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DanaM:
Most make their own but I think 3 Rivers sells it

hillbilly61:
  The pitch glue looks easy enogh to make.  With the sap starting to flow now is thier a way to cut the tree to get the sap coming out w/o killing the tree?  Making my own bows, making my own points now want to bring it all together and kill my first true trad dear.

AncientArcher76:
I know if you look real hard on braches or sometimes on trunks of pine trees you will see clumps of sap.  With some time and possibly climbing a little you can collect enough.  Also if you look it up you can make birch pitch,  Good luck

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Pat B:
For pitch glue and pitch varnish I like to use hard, brittle pitch clods found on the tree wound or the ground next to a tree. Most of what I use is pine. If you use oozy pitch it takes forever to set up because the volatile oils have to evaporate. The volatile oils have already evaporated from the hard pitch so the pitch glue hardens as it cools and the varnish dried hard when the alcohol evaporates.

hillbilly61:
I'm gonna contradict myself here. ::) Will 5 min epoxy work too :-\

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