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TimBo
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Re: Why did this happen??
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October 16, 2020, 09:29:13 pm »
Probably Oklahoma.
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dylanholderman
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October 16, 2020, 09:43:27 pm »
Now that there’s more pics I’ll throw my vote into the “bad wood” pile.
Good wood shouldn’t snap clean across the back like that did.
Is it possible that it was dead standing?
I’ve heard of dead standing Osage having its sapwood gain the appearance of heartwood and then failing when it’s made into a bow
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Bob Barnes
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October 16, 2020, 09:58:00 pm »
sorry to see that happen Arvin. It looks exactly like the break I had on my favorite Joe Mattingly black locust bow. I put it on the draw weight tree for the MoJam flight shoot and it blew at about 20" as well. Joe made the bow in 1998 and I had shot it thousands of times...even in the Flight Shoot the year vefore while you were there. It looked like 'punky' poor quality wood inside the break...just like yours.
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Seems like common sense isn't very common any more...
Selfbowman
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October 17, 2020, 02:14:18 pm »
Well I had 10-15 hrs in it at that point. Another reason for this to be a hobby. 😀😀😀 Arvin
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Well I'll say!! Osage is king!!
Selfbowman
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October 17, 2020, 02:29:03 pm »
I did trap the bow but I’m don’t think that was the problem. Arvin
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Well I'll say!! Osage is king!!
Badger
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October 17, 2020, 02:41:10 pm »
I have never liked the wood that comes out of Kansas, Missouri, Northern Oklahoma, anywhere on the plains for some reason. Might just have been my own luck, hard to say.
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George Tsoukalas
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October 17, 2020, 02:52:49 pm »
Arvin, did it have a heartwood back? Jawge
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Set Happens!
If you ain't breakin' you ain't makin!
Selfbowman
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October 17, 2020, 08:29:54 pm »
Yes Jawge. Went down probably 2-3 below sap wood.
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Well I'll say!! Osage is king!!
bownarra
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October 18, 2020, 12:30:23 am »
The grain looks like it is half figured.
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Selfbowman
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October 18, 2020, 12:16:35 pm »
Back where we stopped on the last one.😃
Arvin
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Well I'll say!! Osage is king!!
Selfbowman
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October 18, 2020, 02:33:15 pm »
Success the second try! Yeaaa .
Arvin
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Well I'll say!! Osage is king!!
eastcreekarchery
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October 18, 2020, 02:49:26 pm »
I think the wood would (no pun intended hehe) have had a much more fibrous look after the break if it had been good wood. I agree that it was some sort of decay.
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AndrewS
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October 18, 2020, 04:40:31 pm »
May be a combination of different reasons.
Decay, growth disturbance, somewhat too dry.
Good bow performance always stresses the wood on the edge and wood with small defects or in a less than optimal condition gives up faster than the wood we prefer to use.
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bushboy
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October 18, 2020, 06:11:55 pm »
This stave was riddled with delamination of the rings.....early wood was very punky.was cut in Tennessee I think?being in Canada...a very expensive failure....
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