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Offline Del the cat

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Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« on: June 25, 2012, 11:05:41 am »
I made this bow for a 12 year old girl at the club, her Mum asked if I would.
Well, I'd have graciously declined as I don't much like making kids bows, but I happend to have a skinny offcut from a previous bow.
I went to town on making it look pretty.
66" tip to tip, about 65 1/4 ntn.
Draw weight/length was problematic as I din't really know what was required. I guessed at 30# at 26" as a reasonable target, her Mum suggested 25# at 24" which turns out to be pretty much the same thing ;D.
I've taken it briefly back to 28" to prove it has some growing into room. Mother of Pearl arrow plate, and Rolls Royce's finest red upholstery leather for the grip (I cut it from the back seat of Her Majesty the Queen's Rolls Royce and blamed it on her Corgis ::))
The small, slim nocks are Waterbuffalo horn which has a nice streak of gayish white at the centre gicing it a distinguished look.
She'll get to try it next Sunday at our end of month shoot.
It's pretty quick, hopefully faster that the tired old club bows she's been using.
The stave had some natural deflex which I left as a way of keeping the draw weight down and allowing a decent draw length to grow into on a shortish (for an ELB) bow.
Hope you approve.
Del



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Offline Pappy

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2012, 11:16:24 am »
That beautiful,bet she loved that.Nice job. :)
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2012, 11:47:18 am »
The work of a master. Beautiful.
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Offline dwardo

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2012, 12:23:22 pm »
Lovely stuff Del.  8)
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Offline danny f

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2012, 12:32:49 pm »
nice bow.
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2012, 12:39:08 pm »
Sweet looking bow Del. That will make the other club kids jealous. get ready for a mess of orders from their parents.
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2012, 01:41:23 pm »
Beautiful!!!!!! I love the mother of pearl. I saw a whole bag of it at the dollar store about a month ago and should have bought it then. Now I can't find it . I'll have to search harder ,now that I see just how much it dresses things up. I'm sure the young lady will be ecstatic.
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Offline PaulN/KS

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2012, 02:13:02 pm »
WOW  Del !!!
Nice job Sir.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2012, 03:10:01 pm »
Quote from: lostarrow on June 25, 2012, 01:41:23 pm
Beautiful!!!!!! I love the mother of pearl. I saw a whole bag of it at the dollar store about a month ago and should have bought it then. Now I can't find it . I'll have to search harder ,now that I see just how much it dresses things up. I'm sure the young lady will be ecstatic.
Dunno if you've used it before. It will cut and file ok with sharp tools and a light touch. Polishes up with wet & dry paper and a buffing wheel. Just don't clamp it too hard in a vice (I use a scrap of old rubber inner tube around it to grip it gently). It's harder to find nice thick bits. That bit came from a pendant in an antique shop, it was only about £3 and its made a few arrow plates. The postage would have cost more than that if I'd bought it online!
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2012, 03:20:45 pm »
Beautiful work there Del. :)

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Offline half eye

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2012, 05:15:56 pm »
that's as good as it gets for a proper English long bow, sir. Hit or miss, she will look damned good doin it.
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Offline seabass

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2012, 06:02:15 pm »
very nice Del.that is one sweet bow.
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Offline Jodocus

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2012, 06:08:56 pm »
I wish I was a 12 year old girl... sigh... wait, maybe not. But this is very pretty indeed.  :-*
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2012, 06:45:20 pm »
Beautiful!
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Yew ELB Kid's Bow
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2012, 07:09:41 pm »
Thanks guys :)
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