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Offline DuBois

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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #30 on: November 29, 2013, 02:39:55 am »
......Down to only 1" deflex!! This is sooo exciting! Like a little reward every time I come home  ;D ;D Am I a wood nerd?

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Offline Onebowonder

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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #31 on: November 29, 2013, 01:05:33 pm »
She'll be back into reflex before Santa even gets his sleigh packed up...  :D

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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #32 on: November 30, 2013, 09:11:25 am »
Turkey sinew adds deflex, most dont know that.....you didnt use turkey sinew did ya' doob's?
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Offline DuBois

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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #33 on: November 30, 2013, 11:41:41 am »
Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on November 30, 2013, 09:11:25 am
Turkey sinew adds deflex, most dont know that.....you didnt use turkey sinew did ya' doob's?
No turkey sinew applied, just a turkey applied sinew!
 

Back to it's original reflex this morning!! Now just gotta see if she keeps goin  8)
I wonder if this fluctuation from reflex to deflex and back put additional stretch on the sinew or if it matters at all in any positive or negative way. I guess I'll never know fer sher.
Quote from: Onebowonder on November 29, 2013, 01:05:33 pm
She'll be back into reflex before Santa even gets his sleigh packed up...  :D

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Santa's way late but maybe he can sprinkle it with some magic dust so she don't explode during tiller!
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #34 on: November 30, 2013, 11:53:06 am »
One of the reasons I always reverse brace before applying sinew is that I believe that the sinew stretches as you tiller the bow and you lose any reflex it gains as it dries
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Offline Badger

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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #35 on: November 30, 2013, 12:44:29 pm »
  The strongest sinew actually comes from fleas but it takes forever to get enough of it.
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Offline DuBois

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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #36 on: November 30, 2013, 01:15:54 pm »
Quote from: Badger on November 30, 2013, 12:44:29 pm
  The strongest sinew actually comes from fleas but it takes forever to get enough of it.
Makes sense, they're some springy little bastards.
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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #37 on: November 30, 2013, 05:30:20 pm »
Quote from: Badger on November 30, 2013, 12:44:29 pm
  The strongest sinew actually comes from fleas but it takes forever to get enough of it.

Most dont know that either, good info Steve.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #38 on: November 30, 2013, 08:25:03 pm »
Quote from: Badger on November 30, 2013, 12:44:29 pm
  The strongest sinew actually comes from fleas but it takes forever to get enough of it.

Leg sinew or back sinew?
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Offline Thesquirrelslinger

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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #39 on: December 01, 2013, 01:53:07 pm »
I disagree... I think it comes from kangroos...
anyway- its not actually sinew, but the rubber-like protiens in the fleas knees. supposedly 97% efficiant elasticity.
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Offline sonny

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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #40 on: December 01, 2013, 04:27:38 pm »
...and someone wants to disagree with a statement made about flea sinew  :o
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Offline dbb

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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #41 on: December 01, 2013, 04:54:19 pm »
Quote from: Badger on November 30, 2013, 12:44:29 pm
  The strongest sinew actually comes from fleas but it takes forever to get enough of it.

Yeah....and then you have to process them............ :o >:D
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Offline sleek

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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #42 on: December 01, 2013, 04:54:59 pm »
He's just playing along... sheesh
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Offline DuBois

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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #43 on: December 01, 2013, 05:21:18 pm »
It is a little known FACT, that the Kangaroo flea has the strongest sinew on earth, but due to constant hopping of the roo and the flea combined, it is nearly impossible to harvest even one leg. I know this because I am an honorary member of the Australian kangaroo flea society. That being said, I had to settle for some peeyoony elk sinew.

OH, I almost forgot. The stave is now at 1" reflex so it is 1/2" past where it started before sinew. I never really cared to have it in much reflex, just to have it well protected from tension.
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Re: Gaining deflex after sinew ?
« Reply #44 on: December 01, 2013, 07:13:31 pm »
Now that was the funny stuff of legend.
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