Trad,
You can make a rest with a strip of leather folded over and bent at 90 degrees and wrapped down with the grip leather. Solves the problem, or wear a glove on your bow hand. Might check your nocking point on the string, too, possibly too low. Waiting to see the pictures!
Hawkdancer
already glued on another small piece of Osage for a rest but will try the leather on the next one. the fletching in the hang thing was in the past, years ago. but you don't forget it or at least I haven't.
