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bownarra:
Yes make sure the sinew is even. If you have different amounts on the limbs it will season funny.

DC:
OK. now how about the sinew wrapping around to the belly. I found this to be the most difficult part of sinewing. In the tillering section Adam says

--- Quote ---The scraping of the belly or the sides of the bow is done in such a way that the roundness of belly is always maintained. There is no need to worry about exposing the wood of the core at the edges of limbs, but the belly should still remain round with the sinew layer kept as the widest surface on the back of the limb.

Karpowicz, Adam. Ottoman Turkish bows, manufacture and design: second edition . Adam Karpowicz. Kindle Edition.
--- End quote ---
If there is no reason to worry about exposing the core, why do we bother wrapping the sinew around the sides?

bownarra:
You can remove the belly sinew when tillering. You can then add the belly sinew once the bow is tillered. Personally I think as long as there is sinew on the edges you are good. You will have the devils own job trying to get it to stick to the horn belly and stay stuck anyway.

sleek:

--- Quote from: bownarra on November 03, 2019, 02:20:02 am ---You can remove the belly sinew when tillering. You can then add the belly sinew once the bow is tillered. Personally I think as long as there is sinew on the edges you are good. You will have the devils own job trying to get it to stick to the horn belly and stay stuck anyway.

--- End quote ---

Hide glue doesn't hold well to horn?

bownarra:
Are all applications the same? ;)

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