Birch bark over sinew?

[WhistlingBadger]

Hey, boys (or girls, if you happen to be one).  I am about to put a snakeskin on this wonky juniper/sinew bow.  I don't think the skin I have is big enough to cover the whole bow; I'm going to have a few inches on each limb tip of bare sinew.  I want some kind of covering on it, both for water resistance and for looks.

I have some nice pieces of river birch bark, a nice dark red-brown, that might do the job.  Anybody ever tried covering sinew with birch bark?  Anything I need to know?

Thomas

[Chumash]

For moisture protection wrap a thin layer of birch bark around the limbs. Glue it with hide glue.
Thin means: as a sheet of paper.

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,73437.0.html

And I think willie has posted something about a birchbark wrapped twowoodbow from Russia http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,68162.0.html

[superdav95]

Hey WB.  Just was looking back at your post and figured I’d post a few pics of my recent birch bark project on my Korean bow build.  Have a look.  I’ll post link for it here. 

https://i.imgur.com/J6zepss.jpg

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,73074.0.html

[Robert Pougnier]

This past fall I did something similar (though not as clean) as superdav on his korean bow.

I really liked it, the thin bark is really nice to work with and adds a great touch. And great moisture protection. I used TB3 on mine since that's what the sinew was held with, I'd do it all over again with hide glue next time.

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,73377.0.html