I have raised upward of $3K for St Jude on this site by donating various things to the St Jude Auction, this is the latest, delete my thread if this is inappropriate.
I am cleaning out my stable, giving a lot of stuff away but this yew stave is too special and should go to a good cause.
I traded for this yew stave over 5 years ago, it was green at the time but has been stored in my shop for 5 years+ and is completely seasoned now. Due to old age (77) and complications from 40 years of doing careless stuff resulting in injuries, various surgeries and the accumulated arthritis, I have come to realize that I can no longer make bows.
I am offering this fine pacific yew stave for trade, not for merch but for a $150 donation to St Jude Children's Hospital, you can make the donation on your phone after you look at the stave. The catch is I won't ship it; I can meet you within a 40-mile radius of Florence in NW Alabama or you can pick it up in Florence. I will also be at the Alabama Kentucky Long Rifle Show (Jan 2025, 9th-11th) at Wheeler Lodge at Rogersville AL if you plan to attend.
My stave is 72.5" long.
My stave is 2 3/4" wide on the small end, 3" deep and has 37 rings to the inch (exceptional for yew) just below the sapwood. The lines on the end are not drying checks, just saw cuts. I filed off the end to show the ring count but didn't smooth out all of the bandsaw blade cuts.
It has 3 pin clusters like this on the back but no indentions
The stave has a very slight bend to the side on one end, fitting an English longbow down the crown of the back would require no straightening.
I will even throw in some nice buffalo horn for nocks if you want them.
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