This one was made custom by Jay St. Charles and was actually a replacement that had a defect (it cracked). From a time period, it took me over 9 months to get the replacement (3x expected and some inconsistant correspondence), but in the end the product was excellent.

It is a true yew selfbow with horn nocks. Handmade linen bowstring. No gloss finish or bowyer script writing on it. Except for a very small stamped bowyer mark on the side. Strung, it is 79 inches long. Draw weight has been measured to be 52-55 lbs. A little heavy for a light target bow but wonderful to reach long targets on the field without undue fatigue. The only change I made was to have the grip area made wider ever so slightly for my big hands. Viewed from the front, it's almost unnoticeable.

Yes, you are seeing a light/dark split color in the bow wood. This is because half the bow is of the sap wood which is softer/more flexible so it bends correctly. It is not laminated or spliced from two pieces.

It is very smooth to shoot with almost no stacking (resistance) during the draw. Matching arrow shafts from pine are in slow progress with bodkin points and natural goose feathers for fletchings.

FvH
Wolfe Argent

I forget the exact passage but it is from a C.14th bible and is something along the lines of

"and he shall take up his bow and they shall be cut down like the corn in the fields"

I have mine on order

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Corn is an american (north & south) continental vegetable. While evidence was shown that it was grown earlier (early 13th century Canada if memory recalls), it wouldn't have been discovered for european import until the very end of 15th century ??? How did it end up being mentioned in a 14th century bible ???

Anyhow, glad you liked the pictures of my yew bow. It has no markings (save the makers mark) to be consistant with european warbow descriptions and matching (in style) bows from the Mary Rose warship finds.

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Originally posted by Friedrich:
Corn is an american (north & south) continental vegetable. While evidence was shown that it was grown earlier (early 13th century Canada if memory recalls), it wouldn't have been discovered for european import until very end of 15th century ??? How did it end up being mentioned in a 14th century bible ???

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Corn was (and still, in some contexts) a generic term for a cereal crop (i.e., wheat, rye, barley, oats, etc.), a grain, or grain-producing plant.

I'm still waiting on Jay to deliver mine... it's now two months overdue. :/ Ah, the world of custom made items.

He promises it will be done early Feb.

BTW, where did you get the linen bowstring? Did Jay do it for you?

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Corn is an american (north & south) continental vegetable.

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insert the welsh accent of my ancient hist proff...

silly american, what you have the misfortune of confusing for corn is, in actuality correctly refered to as, maize.

for us yanks, what we call wheat is refered to as corn by the brits. what we call corn, is maize over there. why they can't just keep up with the evolving languge is beyond me

daniel

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