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osage outlaw
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My first attempt with Yew (picture heavy)
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January 09, 2017, 08:27:09 pm »
In the summer of 2015 Wizard Goat and myself did some trading at the Tennessee Classic. I ended up with a very nice yew stave from him. Having never worked yew before I was a little cautious with it. I took it to rough bow dimensions and brought it in the house to finish drying out. It stayed there until the summer of 2016. Pearl Drums offered to help me with it at the Marshall shoot. As I was packing up my truck the day before I was leaving for Marshall I decided to put the yew bow in my hotbox. I wanted to make sure it was dry. The next day Danznbar and myself were halfway to Michigan when I realized I had forgot my yew bow. It had been in my hotbox since the previous day. I figured it needed to rehydrate a while before I worked on it so I put it back in the house. A few weeks ago I finally started to finish it up.
The bow is 58" from nock to nock. It's 43 lbs at 25". The tip overlays are sheep horn from LoefflerChuck. The skins are broad banded water snakes. I used tru oil for the finish. The stave was pretty much flat with a hint of deflex. I left it alone and just flipped the tips. I made string grooves on the belly side of the recurved tips. That is the first time I have done that. I enjoyed working with yew. It's much softer than the osage I'm used to. If I looked at this bow the wrong way it would get a dent in it.
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Re: My first attempt with Yew (picture heavy)
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January 09, 2017, 08:29:05 pm »
That's a beaut. Love the skins. Great tiller.
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DuBois
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Re: My first attempt with Yew (picture heavy)
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January 09, 2017, 08:40:44 pm »
Dude, that is awesome!
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penderbender
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Re: My first attempt with Yew (picture heavy)
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January 09, 2017, 08:42:29 pm »
Nice bow! I really like how that grain feathers out on the right side of the belly at the fades. Cheers- Brendan
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osage outlaw
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Re: My first attempt with Yew (picture heavy)
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January 09, 2017, 08:45:19 pm »
Thanks guys.
Penderbender, this looked like it was a small diameter tree and the heart was off center. That is why the rings are like that on the fades. It also caused the sapwood to be thicker on one side than the other.
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Marc St Louis
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January 09, 2017, 08:47:04 pm »
Very nice indeed
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Re: My first attempt with Yew (picture heavy)
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January 09, 2017, 08:52:09 pm »
Good job. That's a pretty bow
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hunterbob
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January 09, 2017, 09:07:28 pm »
Graceful lines. Great job on a sweet looking and bending yew bow.
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paulsemp
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January 09, 2017, 09:10:05 pm »
Nice job on that stick!
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bubby
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January 09, 2017, 09:10:47 pm »
That came out gorgeous Clint, the tips skins, fine shaped handle and grip. All the colors mesh great too, not to mention the perfect bend!! Me likey😉
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January 09, 2017, 09:11:16 pm »
Nice looking yew bow Osage, watch out you don't get sunburnt on those bare legs there.
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January 09, 2017, 09:18:17 pm »
Like the skins on the yew. Very nice work!
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Buckeye Guy
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January 09, 2017, 09:21:39 pm »
Wow Clint
thats a good looking bow my friend
bet she shoots nice too
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osage outlaw
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January 09, 2017, 09:27:38 pm »
Thanks for the comments guys.
Buckeye Guy, it's a nice shooter. The lighter weight will make it a good bow for the 3D range.
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Re: My first attempt with Yew (picture heavy)
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January 09, 2017, 09:34:24 pm »
Very nice Clint. Your skins, overlays and leather grip all look awesome on that bow. Can't wait to see that one in person.
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