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Title: Sign of repair?
Post by: Polifemo on January 03, 2016, 12:34:00 PM

What do you think about these two holes on the belly of the sight window of this bow?

Looks like somekind of repair/strengthening might have been done.

(It can of course just be two "dings" that happen to line up very symetrically but that's not what first comes to my mind)

I've examined the wood really closely but there are NO signs of any crack/split to be found!

  (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c109/prof2915/IMG_1938_zpsxayqgjqv.jpg) (http://s26.photobucket.com/user/prof2915/media/IMG_1938_zpsxayqgjqv.jpg.html)

  (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c109/prof2915/IMG_1939_zpsrjbyxoy8.jpg) (http://s26.photobucket.com/user/prof2915/media/IMG_1939_zpsrjbyxoy8.jpg.html)

  (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c109/prof2915/IMG_1940_zpstyxyrhcr.jpg) (http://s26.photobucket.com/user/prof2915/media/IMG_1940_zpstyxyrhcr.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Sign of repair?
Post by: Larry m on January 03, 2016, 12:55:00 PM

Filled in bow sight holes!
Not an issue other then cosmetic.....

Title: Re: Sign of repair?
Post by: Polifemo on January 03, 2016, 02:27:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Larry m:
Filled in bow sight holes!
Not an issue other then cosmetic.....

:)

Title: Re: Sign of repair?
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on January 03, 2016, 06:12:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Larry m:
Filled in bow sight holes!
Not an issue other then cosmetic.....

What Larry said.  Quite common actually.

Title: Re: Sign of repair?
Post by: eidsvolling on January 03, 2016, 06:15:00 PM

It's the sort of thing that dramatically reduces value in a sale if the bow is otherwise unblemished, but it has no effect on function.

There was an era when the mounting of sights on recurves used for hunting (and even occasionally on longbows) was more common than it is today.

Title: Re: Sign of repair?
Post by: reddogge on January 03, 2016, 07:28:00 PM

You can redo them to look almost invisible. Drill them out slightly and chamfer the edges. Mix up some two part epoxy and add some paint to match the color of the glass. Put in the holes so the epoxy is above the level of the glass. Let cure for 24 hours. Block sand with decending grits of wet/dry sand paper and refinish area with a good finish.

Title: Re: Sign of repair?
Post by: warpedarrow on January 05, 2016, 06:20:00 AM

Mixing in color can be a real bear.  No pun intended.  My last restore involved filling holes and trying to match color.  After maybe twenty different color mixes that were not good enough to suit me, I ended up painting and then clear coating the belly.   Next time I will just go straight to painting.