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duffontap:
I've never heard of the hide glue additive.  What's the source on that?

         J. D.

sagitarius boemoru:
Chris Boyton wrote me that while ago. Such strings are more like wire, than anything else, they can only be bend in larger diameter curves. Also he wrote me that prior WW2 they used to shelac these strings so they be nice shiney and slick. I think that suchhide glue, used instead of wax must be very thin.

Anyway, wheels of my revenge are turning...oh what I m saying  ;D I went into contact with Eco - center here in close vicinity, for a string making course and a bow for primitive skill display, they are going to supply me with raw hemp fibres over 2 meters long, worked by hand from plant, means without microfractures.
They also gave me a contact to Romenian factory, which works hemp in non cut form, means long fibres also over 2 meters long and I even found a tent maker here who buys a tent cloth from them regluary. He goes there at june 20th so I might be able to buy some raw fibre good for strings via him.
I m thinking about 10 pounds of raw fibre, that will set me for some experimentation.

They have agricultural advisor who indeed confirmed that hemp can be sown thick, with plants nearby to each other so its strives for light and grows very tall. They use double of ammount of seed per hectar for this method.

Stand by for updates.

Jaro

duffontap:
Standing by with great interest. 

If the linen/hemp strings were treated with hide glue, that would explain why the archers at Crecy unstrung their bows in the rain wouldn't it?

          J. D. Duff

sagitarius boemoru:
J.D. it becomes somehow sticky in water, but I tried to unglue some things I glued on musical instrument with hide glue and there was lots of vapour needed and in end I broke the wood off rather than having the joint coming loose.But I m not expert in these strings and save cooking glue I dont use it nearly as often.

With strings - they dont work when overdry, they wont work when soaked completelly either, but if the hide glue works instead of wax as we use it, would there be much diference if it just be sticky as hell?
(But no doubt the archers knew rain was not good for bows nor strings)

Jaro

bruce wilcock:
starch is used to glaze thread has anyone used it on a bow string

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