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Dimensions of Modoc bows?

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YewArcher:
lol.....yes they where nice staves! That pic is from about 6 months ago now allot of them are bows. See that yew stave second stave from the right.....that is the warbow, that other yewstave next to that is the sporting elb I have been posting on that long tall osage is the osage d bow I posted a few months ago  and the 2 vinemaple staves on the far left are both in the process of being tillered at my thursday night bow making that I host! lol.....Stave get made into bows quick around here.

SJM

juniper junkie:
David, I would use tight bond 2 to apply the sinew, the hide glue would be more affected by the weather where you are. as I told you at camp, I had a couple of bows that were rawhide backed with hide glue, that were on a table and the fog rolled in, the rawhide curled up on them. I had to re-apply using tb2. I am sure the natives used wax or lard-based materials for weather proofing, but the tb2 willl withstand the weather. the snake backed bow I had at camp hunted in the late season in pouring rain and was not affected by the moisture.

D. Tiller:
Chris, what are the dimension on that Juniper bow you were shooting? Nice looking bow there.

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