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Chasing a ring

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bassman211:
That stave is not fire wood. Sinew back it if nothing else works out for you.  Nothing wrong with a sinew backed Osage bow.

Muskyman:
Okay here’s another question. How much sinew does it take to back a typical 1 1/2 in bow that’s approximately 6 ft in length? Also where do you get it? I was looking online and saw some at 3rivers One oz. Pre pounded approximately 12 inches long.
Found the answer to the how much part of my question.  3rivers said 8-10 ozs
I’ve really got a lot to learn about making bows. Now I need to find some good tutorials on putting sinew on..  have seen hide glue or barge cement to put it on. Any comments about that?

Badger:
Also use your scraper often, every few inches to keep it cleaned up where you can see it good.

bassman211:
M man. hide glue or,  tite bond 2 ,and 3  will get the job done. Before you sinew though try Brogg's idea. It may save you from sinewing the bow, but through time you will want to try sinew any how. Get on utube for sinew backing a bow. It is not that hard, and their are plenty of tutorials that shows how to do it. Good luck with your bow.

Muskyman:
After some thinking about what Bjrogg said about how small a piece of Osage you can make a bow from I started thinking about a piece that I had tossed over into my wood pile. I had looked at it several times before but, it still had the bark on it and I just left it there till this afternoon. Got it out and peeled the bark off it and here’s what I ended up with. It’s got thin rings but it’s out of the scrap pile

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