I named this one silkie. 30 pounds at 27 inches. Nice and light for the shoulder rehab. 61 inches nock to nock.
This was the inside of a piggy back stave, from a great big blown down i found awhile back. This is also the same wood as adb's yew self bow a week or so ago ( a beauty i might add)
When the stave was split it pulled a splinter deep on what would be the back of the bow and another splinter pulling in towards the handle. The stave was set aside in the burn pile for quite some time before I pulled it out, and said what the heck. I'm at that stage in my bowyers learning cycle where I almost try to make the mistakes so as to learn the lessons. This is my first all heartwood yew bow and my first silk backing. Also first bow with a built in arrow rest.
I didn't use a tape measure laying this one out, and now that it's done it's interested to look at it and analyze. The arrow rest is half in above centre, but the interested part is that the handle, yes, a bit too big, extends down into the lower limb. So the bending area of the lower limb is a couple inches shorter than the upper. During the tillering the bottom limb was stiff, bottom limb stiff, bottom limb stiff, wow, bottom over bending. I took a bit off the top and called it done.
Pardon some of the pics were taken before the tru-oil was applied to the sides and belly, also.
I was most impressed, this bow has taken the least set of any to date, I'm not sure if it's the silk or the tillering, but it feels good.
Jamie
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