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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ozy clint on August 21, 2010, 12:52:10 am

Title: sinew gold from downunder
Post by: ozy clint on August 21, 2010, 12:52:10 am

don't you guys wish you had kangaroos! this is 2 kangaroo tails worth of sinew. the biggest threads are about the diameter of 80 pound mono fishing line, the smallest about 10 pound mono. no need to pound it or anything, just chew or soak it and apply.

(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/ozyclint/IMG_1904.jpg)

Title: Re: sinew gold from downunder
Post by: andy thomas on August 21, 2010, 01:00:18 am

nice looking stuff, now we need to see some pics of those hopping furs you guys have down their

Title: Re: sinew gold from downunder
Post by: NTD on August 21, 2010, 01:05:32 am

Sweet!

Title: Re: sinew gold from downunder
Post by: JackCrafty on August 21, 2010, 02:32:03 am

Wow   :o

Title: Re: sinew gold from downunder
Post by: ozy clint on August 21, 2010, 04:37:10 am

is 24" enough to haft a point? 8) ;D

Title: Re: sinew gold from downunder
Post by: Del the cat on August 21, 2010, 04:50:21 am

Blimey, I wouldn't mind some of that!
Del

Title: Re: sinew gold from downunder
Post by: ricktrojanowski on August 21, 2010, 07:04:23 am

Very cool that is some long stuff.  Did the natives of Australia use if for backing as they did out west in the States? 

Title: Re: sinew gold from downunder
Post by: ozy clint on August 21, 2010, 09:30:18 am

that's a negative. our aborigines never made a bow and arrow. they did use woomera's (atlatyl) and spears. they used sinew to tie on spear points and other odd jobs too i suppose.

Title: Re: sinew gold from downunder
Post by: CraigMBeckett on August 22, 2010, 04:55:16 am

Ozy Clint,

Not quite correct there, our Torres Straight Islanders made bows. The Aboriginals didn't but the islanders did, usually heart of black palm, no backing. Remember they are the same people as those who live in Papua New Guinea.

Craig