Seems to be some misunderstandings here.

First, I talked to Dan's friend the other day, and he didn't express any hard feelings at all towards BW, nor did he say anything about expecting them to replace his limbs. He bought one bow and two sets of limbs used, then bought a new riser to make two bows. He doesn't seem to be interested in buying new limbs though.

I'll go out on a limb and say that I beleive the toughness that is expressed about the limbs is in the BW video. Ater watching the part where Bill steps on the limb and bends it way over backwards, if you didn't know any better you would get the impression you could use a BW limb for a prybar and not hurt it. This is a big peeve with me towards BW. In my opinion it is very misleading.

Dan's riser didn't get cracked in the accident. He had already discovered it when he removed the leather grip, and is not sure how long it has been there, or how many times the bow has been shot with it there. Marc has offered to try and repair it. This particular bow is several years old and has changed hands a time or three--Dan got it used.

As for Dan's attitude towards his friend's misfortune, well,......he can be a sadistic bugger--lol. Nobody was injured which is the important thing, and he seems to be making light of it for aggravation. Heck, I have a few friends that would do the same thing to me. His buddy didn't know I had already talked with Dan earlier, and he told me the same thing about Dan's new nickname--he was taking it all very lightly as well.

Just remember, you loose a lot of the meaning behind what is said on these screens--what might make you grin in person can aggravate the snot out of you here. Also lots of details that we don't know.

Chad

Long Bows Rule!