My other Swap Bow

[coaster500]

This is my last bow I think...  Anyway this was my PA tradbow...  I used Yew for both my trades this year. It's just easier to work with shot shoulders...

Ryan Yoon was my victum...  It's a Yew with rings so tight a diamond cutter couldn't chase one. It started with almost 1/2 inch of sap wood so I de-crowned it. It had some twist and a some deflex on one end. I used dry heat and bear fat to move it where I needed it. The bear fat also brought out the rich color of the heart wood. She is 65 55@28 with stripped Ebony tips and a Seal skin strike plate with no rest (easy to add if he so chooses). The string has Alpaca wool silencers that are probably unnecessary but I felt like it. I made up some bamboo arrows to send with the bow, two with field points and two with steel broadheads...

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[red hill]

Nice bow, Coaster! I love the tips!

[coaster500]

Thanks Red the Stripped Ebony was a care package that Ralph Morris sent me    

Here is Ryan at full draw....


   


   

and the arrows...  I killed a bear with one of the broadheads and rubbed bear fat into the bow    

   

[rmorris]

Kip ya do good work!

[talkingcabbage]

Love it! Always wanted to shoot a yew bow.

[mwosborn]

Very nice Kip - I am sure Ryan was happy to get that one!  Hope the shoulders improve for ya!

[Dan Landis]

Very well done Kip, makes me want to get back to my yew project.

[D]

What a lucky guy that Ryan is.  Thats a great looking bow.  The tips look great.  Well done Kip as usual.