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making sinew scrap hide glue help!
Pat B:
I'm in the process of stripping moose sinew for the ancient Danish bow I'm building. I'm coming up with lots of short pieces and other scraps of sinew so I thought I'd try to make hide glue with the scraps. I have a crock pot I use to maintain temp so the hide glue stays workable while working with it. I've never made hide glue, only used commercial hide glue. I could use some suggestions about the process so any help would be appreciated.
The pile on the left is the fibers I've stripper to work with. The pile in the middle and the bag sitting on the bow is what I initially stripped from the tendons. The pile on the right is the scrap pile. There will be lots more scraps by the time I'm finished with the stripping.
osage outlaw:
Pat, this is an old post of mine where I got help making sinew glue. I hope it helps you.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=30740.0
osage outlaw:
Do not dry it on aluminum foil! I remember that was a mistake. It stuck to all the small pieces and I had to scrape them clean one at a time. The glue I got from that batch was high quality and worked great on the bows I used it on.
osage outlaw:
If you don't have enough for a batch of glue let me know. I can donate some finely shredded super clean whitetail sinew scraps.
Pat B:
Clint, this is just what I was looking for. And to see all the old gang makes even better. Thanks :OK
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