New Yew bow build along

[Ian.]

I'm going to post this here as well as do a video showing the the full process of making a bow. I'll eventually post it to YouTube but it'll be good to have the pictures on the go too.

I'll pretty much be explaining everything I can about making heavy bows and I'm starting with one of the best staves you can find.

[cadet]

What a stunning piece of wood; we can only dream about the stuff here.

[Ruddy Darter]

Wow, that is an amazing looking stave Ian  , looking forward to following this thread, thanks  what kind of weight are you thinking of, or just going with the flow?

Ruddy

[Ian.]

This one is planned to be around 150lb @ 30" for myself. I'm aiming for the fastest bow I can make and will be copying as close as possible a true MR bow.

[DC]

That's a nice piece of wood. English or Pacific?

[Ian.]

Pacific Yew, I do have a few English Yew staves close to this in quality but next bow will be one I part made years ago and that's not clean at all.

[Ruddy Darter]

This one is planned to be around 150lb @ 30" for myself. I'm aiming for the fastest bow I can make and will be copying as close as possible a true MR bow.

That's a fair ol' weight Ian, should get the knees knockin' and the teeth rattlin'  ,

Ruddy.

[brian]

 150 lbs ,Have you started your muscle building exercises yet ?

[Marc St Louis]

Lovely piece of wood Ian

[dantolin]

That stave seems really top quality!!!

[Knotty]

Is the Buildalong going to happen?

[Ian.]

It will happen, all be it along with five other bows so progress is slow.

Update; knocks have been put on and the bow has been worked down to about 1250 grams which is about right for the weight I am going for.

Although the stave is really good it works horribly, splits and tears about as bad as any wood I've used before. This is more of a good sign for the final bow though. Next stage will be finishing the knocks and stringing it for the first time. As it's already the right physical weight I don't expect to spend much time working the limbs down.

[Knotty]

Well.. That was a fast buildalong 😢

[Ian.]

Don't worry I've been videoing the process

[Knotty]

Ah great! Looking forward to watching the video 😉