I took a fall today while stumping and my bow got the worst of it. Here's the situation. 68" string follow 52# @ 27 3 lams of carmelized bamboo black glass back and belly.
The bow took a hit on some lava on the side of the lams about 12" from the upper limb tip the back & belly glass were not damaged.
There is linear crack in a 1/16" from the glass in the lam closest to the bow back. It appears to be less than a 1/2" long and is very small, however I can squeeze the limb and see it close. It can not be seen when the bow is unstrung. I unstrung the bow immediately.
Calling the bowyer tomorrow. Thought of getting some Loctite 420?? stringing the bow and have a friend put tension the the string and flow it into the crack unstring and clamp,
Good idea bad idea???
Is carmelized bamboo more brittle because of the heat treatment??