Shooting my longbow this afternoon, getting some practice when it went bang. It broke at the upper limb knock as I came to full draw. No injuries, thankfully and no damage to the house (only a small hole in the drywall from the arrow). It took some looking to find the arrow though. It was lodged in the wall 3 feet above the target. This bow has had at least a couple hundred arrows through it.
It seems I made the tips a bit too thin at the knocks. I wonder if I can fix it by shortening the bow and beefing up the tips?
Dave.
Dave, will you post pics of the damaged tip and the bow? Hard to say without seeing it.
Sorry Pat, I should have taken pictures and posted them yesterday. I was a bit disheartened by the bow break.
(http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x349/1wood1/IMG_0347.jpg)
Here is a picture of the damage. I don't know if it's the right thing to do but I was thinking of sanding down the overlay and making a new spot to re-attach it a bit lower on the limb. I might move the lower tip as well to prevent the same thing from happening there.
What do you think?
Dave.