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Jbell:
This is a static curve that I have been working on the last couple weeks. It is made of hard Maple, 62" ntn and has static tips. This evening I got this bow to full draw, which is 26", tiller is lookin pretty good, made several pulls to 26" then took it off the tree and pulled to half draw a couple of times then to full a couple of times. On the last draw I heard tick, after inspection I found a crack in the upper limb  on a knot. I am wondering if I can sinew back and wrap this bow to save it, or am I wasting my time? Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

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Pat B:
I'd fill the crack with super glue and put a wrap abpve and below it. You could round the corners a bit first and that would get rid of some of the crack. Pat

NOMADIC PIRATE:
yeah, rounding it up is a good advice

I had good results on real bad knots crack in Ipe, by filling with superglue, than wrap it super tigth with silk cloth and titebond, than I wrap it up with tight artificial sinew

Jbell:
 Yeah I think the sharp edge might of played a role in the crack. Once I got the tips aligned I narrowed the tips and did'nt round the edges in this area. Actually I made a temporary patch like you guys mentioned just to get it unstrung, superglued then wrapped it real tight with art sinew. I will prabably try a permanent patch like this cause I have been saving my sinew for a short osage bow. I will let you ya'll know how it works, if it blows my 7 year old son would love a new selfbow. Thanks.

venisonburger:
I wonder if a small rawhide patch would help? since you cut through the knot(it looks like that, maybe I'm seeing the pic wrong)it may help hold it together, you could feather the edges around the patch to blend it. I don't know if that would work or not.
VB

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