there was a bowyer in the pacific nothwest, washington i think, that crafted longbows from pacific yew. this was quite awhile ago, and i haven't heard anything regarding these bows or seen any ads; i also don't recall a name. i'm hoping someone can refresh my memory on this, and to whether or not these bows are still being made. thanks.

I believe you are speaking of Jay St Charles.

If I were to purchase a yew bow from a bowyer, it'd probaby be Jay St.Charles. You weren't thinking of Jim Fetrow, were you?

http://www.selfbow.com/

Don Adams  might be who you are thinking of. He isn't making bows anymore but he turned his operation over to David Tinsley. Check for the Don Adams Archery website to contact David since I think he is still making the all yew self-bows. I have one made by him right after he took over from Don Adams.

i think his wife or daughter made arrows as well, but i very well could be wrong.

That's Jay and his sister.  As far as I know Jay is still building Yew bows.  Check out his website.

Mike

thanks, guys. will do.

Don Adams

You have the right person, Glenn's daughter still makes the best arrows. or look under NWarchery. Her names is Suzanne St Charles. Best of luck, And yes Jay does a wonderful job as well.

Jay is one of the best guys I've dealt with. He even called me back two weeks after the delivery of my bow just to see how it was working out for me! Now that's customer service!      
 

Perhaps you were thinking of John Strunk?

There used to be ads in TB for yew bows by someone named Welch, I think they were called "Welchman" bows.  That was like 15 years ago.

Depending on how much you want to strech the "yew bow" category, other possible candidates are JD Berry, or Stotler.  Does that ring a bell.

2 nd generation St Charles Thunderbird by Jay St Charles



Osage and Yew

sal; that was it!! welchman bows! i have to assume at this point he (they) are no longer around??

jeez; i just gave away my age. and, how easily i get confused----------.

i just did a search; gerald welchman, ketchikan, alaska; and his website is current, so he's still making longbows. thanks again, sal, for the memory jog.

That's a beautiful bow Bjorn,

I have a Tim Meigs Yew bow....

Excellent!  I knew I was good for something.

I remember the ad, it had a beautiful bow in it.  I also remember a story from the mid 90's about a guy who went on an Alaskan hunt with the bowyer.  I remember a bunch of useless stuff.