Yew-Yew-Hickory 63#-28"

[simk]

I made this one for some fellow that shoots longbow competition with his Howard Hill glassbow. Hopefully now can convert him to a woodie and save his soul 

[simk]

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[simk]

thanx for watching

[willie]

I made this one for some fellow that shoots longbow competition with his Howard Hill glassbow. Hopefully now can convert him to a woodie and save his soul 

very nicely done HH style.
It would be interesting to hear more about how hickory backed yew works out. The hickory looks very thin. I should think it will work fine.
Did it take any set?

[Del the cat]

Gorgeous bow, love the colour of the Yew against the Hickory.
Del

[simk]

Thanks Del
Minimizing set was priority here because of the higher drawweight and in fact it did not take a lot. I glued in about 7cm of reflex and preserved around 4. That is very good imho. My approach was
1 make it long enough 68.5ntn
2 use the better yew
3 heattreat the yew before glueup
4 use hickory instead of boo
5 make a flat belly
6 tiller careful
I normally dont like a hickory backing for a 40# bow....it clearly makes the slower bow than boo. But it does stress the belly less. Its the give and take gamble 😁
Cheers

[Pappy]

Nice bow, that should bring him around.
 Pappy

[willie]

I normally dont like a hickory backing for a 40# bow....it clearly makes the slower bow than boo. But it does stress the belly less. Its the give and take gamble 😁

presuming both boo and hickory have the same effect although in differing amounts....
it would seem with any backing that has a different stiffness than the belly, that "how much" is just as important as "what"

[JW_Halverson]

I normally dont like a hickory backing for a 40# bow....it clearly makes the slower bow than boo. But it does stress the belly less. Its the give and take gamble 😁

presuming both boo and hickory have the same effect although in differing amounts....
it would seem with any backing that has a different stiffness than the belly, that "how much" is just as important as "what"

This right here is the line that is drawn between the boys and the men! Anyone can make a bow. Some of them will figure out how to consistently make bows that don't break. A rarer bunch will figure out how to make bows that shoot well, and can consistently turn out a quality product.

And it comes down to learning the trade-offs. Give up a little here, get a little there. Learning that give-and-take isn't an easy process because you have to make plenty of mistakes along the way. Those that come in with the mindset believing there is a "best" are badly handicapped. They cannot let go of this desire for "best" and it's false promise of the "one true way". Baby, this bow making is a dance!

Simk, I love your posts and the bows. You have an eye for graceful lines and, unsurprisingly, graceful lines are what work best with bending wood. Cheers, brother!

[superdav95]

yes indeed another beaut!  well done and very well crafted as always. 

[medicinewheel]

Nice bow!

[wooddamon1]

Beautiful work!

[bjrogg]

Very nice bow. If that doesn’t show him the light, it might be hopeless.

Love the bend.

Bjrogg

[Selfbowman]

Looks great! Well done

[simk]

Thanks ALL the fellows 
I have always been ambitous in my bowmaking. And wanted to proove them woidies as equal even in the modern world. With the help of my archers. Thanks to them we have multiple national longbow championships with all natural bows by now. All wood and bamboo wood horn composite. Feels like great reward!
Edit: And the problem here is not to make a competitive bow - we all know its possible. the problem is to convince the modern archer to go with a wooden bow....
....they will at least need a arrowrest 

However, this bow goes to a retired horse smith, shooting 200 arrows a day. A real test for my work. I really wonder about stringfollow and long term behaviour here. Maybe I should better advise to to just shoot her on sundays 🤣
This bow just arrived in madrid, spain