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Offline CrazyHorse1969

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Re: Any suggestions to save this bow?
« Reply #15 on: March 07, 2015, 10:10:13 am »
Thanks, guys. Perhaps I will patch it up and gift it to my neighbor because he likes bows. He also likes to let his dog stray onto our lawn to poop. (Just joshing, of course.)
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Re: Any suggestions to save this bow?
« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2015, 10:14:34 am »
Quote from: Badly Bent on March 07, 2015, 10:09:02 am
I feel your pain CrazyHorse, just went thru the same thing yesterday. Had this one bending out to 22' and all looked good, then I heard the dreaded tick. It was a raised knot that was slightly punky and had likely been ever so slightly violated on the back while chasing a ring. I filled the small crack with super glue and then wrapped some thin rawhide around the area all the time knowing what was gonna happen next. ;D
That was a couple days ago and then yesterday I put it on the tillering tree, grabbed the rope and got back 12' and exercised it out to 22" again. When I hit 23" the explosion made me duck, found the tip 10 minutes later after an extensive search.
Quite a few hours taking this one from log to broken bow. :(

That just sucks! It looks like you had way more time into that bow than I had into mine. Thanks for posting. And, sorry for your loss.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Any suggestions to save this bow?
« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2015, 01:30:13 pm »
That's too bad Greg, that thing wa shook nice. 
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Re: Any suggestions to save this bow?
« Reply #18 on: March 08, 2015, 03:03:05 am »
If you're not breakin', you're not makin'
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Any suggestions to save this bow?
« Reply #19 on: March 08, 2015, 05:50:44 pm »
as Jawge suggested,, a sinew patch would be my call,, when I have a knot on the edge like that I am nervous and try to lay my bow out so it is not on the edge,, but if that is the only way,, I would put rawhide or sinew on it before I started to tiller( and leave that part a bit stiffer),, ,, rawhide might hold as well, but I think the sinew is a bit stronger,,,
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Re: Any suggestions to save this bow?
« Reply #20 on: March 08, 2015, 08:16:30 pm »
Yep, like Jawge said. Sinew wrap and then back it with rawhde.
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Offline CrazyHorse1969

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Re: Any suggestions to save this bow?
« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2015, 02:45:24 pm »
Quote from: mullet on March 08, 2015, 08:16:30 pm
Yep, like Jawge said. Sinew wrap and then back it with rawhde.

Thanks, guys. Just for the sake of practice, perhaps I will glue some sinew around the limb then patch it with rawhide. I know where to get sinew, but I do not know where to get an affordable piece of rawhide, other than two whole strips of rawhide backing for a whole bow. Any suggestions?
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Re: Any suggestions to save this bow?
« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2015, 02:48:35 pm »
I don't think wrapping will do much at all if you decide to rawhide it. The rawhide alone will hold it IMO. Do the entire limbs.
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Re: Any suggestions to save this bow?
« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2015, 02:52:11 pm »
Got it. Again, just for the sake of practice, perhaps I will give it a try. Anyone ever try a large, moistened, untied rawhide dog bone before? :P
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« Reply #24 on: March 09, 2015, 02:53:43 pm »
Ill give you another stave if you properly rawhide this bow and it blows up before you get 2000 shots.
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Re: Any suggestions to save this bow?
« Reply #25 on: March 09, 2015, 02:59:49 pm »
Are you serious? That sounds like a reasonable proposition. Can I count by twos (or, better yet, fives)? :laugh:
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« Reply #26 on: March 09, 2015, 03:01:58 pm »
Yup, Im serious.
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Re: Any suggestions to save this bow?
« Reply #27 on: March 09, 2015, 03:04:14 pm »
ok... that is a cool way of backing up your expert advise...

i see why they call you the "cool chris"
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Re: Any suggestions to save this bow?
« Reply #28 on: March 09, 2015, 03:07:09 pm »
Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on March 09, 2015, 03:01:58 pm
Yup, Im serious.

Cool. Sounds like a win-win (unless I lose an eye or two). I will look into getting some rawhide backing and see how it goes.
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Re: Any suggestions to save this bow?
« Reply #29 on: March 09, 2015, 03:08:09 pm »
No eye loss man. Its all good. When you get rawhide and TB3 around, let me know and Ill explain my way of applying it.
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