Longbow grip question

[BrianO]

I have a longbow with a medium grip.  I shoot a recurve with a high wrist grip and I'm having difficulty switching from one to the other.  I was wondering if it was possible to "build" up the grip on the longbow with no ill effects on performance and if so how would one go about doing so?

Thanks

[O.L. Adcock]

BrianO, You can have any grip you want, "longbow" grips are only the way they are cause someone made them that way. It won't change anything except your tuning.....O.L.

[Swamp Pygmy]

I can't tell you about performance, but they have products out nowadays that are like putty or bondo type substances. They'll dry hard like wood.  I'm sure you can use that kind of stuff and file/sand it to dimensions. Whether it'll affect performance or not I couldn't tell you.

[KILLER B]

Have you seen the thread about using superglue and leather?  It gives a almost wood grain appearance and you can build it up as much as you like.  Best of luck to ya.

[Curveman]

I understand what you are saying as I originally began shooting my longbow with my high wrist recurve grip with rather poor results.  :D   In fact my recurve bow has a very high grip that "forces" you into keeping your wrist etc. in a line. Perfect. I found though that in switching to the longbow, the longbow grips of old/Howard Hill style ("D" shape) became part of their challenge/appeal for me. You might give yourself some time with it unless you really do want to keep switching back and forth between the longbow and the recurve. I haven't been doing that so maybe that would present some problems. Just a thought.

[Overspined]

If you shoot a Hill style bow with a high wrist you are asking for some vibrations and tuning issues.

[ChuckC]

I guess I can't see how you would get more vibrations from shooting high wrist.   I shoot mine high wrist and in fact built my grip up using Bondo, shaped it the way I liked then covered it with leather (deer hide).  Works great for me.
ChuckC

[RC]

You can get leather wraps used for tennis rackets and make a nice grip.RC