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Coo-wah-chobee:
Dana yer correct. I do it freehand. Iam workin' on strings in backyard . Any enviroment will do ya need ta be resourceful with all these projects.....bob

Kegan:
Holy cow! Or should I say squirrel? I had trouble cutting strips with pencil lines and scissors :P. That's amazing!

Do you use any plant fibers for strings, or is rawhide that much stronger?

Coo-wah-chobee:
Kegan...I use rawhide but I think plant fibers are stronger or should I say ta be correct last longer. In plant fibers I use bromeliad, coconut, banana and nettle. I prefer coconut cause its readily available and waterproof. Rawhide from fox tree rats lasts 1000 shots fer me. Holy S#*^ here come the arguments ! Rawhide is NOT waterproof and stretches some in the humidity er in the rain. Who cares ? Not me I just adjust the string. Like the freehand huh ? Use a sharp obsidian flake set in a stick ta make a hoko knife and it works better than a sisszor. After a while ya get real good at it and the obs just looks at ya waitin' ta cut ya , a added bonus ! ;D  (yer blood )yummy ;D .........................bob

michbowguy:
 8) 8) 8)

Kegan:

--- Quote from: Coo-wah-chobee on March 13, 2008, 07:54:05 pm ---Kegan...I use rawhide but I think plant fibers are stronger or should I say ta be correct last longer. In plant fibers I use bromeliad, coconut, banana and nettle. I prefer coconut cause its readily available and waterproof. Rawhide from fox tree rats lasts 1000 shots fer me. Holy S#*^ here come the arguments ! Rawhide is NOT waterproof and stretches some in the humidity er in the rain. Who cares ? Not me I just adjust the string. Like the freehand huh ? Use a sharp obsidian flake set in a stick ta make a hoko knife and it works better than a sisszor. After a while ya get real good at it and the obs just looks at ya waitin' ta cut ya , a added bonus ! ;D  (yer blood )yummy ;D .........................bob

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Thanks! I've begun a milkweed string, which, at the moment, seems much stronger than a similiarly sized rawhide string (the individual threads that is). Hoko knife huh? Looks like it would really do the trick! You're really helping us all out with this build along ;D!!

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