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Pitch or Hide glue?

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Pat B:
I use pitch glue for stone and trade points with a sinew wrap. I chew the sinew until it's soft then wrap. The saliva and sinew makes it's one glue so I don' t add glue to that but after it's dry I seal it with pitch varnish(pitch dissolved in denatured alcohol). I usually just wrap the front and rear of the fletching with sinew sealed with pitch varnish. Sometimes I use a little fletch tape(not primitive  ::) )in the center of the fletch just to hold it to the shaft.

Ryan Jacob:
Thanks ya guys! It makes sense in my climate where it humidity never goes below 80%. O just have this bad habit of dripping hot pine pitch on the floor or on my foot. One situation is hard work and the other situation is painful.

archeryrob:
I was hafting points with just sinew and no glue. Three thin pieces of leg sinew chewed and stored in my cheek. Wrap the head and let it dry and they always held for the shot. Had a few break from hard contact missing the target and just re lashed them back down. Living in Maryland, so not as humid, but it can get wet and I wash them off if dirty and they hold strong unless soaked.

gutpile:
I use hide glue to attach point then wrap with sinew once set...then I pitch it to waterproof it..its the way my ancestor did it for hundreds of years and moisture is not an issue..now if it sets in creek for a spell yes... but moisture does not affect it or compromise the haft..gut

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