| From: unhinged
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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I just purchased a Big Five from the nicest person I might never have the pleasure of meeting. This bow seems to have been around. I do not know any of the other previous owners,but one of them got cave-man on this thing! It came to me and I am sure the last owner, with a lumpy leather wrap job. I took that off and found this
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| From: unhinged
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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More of the same
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| From: unhinged
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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I decided to smooth out the nasty rasp marks. My goal was to only clean up what should not have been there. After I got it smoothed out, it did not have a good feel in the hand. So I decided to fill the void, initally I was thinking of building up layers of leather. Then I saw some cork gasket material while digging about my crap.
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| From: Orion
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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Can't really make a clean saw cut to glue on another piece of wood. Would cut into the glass at the top and bottom of the grip area.
Can glue one or two pieces of heavy leather on it and then work that with a file and sandpaper to where you want it and recover with a lighter leather wrap.
Or, could use something like auto body filler to guild up and shape the grip and then wrap it with lighter leather. Good luck.
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| From: unhinged
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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second layer to bring it to full depth
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| From: unhinged
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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Next part was the most boring, sanding with 150 grip so it did not tear out. Came out real smooth, and nestled right into my hand.
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| From: unhinged
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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I feel like a bone head, but I can seen to figure out how load more than 1 pic at a time Anyways where was I,
So i got it to the shape it should have been, coated with shellac and found some super thin leather wallet scrap for a strike plate. I decided to make a integral little tab arrow hold. Old style? I don't know, but I like it.
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| From: wonderbowman
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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Necessity is the mother of invention. Good job.
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| From: unhinged
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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Next came the wrap. I had some Buckskin scraps and it looked the best of my selection of leather. I decided to do a lap joint with two parallel seams, since the Deer is so soft and stretchy. And I stink at stitching. The fun part was glueing it on after I stitched it up. I used Barge like it was rubber cement, smeared it on the handle and slid it up into place as fast as I could. I almost did not make it before it tacked up. I glued the overlap with some fletching cement. I also put some Obenauf's on it, so it's a little darker than it this pic.
I really like the cork, that and the Buckskin make it slightly cushy in the hand.
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| From: Flinger1
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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That looks great! I bet that will feel great in the hand also after you re-wrap it.
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| From: newell38
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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Some really nice build a long threads lately. Good work and thanks for a great thread!
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| From: reb
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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Nice job.
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| From: Orion
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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Unhinged. I responded to your post before I saw the third picture. Nice job with the cork. Looks good. May not hold up as well as leather though. Let us know in a couple of years. :>)
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| From: George D. Stout
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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Well done. I've had to work on many bows over the years. By the way, Barge cement should not harden that quickly. I even let mine dry a while before putting it on.
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| From: Osr144
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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If I had not seen it I would say it was an unaltered factory original.Looks great to me.Cork was an excepted handle material on English and some American long bows back in the day so I don't see any thing wrong with that.Looks fantastic too with Buck skin. OSR
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| From: dean
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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I like the use of the cork. Did you use super glue to stick the layers on? I want to turn a shaped gripped Robertson Purist into a straight grip with perhaps a very slight saddle and still maintain some asymmetrical feel.
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| From: unhinged
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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I used contact cement to glue the cork to the bow and itself. I also sealed the cork with a 1lb cut of dewaxed shellac before I cemented.
I did not expect the barge to tack up that fast, maybe because the leather was dry and it sucked in? I would not do it that way again. Better used as intended.
I have to say this was fun and satisfying. It will never be original, but a finely crafted tool deserves the best treatment we can afford it.
I hope nobody sees this as a back-up plan for some nafarious tool work. This project was to rectify a travesty commited on a handcrafted piece of working art.
I knew that soap box was around here somewhere
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| From: Straitera
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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I think you did a great job...I think? Litmus test doesn't lie. Amazing what repair options are available. Looks great!
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| From: Bowlim
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| Date: 03-Dec-16 |
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Very nice build there.
I did a similar reconstruction, but in my case I had some structural concerns with it. I was switching a righty to a lefty. I used WEST epoxy with phenolic microbaloons. Just putty knife it on and when you get the build you want let it harden, then sand it to shape. Really tough when it sets up, and you can add fiber also for ultimate strength.
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