Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Cloudfeather on March 28, 2014, 03:18:35 pm
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This is a new Osage I'm working on, was spliced together from two billets of a small(4" approx) tree. The rings are ridiculously tight, plus I decrowned it slightly, so it's getting a sinew backing with prairie rattlesnake skins.
My question is this: I am running the sinew just past the fade on the static recurve but would like to run the snake skins the entire length. Should I lay the skins over the tip and then slice around the tip with a razor blade? I've included pics, any help is appreciated.
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That's my method.
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Thanks, Pearl. I thought I recalled you or someone else doing it that way, couldn't recall though.
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I usually don't spread glue right to the tips. Ill leave maybe 1/2" loose so I can trim them nicely, then super glue that last little bit down when Im done trimming.
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Was kind of thinking that myself, to keep from having to clean TB from the tips when all is said and done. Thanks for the info. Will be posting more of this in the coming weeks.