epic fail

[canid]

since i hadn't done anything particularly stupid in a while, i figured i was overdue.

i was shooting around at half draw with some practice arrows i made for my friend's kid, when i decided, for unknown reasons to take a full draw shot.

underspined arrows + self nocks=

[canid]

i'm lucky it tumbled, and that it split along the nock, or it would have gone right through my hand.

[crashdive123]

Just tell people it's a snake bite. Will an epoxy repair add too much weight to the end of the arrow?

[canid]

i've got it in a glue-up with titebond II as we speak.

this is not a significant risk with allen's little bow, but i'm going to do a re-enforcement wrap with serving thread on these shafts before i give them to him anyway, now that there's already been a failure.

[Runs With Beer]

Man you are so lucky, That could have been ugly!

[canid]

seriously. particularly because i don't even wear a bracer at present.