My first recurve was an old 70's Bear Kodiak Hunter 60" recurve that my neighbor gave me. 45# at 28" made 53# at my 31" draw. I abused it, because I didn't know better. I drilled the riser and put a quiver on it. Made it ugly, but I could shoot it. While in the Navy, I introduced a friend to traditional archery and gave him the bow. He took the ugly bow and made it uglier, with a crummy brush on urethane finish.

However, like a great friend, he contacted me 12 years later and shipped the bow back to me so that my oldest son could shoot it when he got old enough. Pretty cool, huh?

I was very excited to have my first recurve back and strung it up. I pulled it a number of times and that was when I remember hearing the little "click" noise. I didn't pay any attention to it, until I was running my hand down the limb and felt the seperation.

On my top limb, at the fadeout, I have a small crack on the side of the limb. It runs to the back of the bow and a small, 2" crack then runs up the limb, towards the limb tip.

The bow isn't worth anything, monetarily. But it still holds a special place in my heart. I want to be able to make it shootable again. Bowfishing is a good possibility this spring, and this would work well if I could get it running safely again.

How can I repair the limb? I have read on some of the other sights that you can try and get Loctite 420 glue in the crack and clamp it, on some limbs that need repair. I have read that you may be able to put an extra layer of fiberglass on the back of the limb as well. Would either of these methods work for my repair need? What if I took some fiberglass wrap, for automotive needs, and wrapped the area needing repair? It would look repaired, but that doesn't matter for bowfishing. I just don't want to eat a limb when I shoot it.

Does anyone have any experience in this matter?

Thanks in advance,
John

Neat story, I hope you can save it.  Maybe one of our talented bowyer types will have some suggestions.

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