Recurve whoops

[DC]

Sometime in the building/rebuilding of this bow I ended up with one end curved more than the other. Actually my wife noticed it when I was showing it off after 3 coats of tung oil. The Sharpie line is the outline of the other tip. What I'm wondering is if this will have a noticeable effect? It's three lams so it's not going to want to bend/straighten easily. Just wondering if it's worth the time to correct.

[simson]

It's more an optical thing than a shooting effect.
On a lam bow I wouldn't do any heat corrections (assuming glue is epoxi)

[sleek]

If it was tillered with it like that, then one limb is stronger than the other due to leverage differences between the recurves.  The tip with the most leverage is the strongest limb with the recurve providing more leverage on the limb to compensate. The other one is weaker and its recurve provides less leverage. With the leverage compensating the difference in strengths of the limbs, the limbs should return to brace at the same time. You can tell by hand shock and if it tilts up or down ( towards the strongest limb ) as you draw it if the performance is being affected.  However,  if the tiller matches, you should have no problems.

[GlisGlis]

it's all "Character" 
I'm an expert
my bows are all full of character 

[bownarra]

Nothing to be done here. It doesn't matter.

[Del the cat]

What they all said.
Del

[Eric Krewson]

I did the same thing on my latest bow, one curve is longer than the other. I put the short curve on the bottom limb because they often need to be a little stronger. The bow is a great shooter and I am sure no one except me will ever notice the discrepancy.

[Sagebrush]

I think your keen tillering eye probably fixed it without noticing.  At this point it is what it is.  Did you or anyone else shoot it to get a sense of the feel/harmonics???

[DC]

Thanks guys, I'll leave it. It seems OK to me and there is nobody else to try it.

[sleek]

Hey, don't jump to conclusions.  Id try it out!

[Tommy D]

Thanks guys, I'll leave it. It seems OK to me and there is nobody else to try it.

I am sure “asymmetrical recurves” are a thing these days! I suspect only you will notice it!