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Pine Tar?
bowtarist:
Be careful putting that stuff to a fire. I picture it as being a very dark reddish black thick sticky stringy liquid. Highly volitile I'd susspect.
stickbender:
Flaming arrows! ;) 8) >:D
Wayne
PeteC:
We use it on the horses hooves during dry conditions.It helps hold moisture in them,to help stop cracks and splits. God Bless
Stiks-N-Strings:
Pete said it. I was a farrier and raised horses for awhile and used it for hoof treatment and also a teaspoonful for a horse with a cough. All kinds of uses really but like it says it is the consistency of gooey tar.
MetisLifeguard:
The place I've seen this used for archery is in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoNmUJWNCMw
This guy is making a replica arrow of Otzi the iceman. He does it the primitive way and shows us how to get the pine tar out of it. About 2:52 is when he starts getting the bark to make the tar.
Minwikijigan
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