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Authentic middle age finish on bows
adb:
I said the warbow, not the longbow, was long gone by the 18th century. Long gone as a livery weapon, issued by the English Crown as a military weapon.
mikekeswick:
Well I am sure pine resins can be used for varnishes...i've done it!
Robby101:
By golly your right mikekeswick!!! A company called Rockler sells a linseed oil and pine resin varnish. I'm always looking for authentic formulas for varnishes, thanks.
adb, Sorry for my misstatement, I was only trying to show that even in the late seventeen hundreds, men like Franklin were well aware of the English Warbow and its capabilities, and by inference, the associated crafts such as varnish making would also have been passed down through families engaged in that craft, and or guilds of the same nature.
Robby
Thesquirrelslinger:
--- Quote from: adb on September 08, 2013, 12:12:55 am ---I think they used beeswax and rubbed it in.
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+1
pine resin+ turpentine(distilled from pine resin) was sometimes used according to my history book- big trade in turpentine for other uses.
mje:
Linseed oil and other organic oils will continue to oxidize and eventually turn black, so those black bows may not have started out that way.
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