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Offline OldBow

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Re: Heavy YEW short bow
« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2009, 12:18:23 pm »
Hey everybody - take a lesson from Manny on how to take great pictures.
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Re: Heavy YEW short bow
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2009, 01:42:31 pm »
Beautiful, as always. I see we know a little about photo composition, too. ;)
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Re: Heavy YEW short bow
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2009, 02:41:40 pm »
Thanks fellas,

Yes Timo I had my daughter yesterday  ;) that's why those where the only pictures I could take  ;D

Keenan, I remember that Yew bow of yours, for the 1st ABC ..I was hoping to make one 1/2 as good ever since you posted it years back :)

LOL african, ....41 is all I got  ;D

Frank, it's just that I work on several bows at the same time,..in reality I'm quite slow  ;)
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Offline Kegan

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Re: Heavy YEW short bow,......braced & full draw
« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2009, 08:10:29 pm »
Excellent bow Manny. Makes me ashamed for pushing crooked pieces aside for clean ones :-[ ;D.
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Re: Heavy YEW short bow,......braced & full draw
« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2009, 11:42:12 pm »
Manny thats a beauty, one to be proud of, I hope after 41 I can turn them out as nice as that.

    Robb
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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Re: Heavy YEW short bow,......braced & full draw
« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2009, 05:38:56 am »
Thanks guys, ....you wil Robb, you will  ;)
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Offline Timo

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Re: Heavy YEW short bow,......braced & full draw
« Reply #22 on: April 24, 2009, 08:30:37 am »
Manny, you never did tell me what was on that trailor in the background of the one pic? Looks like poles of some kind?(forgive my inquireing mind) ;)
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Re: Heavy YEW short bow
« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2009, 10:22:36 am »
Quote from: OldBow on April 23, 2009, 12:18:23 pm
Hey everybody - take a lesson from Manny on how to take great pictures.

Move to Hawaii ??? :D
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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Re: Heavy YEW short bow,......braced & full draw
« Reply #24 on: April 24, 2009, 12:24:26 pm »
Timo, those are the neightborougth trailers, ,...full of PVC pipeings  :)
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Offline Shaun

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Re: Heavy YEW short bow,......braced & full draw
« Reply #25 on: April 25, 2009, 12:12:30 am »
Manny, I can't believe you got a 58 inch piece of yew to bend that far. Looks like the entire length is working in the full draw pics. Your recent bow posts have me fired up for May 1-3 weekend at Brad's - Bradjam bow making weekend. I have 10 staves/bow blanks roughed out and am ready to bend some wood.
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Heavy YEW short bow,......braced & full draw
« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2009, 12:16:52 am »
Dang Manny, you're just kicking our butts here on the mainland. I love that tiller - the limbs almost look like they made of liquid. BTW, please, please don't send that bow to Keenan until after our gathering - I wouldn't have a chance at the flight-bow competition if he showed up with that beauty!  :o
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Offline Olschool

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Re: Heavy YEW short bow,......braced & full draw
« Reply #27 on: April 25, 2009, 08:59:05 am »
Wow that is nice! Got me looking at my ELB and thinking about making a shorty out of it  ;D
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Re: Heavy YEW short bow,......braced & full draw
« Reply #28 on: April 25, 2009, 06:16:52 pm »
thanks guys  :)

Shaun, you wright, if you compare the unbraced pictures and full draw you can see how just about the all limb apart from the last couple of inches, is moving.

Gordon, when I see the bows that you guys make, I have to step back and just try harder ;) ...and I'm learning so much with every new one I finish,.....yep YEW is sooo smooth, definatly # 1 wood in my book, ..can't even immagine how good of a bow could be made with top quality YEW, just an amazing wood !!!!


Yeah Olschool, YEW is allways linked to longbows, but the excepional tension/compression qualitys coupled with the phisical lightess of the wood make it a great selection for shorter bows  ;D
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Offline Keenan

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Re: Heavy YEW short bow,......braced & full draw
« Reply #29 on: April 25, 2009, 09:13:55 pm »
That tiller looks sweet Manny. I bet that thing smokes an arrow.

 Don't worry Gordon, I'd have to use my feet to shoot that heavy of bow right now ::) ::)  Maybe Manny will just show up and be on our side to give you Valley boys a good run. ;D
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