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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Squirrelslayer on April 20, 2013, 12:18:12 pm

Title: got some yew.
Post by: Squirrelslayer on April 20, 2013, 12:18:12 pm

i was wondering for the past few days if i should post this but i guess i will. last week i found some yew while on my hike. it's very clean and only has a few pin knots, there is no twist and is quite straigt. it is 60" long. heres a pic. SS

(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o799/Jez_Walsh/Facebook/General/902994_541247949251789_1255903227_o.jpg:original) (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/Jez_Walsh/media/Facebook/General/902994_541247949251789_1255903227_o.jpg.html)

Title: Re: got some yew.
Post by: Weylin on April 20, 2013, 12:32:00 pm

Got a picture of the end grain? That bark doesn't look like yew that I'm used to but I'm sure it can vary from place to place.

Title: Re: got some yew.
Post by: adb on April 20, 2013, 01:08:16 pm

I'd have to agree... that doesn't look like yew to me. Yew has a real reddish flakey type of bark.

Title: Re: got some yew.
Post by: Squirrelslayer on April 20, 2013, 01:17:51 pm

Dosent look like yew? i saw some yew cut down with the same bark as this. i live in the UK but maybe like you say it varies.

Title: Re: got some yew.
Post by: dmenzies1950 on April 20, 2013, 01:39:26 pm

Yeah, It doesn't look like the yew that we have here in the Pacific Northwest, But then I've never seen yew as it is found in the UK. Maybe some of your fellow UKers can assist in the identification.
Dale

Title: Re: got some yew.
Post by: PaleoNinja on April 20, 2013, 01:54:39 pm

Doesn't look like any yew i've ever seen.....

Title: Re: got some yew.
Post by: Del the cat on April 20, 2013, 02:14:46 pm

An end on shot would pretty much answer the question.
Yew bark can vary considerably...
I'm keepin' my powder dry til I see the end shot
Del

Title: Re: got some yew.
Post by: nathan elliot on April 20, 2013, 03:33:10 pm

I will go ahead and risk getting egg all over my powder. That ain't no yew. Tree identification is a great skill and will help your bow making and general wood working no end. I love the enthusiasm you bring to bow making, lets see if it can last the long winding road to making good bows. Remember this ain't no sprint more a marathon.

Title: Re: got some yew.
Post by: Squirrelslayer on April 20, 2013, 05:16:38 pm

Egg, Powder? SS

Title: Re: got some yew.
Post by: Markus on April 20, 2013, 07:00:07 pm

I have cut lots of European Yew and this does not look like it. It looks like a Sorbus species or Hazel nut. Markus.

Title: Re: got some yew.
Post by: WillS on April 20, 2013, 07:57:37 pm

Hope you don't mind me posting this pic, but it was on your other thread about this piece of wood.  Personally not convinced, as it certainly doesn't look like English yew.

(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o799/Jez_Walsh/Facebook/General/903973_541247879251796_174382191_o.jpg:original) (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/Jez_Walsh/media/Facebook/General/903973_541247879251796_174382191_o.jpg.html)

You really need to post a pic of the end face, that'll clear everything up in no time.

Title: Re: got some yew.
Post by: randman on April 20, 2013, 07:59:06 pm

My first guess was Hazel also and the tape measure pic confirms it for me. Hazel will still make a great bow though......