My grandfather just gave me 3 traditional recurves, a matched husband and wife set crafted by a local guy over 100 years ago that he bought when he was 17 (he' s 87 now), and another. Unfortunately, the " wife" bow (smaller than the " husband" ) and the other bow were dry fired somewhere along the line and suffered limb cracks, but the " husband" bow appears to be in great shape.

All bows have been on a bow rack in my Grandpa' s finished basement for the last 40 years. I' d love to shoot the " husband" bow, but am scared to death of doing so, as I don' t want to hurt it. I' m thinking I' m better off simply displaying it in my office.

So my questions are-

1- Is the " husband" bow safe to shoot?

2- Is there anyway to repair cracked limbed bows so they can be used again?