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bubbles:
This is what I picked up from an Asian grocery. About 4 bucks for two full cow tendons. A little bit of processing involved.  I havnt used it yet, but the general consensus is cow sinew is a bit greasier than deer so just wash the processed sinew in dish soap before Glueing.

Don Case:

--- Quote from: Mike_H on February 27, 2014, 07:53:52 pm ---I've gotten bovine sinew via dog chews and it does work just as well.  Pounds a bit harder due to thicker casing but still works well.

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I got some of this from two different dealers. One was good and the other wasn't. I contacted the producers and some are dried in dehydrators at a fairly high temp(they wouldn't tell me how high). The one that wasn't good shattered in spots. I got a piece of what was called "backstrap tendon" and when I looked it up on the net it said it was neck tendon baked at 425 degrees. It shattered like glass. I guess the lesson here is to buy one and test it. I would think that getting it fresh so you know how it's dried is the best way to go.

tipi stuff:
Don, that neck tendon is the stuff that used to be used for arrow points. I posted a photo of one on here somewhere.  Curits

Don Case:
Do you mean as a point or to hold points on? It was a big chunk of tendon and would have had a lot of sinew in it if they hadn't barbequed it.
Don

Don Case:
Found it  ;D   https://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=40055.0

I might try making points from this chunk I've got but it's aweful brittle

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