The bow is 58" from nock to nock.  It's 43 lbs at 25".  The tip overlays are sheep horn.  The skins are broad banded water snakes.  I used tru oil for the finish.  The stave was pretty much flat with a hint of deflex.  I left it alone and just flipped the tips.  I made string grooves on the belly side of the recurved tips.  That is the first time I have done that.  I enjoyed working with yew.  It's much softer than the osage I'm used to.  If I looked at this bow the wrong way it would get a dent in it.    

I didn't notice I had put the string on upside down until I went to nock the arrow for the full draw picture.

A real Nice one Clint

Very nice bow. Yew is like jello compared to Osage. It's always amazing how much energy can be stored in such a light weight wood.

That's a nice bow.

Yep, yew works like butter.

I guess it's Ok.    

And your elbow is too high..  

Nice one.  

Sweet!

Cool bow, Clint. I think I like those water snakes better than any other. Well done.

Very nice!

How's it shoot, Clint? I see you cut a small shelf into it. I didn't cut a shelf in my               yew bow and its wider at the rest than any of my other bows, but it shoots as well or better than a lot of my other bows.

QuoteOriginally posted by Pat B:
Cool bow, Clint. I think I like those water snakes better than any other. Well done.

They are quickly becoming my favorite skins Pat.  It's hard to get a good match because of the blotchy pattern.  They look the best on white woods.  The darker osage takes away from the pattern.

QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
How's it shoot, Clint? I see you cut a small shelf into it. I didn't cut a shelf in my               yew bow and its wider at the rest than any of my other bows, but it shoots as well or better than a lot of my other bows.

Roy, I've started cutting in a shelf like that on my last few bows and I really like it.  The bow shoots good.  I am working on a lighter weight set of arrows for it.  I was using heavier arrows than what it needed.

Well you can get away with a little heavier arrow with the cut in shelf. I am always a little hesitant cutting into the side of a wooden riser. And somehow it just bugs me even doing so for a few reasons. But it does have it's advantages.

Well done!

Nice work Clint. You did that stick of yew justice. Beautiful bend and very nice finish work.

Awesome - so good camo with those snakeskins, that if yuo leave that bow leaning some trees to fetch arrows when rowing you perhaps will have hard times to find her    :D

Nice, don't let it crawl away

WOW..

Very Impressive..

Nice bow, like that broad banded snake skin a lot.