I was working on a new osage bow for myself last night and it was going great until I made one mistake that was very disappointing. I'll go through my thought process before the mistake.
I got it shaped out looking good, I chased a ring and man it looked beautiful. I was thinking "This is my bow I'm making it for me just the way I want it it's going to be awesome." There was one place where there was a little big damage, but no big deal, it's on the back near the tip where it's not going to bend anyways so I filled it with glue and some real fine saw dust easy fix. Then there was another small bug hole on the belly and I have seen where people have used turquoise to fill in small knot holes so I decided that's what I will do there. It should look really pretty. Then once everything was ready I decided shape the handle a little and cut in the arrow rest.
Now I look the bow over and decide which is going to be my top and bottom limbs and pick where I should make the arrow rest and I get to cutting. I get it cut out shape it up real nice, it looks good. My bow is going to be awesome. My best bow by far I can already tell. Then I look, oh no, what have I done. I cut the arrow rest to where it's for a left handee and I'm right handed. I just sat it in the corner after a few words of regret and pain over how dumb and carries away I got.
I thought I would share with you guys and see if you ever done something like this and if I could still shoot it accurately. It's kinda of funny now I figure I can shoot it of my thumb side like some of the Asian composite shooters. But it did make me sad till I went to bed.