has anyone set a deflex in the handle this way?

[Aussie Yeoman]

I'm thinking about different way to achieve deflex without steaming or splicing. Especially those ways that are easier to accomplish/lesss fiddly. Of course it's possible to just bend it over a form, but where the stave is too thick to bend  around that much of a radius, perhaps there are other ways.

This idea came to me late at night. Has anyone tried it? If so, how'd it work out?

Any other clever ways people have used?

[Selfbowman]

Did this with dry heat.

[Selfbowman]

Pic

[Aussie Yeoman]

Noice. Did you put pin through it or was the glue enough?

I've done something pretty much exactly the same with a project that's still on the 'to finish' shelf.

[Selfbowman]

Smooth on epoxy. I used the nose on my sander to even it out. Takes some time to get the glue joints tight.

[Pappy]

Cool Arvin, never thought about doing it that way, by the way your work bench looks about like mine.
 Pappy