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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2015, 12:50:29 am »
That sure is a sweet looking bow there Chuck.  Looks very authentic as always.  Great job

Offline Aaron H

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2015, 11:26:49 am »
Chuck, do you weigh your dry sinew before applying or do you have some sort of formula you use?

Offline loefflerchuck

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2015, 01:38:47 pm »
I always weigh sinew on hornbows to have exactly the same on both limbs. Those bows are 50% sinew and the bend will not match if the amount of sinew is not the same. I think I did weigh sinew on this one. for bows that are less than 1/4 sinew I just eye it out.

Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #18 on: May 24, 2015, 02:38:21 pm »
Another beauty chuck

Offline burn em up chuck

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #19 on: May 24, 2015, 04:28:37 pm »
very very cool

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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #20 on: May 24, 2015, 09:35:11 pm »
Chuck,
            Love all your replicas and this one is really nice...As I've said before, you are the sinew man...Excellent bend...
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #21 on: May 24, 2015, 11:04:13 pm »
Awesome looking bow Chuck.  I really like that style of bow.
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Offline Ken S

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #22 on: May 25, 2015, 08:07:01 pm »
Very sweet bow!!! Nice work.

Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #23 on: May 25, 2015, 11:08:12 pm »
Thats another nice replica bow from you Chuck. I like how your bows are so pure and honest in material and form, inspirational work.
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #24 on: May 26, 2015, 12:08:57 am »
Very beautiful bow, Chuck! Your sinew job is steller! You said that was a 3ply sinew string. Could you please explain your string process some. I have plenty of sinew on hand and a nice little sinew bow in progress that I wouldn't mind trying that on. Patrick
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Offline dragonman

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #25 on: May 26, 2015, 03:56:29 pm »
very nice work its looks like a totaly authentic tribal bow....good tiller as well.
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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #26 on: May 27, 2015, 09:24:59 am »
Missed this one, glad I found it, very nice work, tiller is killer. ;)
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Offline jesswprater

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #27 on: May 27, 2015, 01:13:32 pm »
You have gone to great lengths to make a bow like this true to form. I am really impressed.

Offline rossfactor

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #28 on: May 27, 2015, 03:18:55 pm »
I've been looking at this bow a lot. Really, really like the way it looks.

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Re: Sierra Nevada style sinew backed juniper.
« Reply #29 on: May 28, 2015, 01:08:19 am »
Thank you all. Patrick, I think for me 3 ply sinew strings are the easiest and strong enough for 1000-2000 shots, yet narrow enough for a fast arrow. I use backstrap. not pounded, just teased apart and brushed to a fine silk sized thread. I start out with a thicker bunch(1/3) size of string, then add a few threads whenever it starts to narrow a little. Do a pretty tight twist a little longer than 3x the finished string. Then fold it in 3. It will start to reverse twist it self. I twist it tight then hang it with a weight braced so it does not untwist.