I tempted fait too much and the bow folded.
I really shouldn't have been shooting this bow, being so old, but I really did enjoy shooting it while I had it. A 1952 (I believe) Bear Polar
Broke as I drew back.
https://i.postimg.cc/dtPGjVTf/368814-D7-B6-CA-441-E-842-D-98851585-F08-B.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Ls6tgQZ6/45-EDCA2-F-46-E3-4863-97-FB-C12-B6-E5-DA325.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/L5fLFrGv/A96432-FF-6318-42-BF-96-F6-2-EF4821-F578-D.jpg
It's a shame; nice looking bow. But nuthin's forever.
Definitely not a fun thing.
Sad ending....
It's always sad to see these old bows give up the ghost, but I firmly believe that it's better to see them in use than being neglected and collecting dust on a rack.
It happens. Hope no one was hurt.
Ouch! At 67, I'm starting to wonder when I'll be broken beyond repair more than when my longbows will be broken beyond repair.
They were meant, to be bent... :archer2: Sometimes, they break... :scared:
Better to have shot and lost, than to never have shot at all...
Yeah I'm of the same mindset of rather shoot and break than let it sit on a rack collecting dust.
No, no one hurt. Rather uneventful, just kind of had enough and gave up during the pull, not at full draw yet.
It'll make an awesome wallhanger now!
lol, yep already hanging in the basement bow shop/woodshop/hang out
Sorry about the bow... and the new underwear you probably needed when you heard that crack
For what it's worth, the last bow I had break, a black glass / rosewood Super Diablo, I cut off the limb tips for key fobs. Seems fitting that my key to the range is on a bow tip.
That lower limb looks like my left knee before a TKR.
Sometimes fate will sneak up on you when you least expect it.
I'm praying that doesn't happen with any of my bows. Closest was the horn tip cutting a FF string at full draw (66.2#)