HELP, fixing a kids selfbow!

[Green Arrow]

A friend brought this little osage bow over yesterday wondering if i could fix it.  i'm not a bowyer but play with wood quite a bit.  these aren't very good pics but you get the idea.  i was think some titebond and a sinew wrap??

I know some of you fellas have experience with patches....what is the best way to fix it?

thanks,
Kyle

 

 

 

[Bert Frelink]

That is a mean looking sliver!!
you might want to put a piece of rawhide over that and then wrap it with some sinew, titebond should work fine.
Wet the rawhide a little so it tightens up nice when you wrap it. Good luck, should work fine.
Regards, Bert.

[John Scifres]

I think it could be fixed but not for a kid.  I have a rattan bow that we make for kids I could send you instead.  Let me know.

[Green Arrow]

thanks John.  i believe the kid (11 year old) has a back up he just LOVES this one.  you saying it looks too dangerous to fix?
thanks!

[Jim now in Kentucky]

Why  not  glue  the sliver  down, lay sinew  longways over the  break and wrap with sinew around  the limb?

Next question,  how did it break? If  over  drawn, the 11-year-old  is likely to  grow and do it again.

[Crimson mist]

Medium ca glue, clamp then wrap the area with heavy upolstery thread, saturate with ca glue then wrap the other limb in the same spot to make it look even  in less than an hour the bow will be shooting again