I had a couple of free hours last week and so I dropped in to our 'antique row' on the south side of town. I'm not a collector but occasionally find an interesting fountain pen or an old hunting magazine for cheap. It's more the hunt than the finding, as I'm sure most of you can relate to.
Anyway, it's about 3 minutes until I have to go pick up my boy from school and I turn the corner and there, stuck in the corner was this good-looking Alaskan. Grip and shelves are in great shape. A few linear stress cracks on the back and belly is all I can see.
Tips are pristine. As you can see however, there is a crack running just below the shelves down underneath the leather grip. The crack is present on both sides but doesn't appear to extend below the grip...stopping somewhere in the middle.
I don't have much in this bow. (That 49.99 price tag was before the 10% holiday discount. :-) ) I'm assuming this is repairable? Remove the grip, blow out the crack, glue and clamp?
How far off am I?
Jack