Yew warbow. Part One. Beginner bowyer attempts to make a 100lb warbow. The famous English yew longbow of medieval times was an awesome weapon of war - and I am chronicling my attempt to make a replica of a medieval warbow from a stave of yew. This first video shows me working the bow stave from a half log to a roughed out shape of a longbow and ready for the careful handwork necessary to encourage the wood to bend as if it was a segment of a circle. Experienced bowyers would no doubt make two bows from this half-log but I opted for safety and used the centre section of this piece of German grown yew. My wish is to make a bow that is similar in power to artillery bows used in the famous battles of Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt during the One Hundred Years War - a bow that requires at least 100lbs of pull to fully draw back the bowstring. I am an inexperienced bowyer with just five bows' experience so the challenge seems immense so do join me for the rest of this short series to see if I can achieve my aim to build a 100lb warbow.

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