Restoring an old recurve ?

[Roadking]

Friend found out that I'm now an archery instructor and gifted to me his dad's old recurve for demo purposes and to use. Beautiful old bow, and admittedly, I only own youth bows, so it's nice to have one that fits me...it's 6' tip to tip unstrung.
Problem is; one tip, about a foot of it, has twisted over the years, maybe 15 degrees. (left to right, not front to back...like a twisted 2x4)
1) how will this affect the accuracy? Safety?
2) best method to untwist?
3) should I only use it for illustrative purposes? i.e. identifying the parts of the bow.

Thanks.

Matt

[big rockpile]

It won't work with Twisted Limb.

Might try steaming and working the Twist out but I personally have never done this.

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[Roadking]

Thanks BRP.
Also, had archery on my mind...it's a long bow, not a recurve.

Matt

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Originally Posted by Roadking

Thanks BRP.
Also, had archery on my mind...it's a long bow, not a recurve.

Matt

That's ok still same answer.

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