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Title: broke my heart
Post by: james parker on September 02, 2014, 10:50:44 pm
hey guys, here is a few that just didn't make it :'( :'( :'(
broke Scythian,tartar,persian,,,,,,their souls have been released O:)
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: tattoo dave on September 02, 2014, 11:20:17 pm
That sucks!! I'm planning on trying one soon, but i've been saying that for a long time. :o

When one breaks like that, is it possible to salvage the horn , or sinew? If the horn is not broke obviously

Tattoo Dave
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: tattoo dave on September 02, 2014, 11:25:14 pm
I guess I should reword that last question. Have you ever had only the core wood break, and be able to salvage the horn?

Dave
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: james parker on September 02, 2014, 11:28:22 pm
yes dave the very bottom bow is a Persian, it had a total horn delam, during the last shot lol.. so I used the horn on another bow and soaked the sinew off and used it  too
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 02, 2014, 11:30:12 pm
THE James Parker is fallible?  Oh say it isn't so!!!   ;D

Thanks for showing the dark side of bowmaking. namely that we continue to strive for better and better results, often at the cost of time, materials, and sanity!
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: Pat B on September 02, 2014, 11:36:00 pm
You better have tough skin to build these jewels.  ;)
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: james parker on September 02, 2014, 11:46:10 pm
I hear ya jw,,lol --yep,,everytime one breaks I learn something, , deciphering what went wrong is sometimes what is hard to see
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: mikekeswick on September 03, 2014, 04:36:33 am
Quote from: Pat B on September 02, 2014, 11:36:00 pm
You better have tough skin to build these jewels.  ;)
+1000!  >:D
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: Del the cat on September 03, 2014, 05:17:55 am
Blimey :o
... dunno if I'd have the intestinal fortitude to persevere... only time will tell if I try my hand.
I s'pose it's possible to build a relatively low stressed one... but then who wants a 35# horn bow? ::)
You have both my admiration and condolences.
Del
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: ssgtchad on September 03, 2014, 06:55:46 am
That really blows, all that time for the bows to fail. Are all the failures due to delaminations? Thanks.
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: Mechslasher on September 03, 2014, 10:40:15 am
that's alot of hours laying there!!
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: sleek on September 04, 2014, 04:18:17 am
Could you list the reasons for each failure and woy to fix the problem before breaking?
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: dbb on September 07, 2014, 07:34:14 am
What hits me when i see those broken gems is the TIME lost...ouch :o
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: Pat B on September 07, 2014, 04:52:18 pm
Adam, if you worry about that you will never build one...at least not a second!  ;)
Title: Re: broke my heart
Post by: flungonin on October 11, 2014, 01:17:13 am
Well thankful the only casuality was the bow and not the person. Sorry to see this happen. But when your on a new frontier testing limits and/or materials these things happen.