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Pounding or soaking sinew
BowEd:
+1.
NorthHeart:
--- Quote from: PatM on March 11, 2018, 11:25:31 am ---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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Outstanding, cant wait to try the soaking method. What is your preferred method for degreasing it as well as possible? Do you just wash it with soap? Ive heard both good and bad on the use of bleach.
PatM:
Dawn dish soap. and rinsing well. No need for bleach at all. It's of dubious use as a degreaser and probably does as much to break down protein molecules, which is the last thing you want.
Mesophilic:
I'm believer now.
I just did the soak method on two little front leg tendons. I was kind of amazed at the quality and quantity that came out of them.
The difficult part, on these particular ones, was separating the sleeve. I had to slice it down the center then pull thw tendons out. Also decided that a couple pairs of needle nose pliers comes in real handy till you get rhw tendons broke down in to smaller pieces. From there a plastic backed thumb tack separates the fibers real well in a pinch.
I'll try some larger rear leg elk tendons next.
Aaron H:
Gonna have to give this method a try. Thanks Pat for yet another sinew tip
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