Broken bows and hurt feelings

[wizardgoat]

My wife was working on her second bow, it took a bad
Hinge and exploded. She's feeling pretty discouraged and
upset, even though I tell her really experienced people
break bows.
Anyone out there willing to admit how many bows they've
broken to make her feel not so bad? Haha

[Crogacht]

Well, I'm happy to say I've never broken a bow in my life.

Now, I also haven't built one yet either, but don't tell her, shhhhh 

[bubby]

More than 5, less than 20, don't rightly know and it didn't concern me much, bows break

[Bryce]

2

[huisme]

Thirteen, mostly poor early attempts at board bows

[Holten101]

I have had 3 bows explode at draw...all yew (yew is dangerous stuff). I have discarded countless bow because they began developing frets or hinges...so I rarely get to the point were they break.

Cheers

[Del the cat]

This is the most viewed entry on my blog.
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/warbow-explodes.html
I think people look at it when they need cheering up!
There are several other breakages on my blog... I show it warts and all.
Here's another
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/tricky-tillering.html
Del

[Crogacht]

That was awesome Del. Sorry for your loss... but you seemed OK about it

[chamookman]

Just remember - "If Ya aren't breakin', Ya aren't makin' ". Happens to all of Us - Bob.

[Del the cat]

Whoops... There goes another , albeit an experimental bow of rotten wood!
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/rot-or-not.html
Del

[dwardo]

Only had a few explode but have a large amount of bow shaped kindling in the corner of my shop.
Most chrystal ridden or soggy curshed bellies. I should cut em all up for firewood, one day.

[Del the cat]

Yeah, bow making is just a way of producing high quality, well seasoned, nicely finished kindling.
My Bis Sis says my Yew kindling is the tops
Del

[Pappy]

More than I care to remember, at least 5 or 6 before I got my first shooter so she still has a ways to go to catch me. I guess for a beginner that is the hardest thing to get over,you have some much time and heart in a piece of wood and it just breaks your heart when it breaks, some quit and some hard heads like most of us just get back on that horse and try again. :)I tell them to NEVER fall in love with a piece of wood,it's just a stick till it shoots arrows.  It bothers me much more now to see someone else break one[especially a beginner ] than when I do, I figured out that is part of it. Good luck on the next one.
   Pappy

[Parnell]

I broke 8 when trying to learn on my own...not fun. 

[Buckeye Guy]

Like Pappy says its just a stick till it shoots arrows, even then most of mine are still just a stick 
Stuff breaks !
If it helps any tell her I have a friend that broke three bows last year and they were not just sticks they were all high dollar manufactured arrow slingers , one a coveted Bear take down that did not break in a limb
If the folks doing stuff with all the so called best of materials have some breaking why should we get upset with breaking a stick ( even though I still get upset myself )
The challenge is most of the fun anyway !
Guy