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WhistlingBadger:
Roughing out a new attempt at a shorty recurve.  This one has a fair-sized knot in the handle.  The punky spot is about 5/8" long.  Should I leave it, or drill it out?  If I drill it out, could I make a big enough hole for an arrow to pass through?  That would be kind of cool.  What do you think?   (=)

Pat B:
Generally a knot in a handle, non working area isn't a problem. What I'd do is fill it with fine saw dust and super glue. If it is deep enough you may have to do this in a few different sessions with the glue drying between each each session.

M2A:
I'd try and center it in the handle and leave enough mass around to keep it non-working. A bit different but here is one that ran out the back and side of handle/ arrow pass. I filled the arrowpass with superglue and ground rock.
IMG_3971 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr

IMG_3970 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr   

bentstick54:
If it’s punky I would clean out any of the bad punky knot/wood and do as Pat recommended. Hers one I did for a young lady that had a punky knot in the lower fade. I used my pocket knife and scraped and flaked out anything I could until I got to solid wood. I packed in super glue mixed with fine saw dust in layers until level, then took a brown marker and colored it to make it look like a knot before sealing the bow. Worked great.

bassman211:
Super glue ,and saw dust make one hell of a plug. I have saved more than one bow using it.

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