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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: jayman448 on February 24, 2015, 03:19:39 am

Title: sinew cure time?
Post by: jayman448 on February 24, 2015, 03:19:39 am: so i came across this online: the guy stated that after sinew backing his bows, he waits two years before stringing it, believing that this makes the bow more durable and will allow it to be shot for multiple generations. has anyone else heard of this? what are your thoughts?
Title: Re: sinew cure time?
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on February 24, 2015, 06:57:12 am: 5-8 weeks absolute max for me. I hear if you wait 5 years the bow shoots itself and is 10x faster.
Title: Re: sinew cure time?
Post by: alwayslookin on February 24, 2015, 01:16:28 pm: Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on February 24, 2015, 06:57:12 am
5-8 weeks absolute max for me. I hear if you wait 5 years the bow shoots itself and is 10x faster.
and cleans quarters the animals it kills
Title: Re: sinew cure time?
Post by: jayman448 on February 25, 2015, 02:44:52 am: haha, jokes aside, is there any validity to this claim?
Title: Re: sinew cure time?
Post by: PatM on February 25, 2015, 06:57:42 am: No.
Title: Re: sinew cure time?
Post by: Pappy on February 25, 2015, 07:01:45 am: A couple of months tops for me usually more like a month in a good dry spot. :)
Pappy
Title: Re: sinew cure time?
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on February 25, 2015, 07:02:57 am: If there was ANY validty to making a bow 10x faster and self shooting by waiting 5 years, they aint a one of us who wouldn't have sinewed bows curing in every corner of the house.
Title: Re: sinew cure time?
Post by: Pat B on February 25, 2015, 08:25:29 am: After the final course about a month, depending on the weather conditions. Two years ago we had such a wet summer(over 40" for June, July, August)I allowed 2 months of drying time before I stressed the bow.
Title: Re: sinew cure time?
Post by: Oglala Bowyer on February 25, 2015, 10:35:53 am: I usually wait 2 weeks, never had issues with any of my sinewed bows. Although I wait longer if I have 3-4 layers of sinew. Shoot, if my people waited 2 years for a bow we would've starved or been annihilated by the Pawnee.
Title: Re: sinew cure time?
Post by: Joec123able on February 25, 2015, 02:35:17 pm: Guess it depends on the glue you use. Ed Scott Is the greatest bowyer I know of, he uses real hide glue and I believe lets them dry for a year
Title: Re: sinew cure time?
Post by: PatM on February 25, 2015, 03:45:53 pm: Ed emphatically does not use real hide glue. lol Unless he's changed his thinking in the last little while.
Title: Re: sinew cure time?
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on February 25, 2015, 04:27:13 pm: Ed is a TB3 fan. His counterpart also uses TB3 and waits about a month, depending on the woods age.