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Offline Del the cat

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Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« on: June 22, 2011, 03:22:08 pm »
67.5"ntn 40# @ 28"
Not sure the pics do it justice, but here ya go. The last pic will hopefully reveal where it gets the name :)
It's not 100% finished yet, I may add an arrow plate, but I think I like the grip bare wood. Hard to take good pics, the white back tens to bleach out, and I was too impatient to spend ages setting up arty shots.





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Offline Dean Marlow

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2011, 03:34:50 pm »
Wow Del that is beautiful. You did a great job on a challenging piece of wood. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2011, 03:36:06 pm »
One two more shots...  ::)


Who needs to laminate or build up a grip with wood like this?
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Offline beetlebailey1977

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2011, 03:37:31 pm »
Looks great.  I love the grain pattern....good job!
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Offline Del the cat

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A couple more pics.
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2011, 03:54:37 pm »


Funky knots.
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Offline sharpend60

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2011, 03:56:44 pm »
Nice.
That's a great looking bow.

Character bows are where it's at.

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Offline dbb

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2011, 04:04:11 pm »
Cool bow and beautiful wood!
With that name and look...is it for bowfishing only?  :P

/Mikael
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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2011, 04:08:43 pm »
Oh man....you just made choosing for june BOM VERY tough to choose. You did that stave justice and made it even better than it should've been. That big horizontal knot is ridiculous that it holds to the strain. Most woods with that type of knot wood explode.
dude...that bow is gorgeous and I love the centershot front profile drawing the bow. I am soooooo full of yew envy. Im dying to get my hands on some and this is not helping my sickness.   :o  :o  :o
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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2011, 04:09:54 pm »
WOW that is amazingly beautiful! Tiller looks great as always and the wood is beautiful! Well done!

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Offline ohma2

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2011, 04:20:24 pm »
beautifull bow and wood there Del.
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Offline Bow Nut

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2011, 04:24:43 pm »
Absolutly awsome bow Love the notts and the belly rings very well done.
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Offline Matt S.

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2011, 04:27:23 pm »
That's a real beautiful "ugly" bow. Excellent job!
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2011, 04:49:28 pm »
Exactly the type and quality of bow we've come to expect from you Del...Killer work.  (The colors of that Yew's belly is sooo beautiful.)
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2011, 04:59:39 pm »
Cheers guys, that bit of wood was so nearly overlooked. I had a tree surgeon bring over some Yew logs, most were no good, I sorted out 6 and then saw that runty twisted bit with a huge scar up one side where all the sapwood had been worn away where it had been rubbing against another branch.
"Oh I might as well have that too, there might just be a character bow in it" I said :)
Guess I was right.
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Re: Yew Character Bow 'Gharial'
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2011, 06:30:29 pm »
Great character!!!  :)
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