Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: IsaacW on September 17, 2012, 11:59:48 am
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I twisted up some woodchuck rawhide (hair on) and made a couple strings yesterday. Currently they are drying. What do you all do after it is dry?? Do you work it a little less stiff? Grease it with anything? Wax??
Thanks
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I never made on but that is pretty neat. Jawge
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Waxing it seem logical.
Would water proof it some as well.
One of the TBBs has a bit on rawhide string, volume 3 maybe?
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Maybe some Mink foot oil or good leather oil would help?
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This may not be to primitive but saddle soap or any glyseryn soap is suppose to work
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Not thick enough of plys, not enough plys, or too poor of woodchuck rawhide. I snapped both strings with just initial stringing and barely pulling back on the bow :'( The bow pulls #60 at 25"... a bit of a beast but still... poor construction on my strings.
IW
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Have you tried squirrel hide with hair on? tuff stuff.
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I had good luck with a bow that pulled in the low forties with squirrel rawhide. I don't know about a 60lb bow and rawhide. I think it is possible, but your string would be huge! I used three plies of fox squirrel rawhide on mine, I don't remember the measurement, but I think I cut them about 1/4" and stretched them pretty good while wet. Made a pretty durable string. I never put any type of preservative, wax, oil or anything on it, and it has been on the bow a year or so with no bad effects. Mine shot pretty good, maybe a little on the slow side. I left the hair on it and it looks cool even if the performance isn't top of the line.