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Danish Oil sinew and rawhide finishing

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Pat B:
Any clean animal fat should work.

pumarchery:
I'll try find some, we have plenty farms thankfully so maybe I'll be able to find cow or pig fat from them farmer guys on the cheap. First wanna try that one by Massey though, I heard French Polish gives very nice look. Do you apply fat any different than you would like beeswax (heat em up some then rub it on) or is done in other way? And thanks a bunch Pat, real nice how helpful this community is (=

xeniasn:
Some of the uses it brings is rawhide, which is animal skin that has not been tanned but has been cleaned and dried.

Used in handicrafts such as sword sheaths, knife handles, bows and arrows, or traditional objects.

Rawhide after soaking in water can soften and be pliable, then dry very hard.

medicinewheel:

--- Quote from: Pat B on November 30, 2020, 03:51:39 pm ---... Danish oil is a penetrating oil finish and IMO not good for sinew or rawhide. ...

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Think so, too.

superdav95:
What pat said…. I have also used tite bond 3 wood glue watered down 505/50.  I’ve done this over top the rawhide covering that was put over sinew.  I’ve also done this over top sinew directly too.  Tb3 has the benefits of water proofing/ resistance.  Once this dries I’ll coat with shellack or tru oil or tung oil finish over top entire bow including the belly wood.  We are pretty humid up here in Ontario Canada.  I love the benefits of sinew backed wood bows and use them for hunting.  If I know I’m going up north for a moose hunt in wet and humid September I’ve done a Massey type finish that was a mix of 2 part epoxy and acetone or paint thinner.  This is more of a water proof finish but not primitive obviously.  I’ve only done this on a couple and have not done extensive testing on these but the finish was hard but flexible and seemed tight.  If trying to stay primitive as you stated shellack work well if not beating the bow up and dropping it in water constantly.  Over a week or two hunt trip would be just fine.  I’ve no tried the bear grease but hear it works.  I’ve used unscented danish or mink oil paste on my boots to help water proof them during a hunting trip.  I’ve not tried this on a rawhide finish bow yet.  Not sure what it would do.  I would not likely use bees wax on a hunting trip due to the scent.  May not matter too much but scent control for deer is obviously a big deal.  That may be a good experiment actually to test some of these unscented oil rubs like mink or bear or even duck grease to see if it affects a finished bow.   Tung oil has a scent to it but I let this dry off several months before using for hunting.  Just some thoughts on this….

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