Glue on handle

[eagleone]

I have a couple of staves that don't have much meat in the middle so I was planning on glueing handles on them.  Am I correct to assume that I want to leave the stave thick out maybe an inch past the fades? 2"?  What say you?

[Pat B]

The fades are the transition between the working limb and the non-working handle. You want to start tillering the limb at the fades and out the limb.

[Eric Krewson]

Leave as much thickness in the handle area as you can so you have more to glue to.

If you glue a couple thin pieces on first to feather into your limbs your handle will be much less likely to pop off.