Broken Bow

[Rustic]

Originally posted by VA Elite:
wall decoration?

X2...

[Trond]

Rebuild the riser into a take down... or cut the limbs and mount a rubber band for training. Or like a couple of others have mentioned, put on a string it up and hang it on the wall.

[Mudd]

Graps I can't speak to your bow and tell you that it would hold up.

Mine is 56@28 and is still shooting.

I was very nervous about it blowing up at first. It made some noise the 1st couple of times I drew it but I knew it was the glue cracking.

After the break-in it went back to silent shooting.

I'm not telling you to do it, just what I did.

I think I did it because the bowyer told me there wasn't anything that could be done to fix it.

God bless,Mudd

[Tajue17]

I had a harrison HHC delaminated at the riser and break on me and I threw it into a dumpster..... I always wondered if I could of fixed it somehow maybe close the delam and wrap it with thin wire and get it shooting but more of a conversation piece/ joke really but its gone to the dump.

[bobreeks]

Make a bow hanger with it.

[McDave]

At one end of our range, we have constructed a hut to sell snacks during tournaments, etc, which is called "The Broken Arrow Saloon," and of course is decorated with broken arrows. It doesn't take much of a stretch to imagine a "Broken Bow Bar."

[Pine]

Well , I don't think I am going to try and fix it . the top limb is split from the tip of the knock down about 18" . Kinda scares me to think of it letting go at full draw .
It's to skinny for a lamp .
I am leaning towards the walking stick or the dumpster fodder .

[longrifle]

I also just fixed a RD longbow that had a limb split about 16-18" long. I spread the limb apart and slopped it up with smooth on, and it spit across some of the lams not a perfect separation. It's been shooting fine like Mudds. It worth a try mine is 55# or send it to me I'll fix it and use it.
Now mind you I wouldnt take it on a once in a life time Alaskan hunt but it's been strung for 3 weeks now and still shooting fine with no noise.

[Pine]

I hate to just scrap it because it has a famous signature on it and out of respect I won't say who it is .
But it is kinda worthless like it is .

[reddogge]

Cut off the limbs and keep the riser. They can be displayed any number of ways like propped up on a shelf. That's what I did with one recurve. A friend made me a key fob shaped like a broadhead out of the limbs and I made key fobs out of the tips. Or you can glue it back together and just hang it as a decoration.

[Hopewell Tom]

A bow rack - somehow...

I had a '67 Super Kmag break on me and after the shock wore off, I tossed it. Regretted it ever since, wish I had done something with it.

[Tater]

If the bow means something to you I would try fixing it.
    I dropped one of my Black Widow recurves in the rocks on an Elk hunt a few years ago. The top limb delaminated for about 6 inches just below the tip.

     I kept those limbs for a couple of years and finally this winter decided either fix or pitch, so I got some Loctite 420 and after a couple of applications and clamping everything back together, very carefully, the limb seems to be fine and I have shot 100+ arrows out of those limbs.

    I did draw it on my bow scale the first couple of times after the repair, I was a little nervous.

  Maybe worth a shot maybe not, it's a small investment that might save a bow???

[jhk1]

If I was going to try and fix a delamination 16"-18" long, I'd definitely use Smooth-on epoxy instead of Loctite 420 or other super glue.  Smooth-on or a similar epoxy is what was used to originally make the bow, and it's made to handle the flexing and shear stresses in bow limbs.  If it's a pretty clean delamination, I would think that it could be fixed with Smooth-on.  When putting the Smooth-on on the delaminated area, I'd take a piece of thread (clean unwaxed thread) and work some epoxy down into the spot where the delam starts-- kind of like flossing your teeth, but instead you're trying to make sure you get some epoxy down into where the delam starts.  This could help the delam from working it's way further down the limb in the future.

Disclaimer:  I'm not saying you should definitely try to fix it.  Without actually seeing the delam, I don't whether I'd try to or not.  But if I did try to fix what you've described, it would be with Smooth-on.