Hopefully Worth the Effort

[Burnsie]

The curve/swoop in this handle was making tillering almost impossible, it created a big hump right out of the fade. I decided to do some surgery.  It's pretty straight now, we'll see if it turns into a bow.

[sleek]

That... is interesting. I an very curious how it will turn out. I haven't seen that approach before. Points for uniqueness.

[Pappy]

Nice job, I see no reason that won't work as long as you keep it from bending in the handle. Nice approach.
 Pappy

[Selfbowman]

I did the same with a half moon cut out. It worked well. You can also take propeller out that way also.

[Eric Krewson]

Arvin's patch leaves a lot of non bending wood below the patch to keep the handle section stable.

I would be surprised if your patch doesn't turn loose, you removed a LOT of the strength of the handle, I hope I am wrong. Even non bending handles stress and bend some even if it is a small amount. I have tried patches in the limbs, the patches would hold up for a couple of years and then turn lose.

I glued patches into this this handle just of see if I could get away with it because the rest of the stave was really good osage, I bamboo backed the bow to add a another layer of stability to the handle. I sold the bow cheaply, 15 years later it surfaced in an archery shop in Chattanooga, still in shootable condition

I started with this;

[Eric Krewson]

The guy who found the bow in Chattanooga bought it, I letter all of my bows so he tracked my name down and asked me about the bow. I keep a log book on the bows that I have made but the glue line in the handle was a dead give away on this one. URAC 185 was the most amazing glue I ever used, I used it in this bow fix.

The bow as found in Chattanooga;