Crack on back of my longbow

[Llamma1]

I am starting to develop a crack on the back of my hickery longbow. How would I go about fixing it? Thank you for your help.

[Stiks-n-Strings]

Can you post some pics of the crack in question?

Is it with the grain or across the grain?

[Llamma1]

It's with the grain. But there is a little spot were it is starting to cross the grain. It's very small I don't think it would show up on my camera.

[nlester]

Happened to me last week.  From what I understand, if it doesn't run off the limb, super glue it, sand off the excess and keep shooting.  I don't think its that big of a deal.  I've shot several times since patching mine, so far so good.  Best of luck

[Llamma1]

I was thinking super glue. But I figured I would have to use some tight bond or something like that. Thank you for your time.

[Stiks-n-Strings]

CA glue (super glue) of any kind will work.

If there is a crack across the grain that's not good. It will only get worse and fail eventually. You could seal the cracks and back with rawhide or linen or something of that nature. The cracks that run with the grain aren't as bad as the cracks that cross the grain.