, not sure if it´s due to the recurves or the wood. It shoots surprisingly accurate and straight with a low brace at 5 inches.

Tung oil and shellac finish.

This is my first attempt to recurve a bow in ages so any constructive critique is welcome!

See below for images





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Offline Pappy

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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2023, 08:04:31 am »
Looks good from here. :) nice character.  :)
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Offline bentstick54

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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2023, 09:05:00 am »
Lots of wiggles. Very nice. Bet that was fun to tiller.
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Offline Aksel

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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2023, 10:16:11 am »
Thanks Pappy and bentstick  :)

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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2023, 03:11:01 pm »
That is a wiggly one. Good job on that stave, Aksel.
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Offline TimmyDeNorCal

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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2023, 04:41:49 pm »
Nice stick there! Tough tiller...but you turned out what looks every bit of a shooter!
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Offline PaSteve

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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2023, 05:01:07 pm »
That's a bow to be proud of. You did a good job with all the character. Well done!
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2023, 05:04:19 pm »
congrats beautiful :)
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Offline M2A

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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2023, 06:16:08 am »
Really like that bow. Looks like one tough stick to tiller.
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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2023, 10:12:07 am »
nice bow... great character
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2023, 12:06:50 pm »
Well done sir. I like your recurve shape. It’s not terribly aggressive, but I think it’s still pretty effective.

Nice bow

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Offline Aksel

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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2023, 02:18:35 pm »
Thank you all!  :D

Except that I don´t how much practical experience in how recurves properly should be dealt with and look was I expecting this kind of character bow to be more difficult to tiller, but since the more attention one has to pay to details, like a smooth thickness taper before even straining the limbs, usually the easier the tillering job. Instead of using a tiller tree am I these days only using hand pulled bow scales and the reflection in a window. I feel i am getting a more accurate tiller and putting less strain on the bow this way.

Although I am very pleased with how it shoots was I quite disappointed with most of the recurves pulling out. Think I had too high MC in the stave to begin with... Have to try it again.
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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2023, 02:55:02 pm »
Well done that’s a beauty.  Not an easy piece of wood either. 
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Offline joachimM

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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2023, 07:22:48 pm »
what's not to like about this bow? Extra points for simplicity and purity!
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Offline Thorsten

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Re: Character yew bow
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2023, 05:32:59 am »
Congrats, beautiful kind of a bow. I'm impressed, how the wood is bending, allthough itˋs more like stuctured by the sea - which creates waves!  :-)
Looking forward to do one of those my self - fear is the main feeling…
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