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Pounding or soaking sinew
BowEd:
I doubt it.You want all oil off etc. before using it too.
PatM:
--- Quote from: DC on March 10, 2018, 03:39:13 pm ---Is there a difference between fresh and soaked as far as this is concerned?
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The drying and then reconstituting it with water seems to do something to it that allows the separation to be easier. Hard to say what that is but any natural product dried once and then wet again doesn't return to its original state. Doesn't matter if that's wood, rawhide, sinew or raisins.
bradsmith2010:
sounds like a great idea, I will give it a try on some sinew soon, (SH)
bowers bible #4 talks about Ishi making bow string by chewing fresh tendon and pulling apart,, or if the tendon was dry soakng it in warm water before chewing and teasing apart,,
NorthHeart:
One of my issues with leg sinew vs. back sinew (besides its labor intensiveness in processing) is that the processed leg pieces seem thinner and weaker, where as my back sinew is stronger and of higher quality.
Is this just because i've been pounding the leg sinew with a hammer instead of soaking it like mentioned here. Or is back sinew still going to be a superior finished product?
PatM:
It's the pounding that degrades it. Leg sinew is every bit as strong if not stronger than back sinew but the undoubted greater cross linking of the fibres causes destruction of the main fibres when processing.
Water softening lets you pop those cross links apart much easier and your leg sinew will look just like back sinew strands.
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