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maddog314:
I have been using different glues to attach my points to the arrow and I am wondering if there is a certain way to use pine tar. I have a pint of it and I am wanting to use it. any suggestions?

George Tsoukalas:
This is how I put on trades. I use the pine sap right from the tree. Heat it slightly and dab  it on the point. Slide it into the groove. Do the spin test and adjust if needed. Tie on with sinew. I make 3 cuts on  each side of the point and then wrap criss cross with wetted sinew.  I wrap an inch down into the shaft, tie off and coat with hide glue. Jawge

maddog314:
I just have a can of pine tar that is in liquid form do I need to heat it to get the moister out? I saw something on youtube on some one using horse manure, pine sap resin ,and charcoal. he heated the pine sap resin into its liquid state and added the horse manure and charcoal( ground up) to the mix and as it was cooling he built up the mix onto a stick for later use. when he wanted to use it hi simply heated it back up and used it. I am wondering if I can use the canned pine tar in the same way?

Pat B:
The pine pitch should be hard and brittle to make good glue. If it is not you will have to cook it to evaporate the turps and that will make it hard.
  I use pine pitch,bees wax and finely ground charcoal to make my glue. The charcoal adds body just like the dried manure would. Dried deer or rabbit manure will work too. The beeswax makes the mixture less brittle but if the pitch is soft it will stay tacky for a long time.
  Be very careful cookingh the pitch because it is very volatile and will combust if it gets too hot.

sander:
Pat I would like to try your recipe.  However I have hard amber colored balls of sap
from some kind of small decorative tree maybe of the fruit variety.  Will sap from most
trees work? and what percentages of sap beeswax and charcoal do you recommend.
Thanks

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