Sorry to here about your luck. In my last 4 attempts a broke 3, well 2 bows actually. But, I broke one twice. haha. First the string slipped out of the nock tearing a splinter down the back. So I decrowned it and backed it with a hickory strip. At 26", my draw length and 53#, I heard the dreaded TICK. My glue line failed. I'm just starting to figure out the whole backing think. Another was an osage self bow. At 26" and 55# I heard the TICK again. It popped a splint around a little pin-knot just below the fade. This was bendy handle bow and it could handle the pressure. I've wrapped it with sinew. We'll see.
