Making a crown on a flat shelf?

[PineLander]

For those that sometimes shoot older recurves off the shelf...
How have you created a crown on a completely flat shelf? I've seen the feather rest and have used the Bear Weather rest, but am still curious as to other ways archers have approached this.

[Arthur P]

On some bows, mostly Bear bows with some collector value, I've carved a piece of scrap harness leather into a crown, and glued it down on the shelf with Barge cement. You just need a small peak, and you don't need to raise the arrow a lot higher over your hand.

On other bows, Pearson and Shakespeare without much value other than as shooters, I've used a wood rasp and completely reworked the shelf, lowering it and making a nice peak. I keep the peak of the peak (!?!) right over the deepest part of the grip. If you decide to take the rasp to your bow, remember to keep a bit of radius (about 1/16" min) in the corner where the shelf meets the sight window. A sharp corner is weak and can cause the bow to break.

[Lilhunter]

A simple match stick left slightly larger then a normal 'pressure point' stick, glued with barge, and some velcro over the top.

Place the stick inline with the throat of your grip (deepest part)