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Offline Badly Bent

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Thats the breaks
« on: March 05, 2013, 05:44:09 pm »
Rawhide backed black locust, was gonna be one of my trade bows. Had it bending well at 40# at 18" last week when I heard a tick.
Looked over the back and found a 1/16" crack through a small and seemingly clean pin knot. Went ahead and rawhide backed it
last tue. for safety. Cleaned up tiller and exercised it many times at 18' of draw, then 19" several times and all looked good.
Then pulled to 20" and kaboom off the tree it flew. Guess is it was just a brittle piece of locust with a weak spot at that knot?
Could be I got it to dry?  Could of been my tillering, don't know? Two sisters from this split survived to finished bows but both lifted splinters on the back that had to be wrapped , one of those was in the same area as this one. Last pic shows belly side of the evil
pin when the tension failure occured >:D  Didn't know rawhide would snap in two like that.
I did start a second bow for the trade but it looks to be coming in under weight :(  Sooooo.... back to square one I guess :)
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Offline The Gopher

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2013, 05:47:31 pm »
bummer, that would have been a beautiful bow.
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Offline Dvshunter

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2013, 05:49:32 pm »
That sucks bud sorry for your loss :-[
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Offline JonW

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2013, 05:51:09 pm »
Man I was shure looking forward to that bow showin up at my place. Sorry about that Greg. You'll have another done in no time.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2013, 05:52:30 pm »
Sorry for the bad break, I know its not the bowyers fault in this case. Your good!
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Offline DuBois

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2013, 05:54:45 pm »
A lot of beautiful work there! I'd still be real proud f it was mine.
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Offline autologus

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2013, 05:56:25 pm »
That's too bad, it sure was looking to be a beautiful bow.

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Offline paulsemp

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2013, 06:00:42 pm »
Sucks, those scalloped bows look like a lot of work.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2013, 06:16:13 pm »
that suck's, but it happens, bub
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2013, 06:42:37 pm »
When you're back at square one, look for my name carved in the tree, I've spent a lot of time there. 
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2013, 06:53:28 pm »
Slim   :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Offline PAHunter

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2013, 08:16:57 pm »
ouch!  sorry to see that.  Just had my last one break out of nowhere after tillering to 25 inches.   >:(
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Offline okie64

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2013, 08:54:18 pm »
That stinks Greg. That was gonna be a beauty. I have a feeling Im just about due to break one, its been a while.  I even thought abouy breaking out the erc just to get it over with.
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2013, 11:28:44 pm »
Sorry Greg. Knowing the bows that you turn out, it would have been sweet.........Theres always more wood!
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Thats the breaks
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2013, 12:36:13 am »
dang..... :(
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