I have an old black hawk bow that is suppose to be 40#s but when put on the scale it only 22#s. The handle of this bow fits my hand so good thats the only reason I want to try and fix it. My ? is can I sand off the back of the bow and glue on another peice of wood to help with adding weight. I want to use this bow for form work and shooting 3d tourneys. If this can be done I have some more ?s about glueing and pressing it together. Thanks Mike
It's a glass bow right? Or not? Either way you could glue on a wood or glass lam and increase the weight.
Roy this is an old yellow bow that I think has some glass on the back but not much. I like the darker woods what kind of wood do I need to look for and what type of glue do I use. I will try and get a good pic up of this bow tomorrow so yall can see it and tell me what to do to it.
Mike it prolly is a glass bow with wood lams between the glass. I am no expert on glass bows, but I would bet gluing a glass lam on the back would work. You could use clear or black glass. Smooth On Epoxy would be the glue to use. I imagine you could glue on a wood lam to the back also. There is an old guy on here that sells what you need. Kenny McKenzie is his name. Here is his website. He is a grumpy old fellow, but has a good heart:)
http://www.kennyscustomarchery.com/index.html
Kenny is a good reference.
I'd suggest a 1/8 inch slat do hickory.
Tite bond 3 would workI think but I'm partial to,the Urac type glue for gap gap filling.
I have glueded a strip of glass over existing glass a couple of times when weight came in way to low. Both are still shooting fine after several years. These were glass bows and I already had the form, therefore not to difficult. Just roughfed up the glass and glued at a lower temp than the first time.
Will you post pics of your bow?
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OK boys here is this old bow that I love so much. Its pretty ugly and beat up but it fits my hand so good. So is it a recurve or long bow and I have found out it has glass on the back so can I sand it off a little then glue something on it to bring up the weight. Thanks Mike
well how old do you think it is
Black Hawk was made by Cravatta Brothers, not far from where I live. Glass for sure and a glass lam will do what you want done. Contact Kenny M and he will fix you up.
http://www.kennyscustomarchery.com/index.html
thanks guys fixn to get ahold of him
I reworked a bow with yellow glass, after a little scrubbing it turned out the glass was white. The bow had lived in a smokers house for about 50 years.
You may find the same thing.
Well I have talked to Mr Kenny and he desided that I shouldn't put wood on the back of the bow but put glass now we are trying to figer out how I am gonna press and hold the glass on the bow while it dryes.
I have two of these Black Hawk Scorpions and really enjoy shooting them too.....shot one for about an hour this afternoon. The logo sticker on your bow is like the sticker on my 1971 bow. My 1961 bow has an oval foil sticker w/ black lettering. Someone must have refinished this bow at some point since there isn't any writing showing on the left side of the grip. Typically, the top line of script would be the manufacture date, second line would be the model number and the third line would be the draw weight.
Hope you can add a layer of glass and make it a good bow for you to shoot. Have fun & shoot safely.
I have two of those scorpions as well, they're really nice shooting bows. The company called them recurves, but since the string doesn't touch the limb, they're closer to our conception of a "longbow."
I agree Sal the grip is what I like best about this bows.