fairly urgent longbow question
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:07 am
Greetings all,
I have a problem with my bow..
Having just made a new string for my longbow (that I haven't shot in apprx. 3 months) and warming it up again, preparing to shoot it this afternoon, I noticed compression fractures along the belly of the bow.
I'm not sure if they have just recently appeared - they may have been there before (it's just a would have let them pass for scratches before i went on my bow-making course). So...
A- is it dangerous to shoot the bow?
B- will they dramatically hinder performance?
C- Is there any way of getting rid of them besides putting in a bloom?
The bow is a D-shaped longbow, self-hickory, 47lbs@28''. (I didn't know until recently that hickory is bad in compression)
Thanks
I have a problem with my bow..
Having just made a new string for my longbow (that I haven't shot in apprx. 3 months) and warming it up again, preparing to shoot it this afternoon, I noticed compression fractures along the belly of the bow.
I'm not sure if they have just recently appeared - they may have been there before (it's just a would have let them pass for scratches before i went on my bow-making course). So...
A- is it dangerous to shoot the bow?
B- will they dramatically hinder performance?
C- Is there any way of getting rid of them besides putting in a bloom?
The bow is a D-shaped longbow, self-hickory, 47lbs@28''. (I didn't know until recently that hickory is bad in compression)
Thanks