Wapiti TD?

[overbo]

I've had 2 of his 3 peice recurves and niether stayed in 3 peices.Never again

[47pronghorn]

Originally posted by overbo:
I've had 2 of his 3 peice recurves and niether stayed in 3 peices.Never again

Lol @ that. I have heard of a few instances of this. Very unfortunate, the only reason I don't own one. Best shooting recurve you'll ever lay hands on though. I draw 29" and can shoot a 58" wapiti comfortably. Very smooth, very fast.

[tecum-tha]

Keith once had a bad batch of glue quite a long time ago.It took a while to figure out what the problem was, since it could have been in the glass,too. That was the only reason bows were breaking/delaminating. This can happen to any bowyer.
If limbs break, most likely the bow is strung up wrong. I have seen the damaged limbs from customers which were shipped back and there was none which had any problems before. All these were failures typical for leave a limb slightly twisted after stringing and then pulling the bow all the way back. I've seen it live happening with a $1500 bow from another bowyer.
If one guy built about 5500 bows,and an average failure rate of 3%, it would make about 165 failed bows. This is a very low rate and a bowyer is always dependent on the quality of his raw materials. Dustin,I'll have my assortent of show bows with me at the TN classic for everyone to try.

[YORNOC]

I remember when Paul Schafer himself ran into some bad glue.  Or other bowyers with faulty glass....it happens.