I cleaned it up, and it is in real good condition, it's straight and there are no cracks. there is no string but a 53" string should fit, and I've seen them for around 5 bucks on the net so I should be able to get one real easy. But I'm thinking I'll just hang it on the wall in my office, but who knows, maybe it would be real easy to take it to the back yard and toss a few shafts across the yard.