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Muskyman:
Kidder, I was mainly thinking rawhide because it’s cheaper than sinew. Also I figured it would be easier for me to do. I’m thinking I’ll do the sinew after reading that rawhide kinda slows the limbs on a bow, or can. I read that somewhere anyway. Also have read that sinew will actually make them a little springier. I might go with rawhide just because it will be my first Osage bow. Well shoot, I’m sitting here talking myself out of the sinew sorta, kinda. Maybe I’ll get some sinew and some rawhide and decide later. I’ll figure it out sooner or later.
Lots to consider Dave, that’s for sure. Just going to take some time and figure it out. Going to try and get some stuff together material wise then figure out how I want to go moving forward.
superdav95:
Ya for sure. best of luck. Also you can do both sinew and rawhide. I use a very thin rawhide to cover and protect my sinew sometimes. It’s an option.
Muskyman:
Where is a good source for rawhide and or sinew? I’ve seen it on a few sites. Sinew being processed and unprocessed. I would probably go with the processed stuff just for simplicity. Also have seen deer and regular rawhide for sale. Is one better than the other?
Also do you need to size the back and run the fine tooth grove down the back for rawhide like you do on sinew
bassman211:
I use rough cut 80 grit sand paper to rough the back of the bow for raw hide, and many on here use it for both raw hide ,and sinew, but for sinew I prefer a fine toothed hack saw blade. Look on Ebay for ready to use raw hide ,or sinew, but neither are cheap ,but worth the cost in my opinion.
PaSteve:
The sinew process Dave is referring to is from Pat M, not Pat B....just in case you do a search. Goat rawhide is also a great option if you go the rawhide route. It's very thin and a better option than deer rawhide which seems to be much thicker unless it comes from a young doe. Just another option.
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