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jeffp51:
During Thanksgiving, a neighbor gave me 7 garbage bags full of deer legs.  I skinned and stripped as many of them as I could in the time I had, and then dried the sinew.  I have been spending evenings since pounding, then stripping the sinew and sorting it into bundles.  The resulting 6 ounces doesn't look like much, except each of the 50 bundles took a good hour just to strip.  All told, I bet I have over 70 hours in this stuff.  I have used some as well to back a bow, and of course it is also ready to twist into cordage or bow strings.  It is good for wrapping arrow heads or nocks and fletches

What I am trying to say is that there is a remarkable amount of work that went into processing this sinew, so I am having difficulty determining its worth.  I have divided the bundles  into 6 one ounce groups.  I am happy to entertain any offers depending on how much you may want.  Each group has a variety of lengths between 13" and 5"  -- Most of the bundles are about 10"

Here are the things I could use:

-a yew stave (a guy can dream, right? ;D)
-an osage stave (little bit smaller dream)
-a hickory stave (maybe actually realistic)

-wild turkey feathers, primary and/or secondary
-cooked spalls for knapping, or some other interesting and reasonably knappable stone

-any other offers that you may think worth some or all of the sinew.

High-Desert:
What are you looking for in a yew stave? Length, character etc etc etc etc......etc

jeffp51:
I draw 29 inches, so I seem to need longish staves to get that.  I like both straight and character staves, as long as there is a bow in them.

osage outlaw:
That's some nice looking sinew.

High-Desert:
PM Sent

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