Thin Overlay Material

[warpedarrow]

The 1957 Kodiak Special arrived yesterday.  Excellent condition for any bow and especially for a 57 year old one.
One of the micarta tip overlays is missing so I will retip the bow.  The remaing overlay is a combination of brown, red, and white material.  It has five or six layers. This stuff is thin!  The red is not much thicker than a fingernail.

Does anyone know where I might find some material that is thin? The stuff that the bow building suppliers sell is way too thick for this job.

[wadde]

Sometimes the free samples of countertop materials at the home improvement stores can be used. Lots of colors and materials available free.

[Robert Marvin]

.030 core tuff maybe someone has some scraps

[warpedarrow]

I never thought about  countertop laminate.  I thought that the color was surface only on that stuff.  At least the pieces of it that I have seen that were broken had an ugly brown base to them.

I will see about getting some information about the thin core tuff.

[Pack animal]

Hello I used heavy construction paper and epoxy
tho I did not quite get the color correct.
But the layered effect came through pretty good.

[Pack animal]

The one on the left is the new one I created.  The tip on the right is from another bow

[woodchucker]

Few years ago, I had a 1956 that I ended up giving to Stickshooter's wife, Shell. It was missing a tip overlay, and searching around here, I found out the original tip overlays were made of carboard.

She was going to get the bow refinished by BowDoc, last I heard.....

[Robert Marvin]

unless you want it circa its best to use glass of some kind for durability-like glass tipping a 59 kodiak

[warpedarrow]

I started doing some research on knife scales which are very similar to micarta.  It looks pretty easy to make so I will play with it a bit.  Construction paper, linen, and other things can be used to make it.

I will go with paper on this bow because it is so nice already that I don't want any "customizing" done to it.  The beat up old 59 that I restored got fiberglass tips put on it.