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Title: How do you work a belly knot?
Post by: BHTGdogs on August 03, 2015, 10:34:00 PM

It's a shag bark hickory stave I don't think the nit goes deep enough to end up on the finished bow, but how to I go about getting it out?

Title: Re: How do you work a belly knot?
Post by: Pat B on August 03, 2015, 10:50:00 PM

Generally knot on the belly are of little concern. If it is soft I'd saturate it with super glue, if it has voids in it add super glue and saw dust. While working down the belly act like the knot it not there and scrape away.

Title: Re: How do you work a belly knot?
Post by: osagearcher0406 on August 14, 2015, 05:48:00 PM

I am very new and still learning, but I used a cabinet scraper and a sharp pocket knife to work gently around my knotted Osage stave.

Title: Re: How do you work a belly knot?
Post by: Pat B on August 14, 2015, 07:22:00 PM

On the back it is necessary but not so much on the belly.