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240's sheep horn bow build with Tom Lucas
NorthHeart:
We straighten the tips more over the stove.
NorthHeart:
We glue down and secure the side piece on each limb...opposing sides. We lash it just to look at it. Then we work the limb side a bit so they mate up nicely, then glue it with hide glue. Later the edges are worked down so that it blends right in and you would hardly know its there.
NorthHeart:
Small gaps like on the side pieces can be filled with TB commercial hide glue. For the important hide glue for the back sinew we use the hand made stuff.
NorthHeart:
We finish the other bow handle. These 3 sets of handle lashings you see are to secure it for added insurance so that the splice doesn't come apart while were working on the bow, and so that there is even less possibility that it will pull apart when the back sinew starts to dry the bow into reflex.
I have been pulling apart a lot of sinew to get ready for the upcoming step of sinewing the back.
NorthHeart:
We roughen up the back of the limbs all the way out to the tips to prepare it for sinew. We go in between the handle sinew wraps and even file it slightly, so that the back sinew will want to stick. We don't use alcohol or acetone or anything to prep it, we do however try not and touch it so our hands to not contaminate it.
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