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Offline Stixnstones

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#*%&$@?!!
« on: January 26, 2016, 06:06:04 pm »
Yep, this just happened... Yeeeeh!😡
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Offline ajooter

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« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2016, 06:07:08 pm »
Ah $#*+...what were the specs on the dearly departed?

Offline PlanB

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Re: #*%&$@?!!
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2016, 06:09:04 pm »
Sorry for your loss, stix!
I love it when a plan B comes together....

Offline ---GUTSHOT--->

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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2016, 06:17:29 pm »
Ew man that stinks. But it sure was looking good in the first 2 pics!

Offline Aaron H

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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2016, 06:17:44 pm »
Bummer, looked nice

Offline Stixnstones

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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2016, 06:19:43 pm »
She was 60" ttt pullin 53#@ 27". Put about 100 arras thru it.
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Offline bubbles

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Re: #*%&$@?!!
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2016, 06:28:07 pm »
Yikes. Was it the bottom limb?  I did look nice. I would not have expected that.

Offline Aaron H

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« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2016, 06:28:19 pm »
Let's see some close ups of the failure

Offline Stick Bender

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« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2016, 06:35:24 pm »
I feel your pain ! !
If you fear failure you will never Try !

Offline Pat B

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« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2016, 06:38:16 pm »
Ouch!   Was it a knot or pin in the back where it broke.
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

Offline Stixnstones

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« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2016, 06:41:45 pm »
Zero knots, really clean stave. Heres full draw before make up
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Offline Stixnstones

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« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2016, 06:47:56 pm »
Here's the break
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Offline dirthas

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« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2016, 06:54:40 pm »
Clean stave, good tiller... Can't see why that one would fail. It made a great looks my bow for that 100 arrows.

Offline bluegill68

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« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2016, 06:57:25 pm »
Did it let go at a heat corrected spot??

Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2016, 07:01:05 pm »
Appears to have failed in tension. Osage wont do that often, might not have been healthy.
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.