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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: bowhuntinhillbilly on September 18, 2008, 01:21:02 pm

Title: bowstrings
Post by: bowhuntinhillbilly on September 18, 2008, 01:21:02 pm

anyone know how to make bowstrings out of hides? or even regular dacron? Would anyone make a build-a-long for bowstrings please? ??? ??? :D

Title: Re: bowstrings
Post by: wolfsire on September 18, 2008, 02:35:22 pm

http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/13805

Title: Re: bowstrings
Post by: adb on September 18, 2008, 05:07:28 pm

Trad Bowyers Bible, I think Vol 2, has an extensive chapter on strings and making strings from organic material.

Title: Re: bowstrings
Post by: welch2 on September 18, 2008, 05:56:59 pm

Bob made one out of fox squirrel and posted the howto here a while back.

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,5699.30.html (http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,5699.30.html)

Ralph

Title: Re: bowstrings
Post by: ricktrojanowski on September 18, 2008, 11:40:45 pm

If I can ever get it finished.  I'll post a dogbane string as part of the stone age witch hazel bow that I'm working on. Hopefully I'll put it up early next week.  Like the others said check the TBB's.

Title: Re: bowstrings
Post by: JackCrafty on September 24, 2008, 01:28:43 am

I'm going to include making a bowstring in my double-curve bow build-along.  I make my strings out of sinew but I've got some deer hide.....so I think I'll try my hand at making a rawhide string as well.