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American bison, horn bow w/sinew(pic update)

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FVR:
Wow, I never thought to cut a horn out like that. 

Looking good.

Thanks,

Frank

JackCrafty:
Excellent thread....looking forward to the rest.   :)

Timo:
Many threads on here about laying sinew so I will for go it for the most part,but here are a few pics I took yesterday of the process.

First thing I do is lay out my sinew bundles on a towel,lay another over them and then sprinkle with water until the towels are soaked,I get my glue rehydrating then after a few mins I remove the top towel ,(the bundles will be wet now) and I manage them in a better order,lay them on another towel and get them organized. Again laying over with a towel and keeping them wet. This just makes things run smoother.This whole sinew job only took about 30 mins.

I try to save rain water for my hide glue.Medicine maybe? ha I mixed it the same as I did for my horn/core glue up. Then it kinda old hat with the laying of the bundles.

I just went with one good layer here,with another strip down the center,also Tom told me to run a layer over the edge and overlap the horn about an 1/8".I tried the best I could to do that,but missed a spot or two. Terrible ugly right after the sinew is layed.I remember the first time I did some....I thought,"There is no way that is ever gonna look like anything"! The native americans get a tip of the cap from me I tell ya!



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Timo:
Somthing of interest has arose. The bowl that I use for sinew is also the bowl I use to cook my  pine pitch. I always clean it well and burn it out before use. For some reason I couldn't get it as clean this time and went ahead and used it for my glue. Well.....when the sinew began to dry I noticed these lil black specs under the sinew. For the life of me I could not figure out where they came from......Finally figured it out when I was doing my clean up. The charring left from when I burned out the bowl had left some black residue similar to lamp black, but it was stuck to the bowl,(or so I thought)? The hide glue loosened it and it went into the sinew.So now my bow has black specs in it. Good medicine again? Or trouble later? ???

Here are a couple pics showing the black specs and the sinew over the edge of the horn. Actually kind a cool looking.

Gotta let the sinew dry for a spell so it will be a while before we move on. Thanks in advance for those with interest.

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radius:
i like those black fleks, timo, even if you didn't intend for them to be there...

i'm looking forward to seeing the rest!

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