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<P>And re the "Society of Shattered Stave Survivors", I broke 3 in my first 6 months. I was almost known as "Fen Bowbreaker". My mates even had heraldry ready for me - a bow intersected by a bend sinister dancetty. And for some time, I was considered "cursed" and not allowed to even look upon another archers bow :)</P>
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<P>Thankfully, those days are over. *knocks on wood*</P>
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<P>Cheers</P>
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<P><B>From: </B>"Garth Groff" <ggg9y@virginia.edu><BR><B>To: </B>archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<BR><B>Sent: </B>Monday, December 12, 2011 8:10:34 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>[Archers] More Broken Bows<BR><BR>Noble friends,<BR><BR>This Saturday I was inspecting and prepping our bows before leaving for <BR>a practice. I was planning to shoot the new traditional yew longbow I <BR>got a few weeks back. After inspecting the bow, I thought I would blow <BR>off a few arrows on the 8-yard range I have in the basement. I hadn't <BR>even drawn the bow halfway with my first arrow before it exploded into <BR>three pieces, right at eye-level. I feel very lucky that I wasn't <BR>injured, but all the pieces were cast forward.<BR><BR>The good news is that I emailed the bowyer and he got right back to me <BR>with an offer of a similar bow he was just finishing. He even offered me <BR>an osage orange longbow at half price. I politely declined his generous <BR>offer, and asked for the next yew bow. I really want this for living <BR>history demonstrations, and a substitute wood just won't work (I already <BR>have a hickory traditional longbow which I wanted to replace with yew). <BR>The next yew bow will not be shot. I have plenty of other bows for that.<BR><BR>So are there lessons to be learned here? Probably not, since I went <BR>through the whole inspection cycle (except the drawing, which would have <BR>had the same effect). So Baron Colum is not alone.<BR><BR>I propose we start an honorary order, the Society of Shattered Stave <BR>Survivors. Any Scadian archer who has had a bow completely break is <BR>eligible for membership with all rights and duties pertaining (which are <BR>none). I nominate Baron Colum, Lady Sarah Sinclair who broke an Ed <BR>Brayette bow at practice, and myself. Any others?<BR><BR>Kind regards,<BR><BR><BR>Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir TA Marshal<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Archers mailing list<BR>Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<BR>http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org<BR></P></div></body></html>