The Heart breaker

[PeteC]

I thought this was going to be a good one. Two year old osage,snakey,with big recurves.Tillered well to 20",then,boom, the stave was'nt in agreement.   God Bless

[Josh]

Dang Pete, that thing was gonna be beautiful!   I hate to see it didn't survive... 

[Bevan R.]

  Man, that has got to hurt. Looked like a good fun piece.

[bigcountry]

So where did it crack at?  Midlimbs?

[George Tsoukalas]

That's the way it goes. Did you force it? Tell us how you tiller and tell us about the design. If yo ain't breakin' you ain't makin'! Jawge

[PeteC]

Yea,I had high hopes for this stave,but...... It looked great the whole tiller,I'd taken it very slowly,because with the snakes in it,and the recurves,it required some thought to keep everything in line, and from twisting.I had just worked it 30 times to 20",only needing a couple of inches shaved off the tips right before the curves,gave it one more pull,and crack.It broke a few inches from the fade in one of the only "straight" parts of the limb.No knots,sanded smooth,and lookin' good till the end.I never force a bow,as you can see it had yet to take any  set.I hear you George ,I break several a year,because I build a few. .Thanks for the sympathy fella's. God Bless

[ken75]

what was the length of this one pete ?

[AncientArcher76]

Like Jawge said U aint breakin u aint makin!  When did u notice the fracture? 

AA

[ricktrojanowski]

That is too bad.    That was shaping up to be a real beauty.  It's part of making bows, but it still stinks.  Sorry for your loss.

[Pat B]

Too bad, Pete. She looked like a keeper. Would it be worth sinew backing?

[PeteC]

 Ken,it was 62" tip to tip.Ancient archer,I noticed the crack when it said snap.I feel very fortunate I'm not  sportin' some brand new body piercing. Pat,this crack runs about 5",and is fairly deep.I would'nt have much faith in it,even with a few courses of sinew.It's OK,I got one from "stave to form", today right after the break happened.Thanks and God Bless

[Lombard]

Yep, know what you mean. I get disappointed every time I have a failure, and then I just have to smile, because, it gives me an excuse to start another one. 

[cowboy]

That's a shame Pete. Think I fondled that one a little while touring your shop . Slippery elm?

[PeteC]

Paul,the slippery elm stave made a bow,it's posted.I did show this one to you as well,it's osage.Lombard,I know what you mean,and if your like me,you dont need much of an excuse. God Bless

[Del the cat]

Shame, looks like you'd put in a lot of work.
How come they never go bang at the start and save you the effort?
Del