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SINEW PREP?

Started by Wingless Arrow, August 28, 2011, 06:58:00 PM

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Wingless Arrow

I just want to know the exact process for preping sinew for backing a bow. like, do i soak it first? also i saw some natural gut hafting material online. could that be used like sinew? or is it different?

thanks a bunch,

john
You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox.
-Tim Vine

scrub-buster

Once the sinew is dry, I take a smooth hammer and pound it on a smooth surface until it starts to seperate into bundles.  Then I pull it apart into small fibers about the size of a pencil lead.
AKA Osage Outlaw

Wingless Arrow

by dry, do you mean, dry after soaking in water? or after removing it from the animal? sorry, i just want to make sure i understand it fully.
You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox.
-Tim Vine

Eric Krewson

Dry after removing from the animal, no need to soak it in water.

Wingless Arrow

ed scott, a professional bowyer, says he "hydrates", or soaks, it. then dips it in the glue and then applies it. but do you know about the gut hafting material? i tried to look it up but there isnt much about backing bows with it.
You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox.
-Tim Vine

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