Hi, I think my bow just had a fatal incident occur.
I finished a hickory self bow tonight. It was shooting great 9 days ago, finally finished the nocks,string, finish, handle wrap etc tonight. Strung for a little while a brace then started working it up to about 24 inches when pop!.
It is 68" bow , got a little light tillering so I switched to from my 28 inch draw and set it up for my wife at 25 inch draw. It was tillered at one point at 28 inch draw 9 days ago, but ended up at 30# so that's when I thought it would be nice bow for the wife.
I have patched splinters with rawhide before, but this is to long of a piece, about 10 inch splinter raised. Before I hung it on the wall of shame I thought i'd see if anyone had any thought on salvage. If I learn something new I'm up for giving it a go.
I was curious if fiberglass would be an option?
There was no hinge points or any other major issues with tillering. Had 3 other guys looking at it with be at a bow build. I was actually more worried about the opposite limb as it had a slight (but stable ) propeller twist in it. There is a fine grit like powder in the space at the fourth growth ring from the back of the bow, looks like about 2 inch area. I am suspicious of dry rot. There were no bug holes/knots/etc at this spot externally but doesn't look right internally at this small area.
Any thoughts to get this from a lost cause to a learning opportunity would be appreciated. I am thinking this one is done though.
Thanks