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Eric Krewson:
I sand the back of a bow with 120 grit paper, hit it lightly with a toothing plane blade and clean the back thoroughly with acetone before I apply any sinew. I have done a lot less sinew backed bows than most here but have used it a few times, I have done quite a few sinew limb wraps on limbs that started to crack.
The biggest problem I had with it was not the sinew but my choice of the stave I sinewed, it showed side cracks but I worked out of them shaping the bow. I was making a reflex/deflex screamer, the shrinking sinew pulled the osage apart as it cured. After all the work I put into the bow I vowed to put every piece of side checked osage found in the future into the tool handle pile and not the future bow pile.
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