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Pine Resin and Charcoal Glue Recipe
wvfknapper:
What did he say ??? ???
wvflintknapper
Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
i use an empty minwax 1\2 pint can.
i fill the can about half way with pine resin
roughly 1- 1.5 tablespoons of wood ashes
roughly 1- 1.5 tablespoons of bear grease that has been thickened with wax (my bear grease is thickened to consistency of crisco vegtable shortening or a creamy peanut butter)
this works very well for me, i use it on trade points and stone points and as long as it is good and hot when i apply it it holds strong.
Pat B:
What I use is about equal parts pitch, bees wax and charcoal powder or fine saw dust. The charcoal or saw dust adds body and the bees wax makes it less brittle. The thing with herbivore dung is that it is full of fiber. In a dried state it is pretty inert. Dried rabbit or deer pellets are what I have heard to use. Pat
richpierce:
Cutler's resin by Chuck Burrows, a knifemaker of stout repute:
5 parts pitch
1 part beeswax (tallow can replace this-available from your butcher)
1 part filler (wood dust, ash, metal dust, etc)
I use ground charcoal for the filler. I cook down dirty crusty barky pine pitch in a tin can with holes punched in the bottom and catch the strained drippings in another tin can. Then add beeswax and then the filler, stirring with a clean split stick. I let the mixture cool some and then I dip clean sticks in it (popcicle sized) till they load up with dollops of the resin, sorta like making tallow candles. These can be stored forever, carried on a trip, etc. When you need hot glue, heat everything before the fire, get that glue stick to dripping, and apply to the surfaces as needed. Do all your sinewing later, obviously.
RidgeRunner:
Thanks for the replies guys.
I have about a half gallon each of pine resin and bees wax.
Going to cook up some glue while I am off work for Chrismas.
Thanks
David
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