Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Sasquatch on March 05, 2013, 11:48:25 am
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I was at the feed store the other day and saw a package of 5 cow foot tendons(sinew). It is smoked sinew (not bull penis). There are 5 in a package for 9$. Each is about 1/2 in in diameter and about 8-9 in long. I have already shredded some and it acts like the deer sinew i have. Is that a good price and does it hurt the sinew if smoked?
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It would at least taste good when you chewed it before application. :laugh:
Grady
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it does taste good(nice hickory flavor) ;D
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It wouldnt be worth the risk for me to try it.
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You could always buy you a red oak board, make a 55" eastern woodlands D bow and sinew the back with it and call it an experiment. If it worked you would know, if not your out $20 and some time.
Grady
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Heck! I'd try it for sure! And that is a good price if the sinew is raw. I think they just dip in in smoky flavor, so it should be good. ;D
It should work for the kind of bows most of us make here. But an expert hornbow maker would prolly choke on his coffee after reading this. :o
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Should at least work for arrow wraps, right?
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Yep, I would think so. Wraps don't have to be super strong.
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If your gonna use it for bow backing then I highly suggest degreasing it first
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Most smoked items are soaked in a brine for a long time. The salt and induced grease oozing would make me hesitant. Clean sinew is so easy to come by, why risk it?
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Holy crap...didn't even see that....its a 3000 post party for me...n hey pearly your about to hit the 4000 post party....lol.... :laugh:
Yeah that stuffs gotta be quite greasy...hence why it'll need a good washing...I personally wouldn't chance it either when clean sinew is easy to obtain
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I was in a pet store with a younger coworker the other day and I talked him into seeing what the "bully stick" tasted like >:D After he did it I explained what it was.
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I was in a pet store with a younger coworker the other day and I talked him into seeing what the "bully stick" tasted like >:D After he did it I explained what it was.
LMAO! Taught him a thing or two!
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I was in a pet store with a younger coworker the other day and I talked him into seeing what the "bully stick" tasted like >:D After he did it I explained what it was.
That made my day, Fo shizzle that pizzle.
Grady
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I can talk him into doing about anything. For 50 cents he found out the pinching power that a stag beetle has.
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That's a funny story clintster ;D :laugh:
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I can talk him into doing about anything. For 50 cents he found out the pinching power that a stag beetle has.
Did it draw blood? Those things are strong.
Grady
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It latched onto his nipple (I got to pick the spot) and he starts screaming and jumping around. The beetle is floppin' like a giant nipple ring. Best 50 cents I ever spent. Night shift at a sewer plant gets pretty boring.
Sorry about distracting from your post Sasquatch. I think you could trade for some better sinew than the pet store stuff but would work as a last resort as long as you cleaned it good.
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No problem, I like crazy stories. Besides your coworker reminded me of myself. About the sinew i think that i will save the money for now. this stuff is really oily. thanks for all the responses. Keep Building Boys.... ;)
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I got some back sinew from a guy in the UPO of Michigan that came from a deer processor. The processor kept the sinew in his smoker(must have been cold smoke) until he had a bunch and Dana would pick it up. I've been using this sinew ever since and the smoke hasn't hurt anything. I do hydrate and wash the sinew in Dawn before bow backing but not for hafting and wraps. I just chew it for that and the smoke gives it a nice taste. ;D
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I get my sinew from the pet store. It's cheap at 2.50 a hank. Stuff I get isn't smoked. Just needs to be washed with dawn and hydrated like Pat says. Nothing wrong with it at all. I have seen some big stuff though (looks like Bovine backstrap) that looks way overcooked and is hard and brittle that would never work.