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backing bow with deerhide? update!!

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4dog:
had to wrap edges too..vert check runoff woud have been a prob

lebhuntfish:
Looks good man, I used dog bone rawhide on mine. Got a hide in the freezer waiting on time to tan it.

bowtarist:
Hide glue? I was just thinking about this topic this morning. dp

4dog:
used an elmers water proof wood glue...it wasnt cheap  ...have used it for sinew and it has held up well.   i know i know hide glue for sinew....lol

BraveKnight:

--- Quote from: bowtarist on March 28, 2014, 11:45:51 am ---Hide glue? I was just thinking about this topic this morning. dp

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I read in the Traditional Bowyers build vol 1 that hide glue should be used with rawhide.

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