Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Papa Matt on July 25, 2008, 03:42:20 pm
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Anybody know if cottonmouths have good skin for bow backing? Not that I'll be heading out to the river to try to catch one, but I ask because snakeskin is often used to back a sinew backing to protect it from moisture, and perhaps since the cotton is a watersnake, it's skin might have a higher resistance to moisture? Or maybe all snakeskins make good bow backers as long as they're big enough??
Anybody ever used cottonmouth?
~~Papa Matt
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I have used them to great success after drying them they are treated just like any other snake..
David
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Correct me if I'm wrong... but, I think any dried SS can be used as a bow backing.
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That's what it is beginning to look like ADB. I didn't know if any snake worked and if a water snake skin offered more protection from moisture or not.
Thanks for the comments ADB and David :)
~~Papa Matt
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All the same to me except a python. I had to use a knife to skin one and it was almost like fleshing a deer skin. They are tough and attached to the back.
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I think that any snake skin will work for bow backing and except for adding over sinew, it is strictly decorative. Some snakes like pythons(like Eddie said) and large Eastern D-back skins are thick and IMO not appropriate for bow backing.
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Thank for the input everybody!
~~Matt
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All the same to me except a python. I had to use a knife to skin one and it was almost like fleshing a deer skin. They are tough and attached to the back.
does that mean python is not good, or would it have the same sort of protection then deerhide??
f.