From a broken bow

[rps3]

I broke 11 inches off the bottom of a recent bow I made. I let the heat get around the back of the bow, and I'm pretty sure that is what caused the break. Ended up with a 53" bow pulling 47# at 26". Made of osage, no more that 1 inch wide. I was even able to save the antler tip and reuse it. A picture before the break is posted, and you can see how I got carried away with the heat on the bottom.

[rps3]

[Bayou Ben]

Nice save! I really like this little bow.  How would you compare shooting the 2?

[bradsmith2010]

nice bow,, nice save,, congrats,,

[George Tsoukalas]

Wow nice save! Jawge

[Pat B]

Cool save and great little bow. That much heat on the back is a disaster just waiting to happen but you made a good recovery.

[rps3]

Thanks guys, much appreciated. Ben, the short bow is fun to shoot and puts a smile on my face, but I am sooo much more accurate with longer bows, and this one was no exception. You got that right Pat, I learned the hard way to be more careful, but I remember this bow required a lot of correction initially.

[Hamish]

That is a really awesome job, beautiful tiller, low set from such a short bow. Nevertheless you really had to have abused or rushed the original stave to break a piece of osage. Despite the excellent result you should still administer to yourself several swift uppercuts to your chin:)  (just kiddin, that is a great save, all is forgiven from the osage gods).

[bradsmith2010]

I find that when people say they are so much accurate with a longer bow,, its usually cause thats what they shoot the most ,, or practice with the most,,

[simson]

That is a nice save, rps!
The tip overlays look great.

[bjrogg]

Very nice save. Looks like you planned it that way.
Bjrogg

[SLIMBOB]

Ditto from me, nice save!

[ohma2]