Hi all,
Its been an age since I made a yew longbow. I have been concentrating on short high stress designs for the last few years so it was time to make something more traditional. Well i say traditional but it has overlays rather than ye olde horn nocks to keep the weight down and a flatter profile rather than a D. The bow is 73 inches nock to nock and about 60 lbs at 29" It has a few more inches draw in it but its all my shoulders will take at the minute not to mention trying to get used to a different knocking point.
The arrows are tipped with EverythingMac bodkins. I have only put my test arrow through it so far and they were too light. Once i get some decent weather and a volunteer I will take some draw shots.
No idea what i am going to do with this one, might move it on at some point once its shot in as i prefer my bows flat and small![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Was going to call this one "lights out" as its cost me three striplight bulbs so far!
Will post more when i can, thanks fer looking.
Its been an age since I made a yew longbow. I have been concentrating on short high stress designs for the last few years so it was time to make something more traditional. Well i say traditional but it has overlays rather than ye olde horn nocks to keep the weight down and a flatter profile rather than a D. The bow is 73 inches nock to nock and about 60 lbs at 29" It has a few more inches draw in it but its all my shoulders will take at the minute not to mention trying to get used to a different knocking point.
The arrows are tipped with EverythingMac bodkins. I have only put my test arrow through it so far and they were too light. Once i get some decent weather and a volunteer I will take some draw shots.
No idea what i am going to do with this one, might move it on at some point once its shot in as i prefer my bows flat and small
Was going to call this one "lights out" as its cost me three striplight bulbs so far!
![P1010020-1_zps98be6f9c.jpg](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/P1010020-1_zps98be6f9c.jpg)
![P1010026-2_zps038b29c5.jpg](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/P1010026-2_zps038b29c5.jpg)
![P1010022_zpsdfa26469.jpg](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/P1010022_zpsdfa26469.jpg)
![P1010038_zps892fdf13.jpg](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/P1010038_zps892fdf13.jpg)
![P1010034-1_zps0c53e786.jpg](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/P1010034-1_zps0c53e786.jpg)
![P1010029-1_zpsfb92c055.jpg](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/P1010029-1_zpsfb92c055.jpg)
![P1010028-1_zps810b4751.jpg](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/P1010028-1_zps810b4751.jpg)
![P1010039_zps91a0fb40.jpg](http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/P1010039_zps91a0fb40.jpg)
Will post more when i can, thanks fer looking.
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