I thought I might throw this on the site for those of you who may have heard of them, but never seen one. Many years ago I had read accounts of Plains Indians using sinew arrow points. In fact, I had read this from multiple sources. I've used sinew a lot, and for the life of me could not envision making a usable point out of it. Several of the accounts that I read described these as desirable because of their ablility to flex around bone, when shooting bison. About 10 years ago, we were butchering an 18 month old bison bull. While cutting the tendons out, I tossed the heavy neck tendons over to the side of our scrap pile. I had tried to use these things before, but they don't pound into fibers like the leg tendons do so I figured they were junk. After thinking about it a bit, I suddenly remebered the descriptions I had read, stating that the tendons came from the neck of a buffalo bull. I salvaged the tendon, dried it, and sure enough it will make a point; or should I say points. I can get about 6 or 7 out of tendon. I though I would post a photo of one, for those of you not familiar. I think I only have two of these left, but they are kinda neat just because they are so different.
