Bear Minuteman

[DuffyRP]

I was recently given an early 1970's model Bear Minuteman bow. After cleaning it up I found it to be in pretty good shape with the exception of the upper limb tip.  The wood laminations at the very tip, and I mean the first 1/32 of an inch, looks as though it has rotted away. It does not look like it is delaminating and it is about an inch away from the string nock. I can not find replacement limbs anywhere and I am worried about stringing it up in it's current state. Do I need to worry about it? Is there something that can be done to repair it? Please help.

[Paul_R]

I would sand it back and put a coat of super glue on it. Should be fine. I scored one of those on Craigslist for $20. The plan was to give it to my nephew for helping me build a shed but I'm going to have a hard time parting with it!

[slim_grim]

Originally posted by Paul_R:
I would sand it back and put a coat of super glue on it.

Sounds like a pretty good idea. A few pictures would probably help.