Nic Rhodes
New member
Just getting into the initial stages of trying a longbow. I am interested in the more primative selfwood bows atm but I am curious about knots in the wood. I have seen a few Yew bows (on the net and in life) which have some large ish knots and even holes in the bow. Yesterday I was playing with a Yew bow which had a decent hole in but otherwise seems fine. Looking at some of the Italian high altitude 'hardwood' yew, this seems similar and these are well regarded high pundage (war) bows. Should this be something I should be wary of, at my lowish powdages, or is this just part of the character of the bow. Must say it did make them look more characterful!!