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Offline thegreatwhale

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Re: Backings
« Reply #15 on: August 30, 2013, 07:53:31 pm »
the nice part of hemp is that you can buy it fairly cheap from michaels in various thicknesses  for cheap, if you're not growing a male plant that you can harvest it from. =]

Offline 4dog

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Re: Backings
« Reply #16 on: August 30, 2013, 08:08:15 pm »
Hemp, no never did even though the '66-'70 were my college years. :) Jawge

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Offline rossfactor

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Re: Backings
« Reply #17 on: August 31, 2013, 02:50:55 am »
Yep I tried hemp,  but I do live in Humboldt County so cut me some slack :o

Seriously though, I backed a red oak board bow, with hemp cord, saturated in TB2 years ago (looked it up, it was either 7 or 8 years ago).

Here's a couple pics. It had a hemp wrap handle also. Should have made a hemp string too...





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Offline JonW

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Re: Backings
« Reply #18 on: August 31, 2013, 03:15:20 am »
Rawhide or feed sack paper is good.