Chrysalis...or however you spell that?

[paulc]

I had a real hard time getting a pic of this but maybe that is the beginning of limb failure?  this is an osage bow I bought 16yrs or so ago....

Thoughts, I apologize for the crappy pic.  Paul

[paulc]

another try at a pic

[Parnell]

Looks like it is chrystaling.  I think that's the spelling.  Hey if it's made it 16 years...not bad!

[DC]

Merriam Webster Definition of chrysal
: a transverse line of crushed fibers in the belly of an archery bow beginning as a pinch
— called also fret

And that's a little one

A chrysalis is what a butterfly develops in.

[Del the cat]

that doesn't look too bad... they normally run at 45 degrees right across the belly and you can feel 'em with your finger nail.
I hate them with a passion.
Del

[Nasr]

yeah that doesnt look too bad. Is that near the fades?

[PEARL DRUMS]

Have you ever had a dry fire of any sort? 

[sleek]

I doubt it's a chrysal. Dont sand it  but burnish it down flush with the surrounding area,  go shoot it some, and see if it pops up again.

[bjrogg]

I doubt it's a chrysal. Dont sand it  but burnish it down flush with the surrounding area,  go shoot it some, and see if it pops up again.

I'm just looking on my phone but what I think I'm seeing doesn't look like a crystal to me either. I might be looking at the wrong thing though
Bjrogg

[sleek]

I doubt it's a chrysal. Dont sand it  but burnish it down flush with the surrounding area,  go shoot it some, and see if it pops up again.

I'm just looking on my phone but what I think I'm seeing doesn't look like a crystal to me either. I might be looking at the wrong thing though
Bjrogg

Given the question Pearl is asking above, I dont think he believes it's a chrysal either.

[SLIMBOB]

I have never once had Osage chrysal. So far as I know. Every other malady under the sun, but never a chrysal. I’m with the others in thinking something else has taken place.

[Nasr]

can certain finishes do that maybe like a small crack in the finish? But tbh it looks like a chrysal to me but I am not as knowledgeable as these folks here.

[George Tsoukalas]

I see a chrysal. But I only see one. It is going across the grain. They happen because that area is bending too much in relation to the rest of the limb. The fix it to retiller leaving that area alone. Tiller the other limb to match.

No, they are not in the finish. That's just wishful thinking.

Jawge

[Selfbowman]

I have one of those on the belly of my record flight bow. I did not see it in the heat bending on the reflex but it could have happed then . I don’t shoot the bow a lot but no ill affects have happed yet. It still breaks records. Or at least I think it’s going too. Arvin

[Weylin]

To me, it looks like one of the little cracks that can pop up when you bend in some reflex with a heatgun. It happens in tension rather than compression because the wood is being bent backwards. They look similar to frets but they are horizontal like that instead of diagonal like frets tend to be. Is that a possibility? I worry about those less because they weren't created by too much compression, and they are usually in places that aren't under a lot of stress (the outer thirds).