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Title: 58" Osage sinew backed recurve
Post by: FVR on July 03, 2009, 07:34:13 pm

Sinewed this one up this morning.  Easy when you are dealing with 25" long sinew.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/FrankV/MVC-058S.jpg)

Still have alot of work to do on it.  Before sinew it was pulling about 60lbs at 27".  Only used one layer of some kind of super long back sinew.  I do not expect any drastic poundage increases, we'll see.

Title: Re: 58" Osage sinew backed recurve
Post by: Timo on July 03, 2009, 10:43:03 pm

Sweet looker already,what kind of sinew did yo use?Hide glue?

Title: Re: 58" Osage sinew backed recurve
Post by: PeteC on July 03, 2009, 11:05:29 pm

Looks great from what I can see.Lookin' forward to seeing it finished. God Bless

Title: Re: 58" Osage sinew backed recurve
Post by: FVR on July 04, 2009, 12:02:33 am

The sinew........the origin, well I traded for it years ago.  It either came from Africa as I traded a gent years back for some back sinew of some kind of antelope critter, or it came from Bert's elk cow.  I wrapped it up in an air tight bag and packed it away.  As long as ya keep the bugs out, it lasts awhile.

The hide glue is a mixture of knox gellatin and some kind of rabbit skin glue Allan gave me.  The rabbit glue stinks a little, well compared to knox which does not have an odor.  I'm going to try and get some more of the rabbit. 

The stave must be 6 or 7 years old.  I got it off Murray Gaskins, funny, it looked straight when I got it.LOL.  But when I started to work it down, the twists and turns, ya just never know.

We'll see if it works out.

Thanks.

Title: Re: 58" Osage sinew backed recurve
Post by: El Destructo on July 04, 2009, 12:09:32 am

want some good Rabbit Hlue.......get in touch with Islandpiper.........he sent Me some....it was great

Title: Re: 58" Osage sinew backed recurve
Post by: Pappy on July 06, 2009, 09:01:12 am

Looks good from what I can see,can't wait to see it all finished up. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: 58" Osage sinew backed recurve
Post by: Postman on July 06, 2009, 11:17:02 am

Neat profile....I think 60# is enough to kill a metal chicken, just don't miss the vitals - those spurs look lethal. ;D

Title: Re: 58" Osage sinew backed recurve
Post by: venisonburger on July 06, 2009, 02:16:38 pm

She's gonna be sweet when she's done.
Make sure you post more pics when dry.
VB

Title: Re: 58" Osage sinew backed recurve
Post by: smokeu on July 06, 2009, 03:19:46 pm

Good lookin bow hope it comes out well, would like to see some more pics.

Title: Re: 58" Osage sinew backed recurve
Post by: Hillbilly on July 06, 2009, 04:38:45 pm

That's looking good. I was wondering what kind of critter had 2' long back sinew, sure ain't our little deer around here. :) I've always wanted to see some backstrap sinew from a giraffe or whale.

Title: Re: 58" Osage sinew backed recurve
Post by: GregB on July 07, 2009, 08:50:01 am

Looking good so far...ought to have some sweet curves at full draw!  ;)