Which way do the pieces fly?

[Tuomo]

Here is another bow I sacrified for science:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Keta_nRnI

If there is separated splinters, they will fly forward. You can see from this video, at 2:00 (not slow motion):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBP-nv5hewQ

[Tuomo]

And from this you can see that there is huge forward energy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cypA1F15D5M

[Sparky Buckwheat]

All of my bows ive broken have blown outwards ( or upwards off my tiller stick),. This makes sense to me as the back of the bow is the area under tension. That said, pieces would likely blow outwards in an arc like fashion. I dont have a rope when tillering but after my first few learning experiences, I always wear a face shield when final tillering and I try to stay under the belly of the bow when I wam up close.

[simson]

Once I had a break while shooting a bow out of a shoddy bowwood (some sort of thuja).
The bow shot super the first 20 arrows or so and gave up suddenly. It explodede with a loud bang and broke in several pieces and a cloud of dust. Most of the pieces flew away from me, but one hit me serious in the face, just 1/2 " away from the right eye. I assume this was because the string was still hanging on that piece.