I have an old takedown recurve that I have striped down and begun refinishing. I just finished gluing up a set of skins on the limbs and now I'm looking at the riser. There were holes where a sight had been mounted. I filled those and stained the riser since it was a natural maple. The fill for the holes is fairly easy to see. I was wondering what suggestions you might have for covering them. I thought about trimming a piece of the left over edges of the skins I put on the limbs and gluing one of those to the face of the riser - maybe 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch wide, but not sure how that would look. I used rattle snake skins and the diamonds are all on the limbs; thus the edge pieces would not have a lot of character. I don't have any glass laying around or I would consider a small strip of glass lamination.
Any ideas?
Are the holes on the front or side of the riser? Either way a very thin veneer of exotic or gnarly grained wood blended in and then sealed as a whole would look nice.
buy some brass inserts from 3Rivers and install in the holes, will look factory if done right
The holes are on the front of the riser. The veneer idea might work. I'm not a fan of inserts. I don't use a bow quiver and this bow will never leave the family as it was made by my father.
In woodworking, there's a special drill that cuts out plugs that are used to cover up screw holes. You tap in the plug (with glue), and then cut it with a flush cut saw. Sand it smooth, and if you match the grain, it will look mostly seamless. I don't know too much about where to get one, but maybe someone else here can help you out.
How big of piece of glass and what color. I will look and see might have a some lying around.
What type of wood is the riser, or tip overlays? I have alot of domestic scraps laying around you can have.
Jess, Pearl
The riser is maple. The tips, like the rest of the limbs are a dark forest green glass. I would need a piece 6 inches long and 3/4 inch wide.
www.rockler.com (http://www.rockler.com) may have the plug cutter if your interested.
I have some maple, oak, osage and hickory scraps I could give you if you want one. Let me know