I had to wade through a sea of commercials, advertisements, and waste of time videos to finally find this treasure of information. My heartfelt thanks.
I started rehairing bows about a year ago. Found your technique similar to mine. Found it interesting that you seem to do the whole process on a chair. Maybe that was for filming purposes I use a desk and some small bench vises instead of a jig. Works well for me. Thanks for taking the time to puts this together. Always pick up a few tips from watching others go through the process.
Looks fun, but I take the advisory notes to heart and will not try this on my own at home. Still the general concepts of learning how to do it are fun to see.
I had a cheap bow i bought to practice. And the abalone slide on the frog was glued and when i went to pull the hair and plug from tip it was also glued. So my practice bow( as in practice rehairing) is gone now. Haha. The slide and all the plugs were glued so poof its dead lol. Oh well next cheap one ill try again. I have 4 carbons one decent pernambuco and the ol glaessel (sp?). Glass bow. I like all these so i'll practice on a future cheapy i'm not attached to.
I am a professional bow maker and have rehaired thousands of bows, many worth over $10,000. Just looking at the poster's method of removing plugs by prying them out of the tip and frog made me wince. This is a dependable way of breaking out the ivory on the tip -- or worse. Not to mention that this method will almost surely mar the frog. Please don't try this at home on any bow worth more than $100, unless you want to buy your customer a new bow.
Thank you for sharing your opinion. This seems more appropriate for inexpensive bows and DIY people who dont mind experimenting. Do you recommend any synthetic hairs? Do you recommend any bows under $100?
