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Questions and comments on the best sinew and hide glue.
loefflerchuck:
Wow! Okay let me try to catch up. Thanks everybody for the help. Beadman, nice bow. Does not look like too big of a fix. I am lucky enough to get long elk leg tendons. Over 20" and can cover the entire bending limb.
Mike, I may have to get some croaker bladders. When I worked on a fishing boat in the Northwest I spent a couple hours on the steam in cutting bladders out of rockfish. I think because of the water temp? the glue I made would not jell. I finally got it to dry after a few days but would not use it on a bow. I use it for natural paints over sinew.
Stickbender, I have never used bladder glue so I am used to quick jell time. I have not had a problem with it.
Willie, Wood and sinew bows are not really putting the sinew to work if your only drawing a 50" bow 26" or so.
Ryan, Thanks for the offer. Maybe next trade bundle we exchange. I've been pretty slow getting at that stash of ash. I only cut 10 arrow blanks and no cores yet.
Next batch I'll try the low temp. I have a entire shopping bag of sinew scraps.
One last question. Without posting a link can anybody give me a credible source for good bladder glue ready to go? I've seen some but when your bow takes 8 months to make I don't like to take chances.
osage outlaw:
Chuck,
I have some carp air bladders dried and chopped into tiny pieces. I was going to make glue from it but I'll probably never get around to trying it. I'd be more than happy to send them to you if you wanted to try them out.
I've made a few batches of sinew glue in a crock pot. I let it cook overnight on low heat which is still pretty warm. I use very clean sinew only and shred it into very fine fibers. I don't get any fat on the surface. After I'm done cooking it I strain it and there isn't much left of the sinew. I've got a lot of scraps saved up and need to make some glue sometime soon. I've never had a problem with my glue but my sinew backed bows are no where near as high stressed as yours are.
loefflerchuck:
Thanks Clint. Maybe we can make a trade once again. I'm getting more useful information than I expected.
osage outlaw:
No trade necessary Chuck. I'll also send some of my dried sinew glue for you to test out. I took a couple pictures of what I make my glue from. I only save the clean white fibers. If a piece looks greasy at all it gets cut off or thrown away.
Stick Bender:
Just got home for the week end and my yellow croaker air bladders & clarified 192G hide glue arrived ,these air bladders are huge like pan cakes my package weighed 17 oz looking foward to cooking up some air bladder glue like Ed , hey Ed did your dried glue peaces come out clear opaque color ?
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