primative bowstring

[Longbows4life]

what can one use to make a bow string can it be made using sinew or silk or what. im looking at making a self bow with a string like mentioned above. with some arrows of river cane which i need to get since it doesnt grow out her some turkey feathers since i had no luck this year. i get to make this stuff for a AP biology project so it looks like i get to have fun.

[Pat B]

You can use sinew, gut, squirrel or groundhog rawhide, hemp, dog bane,linen and other plant cordage for primitive bow strings.    Pat

[insttech1]

contact mike yancey at pine hollow longbows...he had an awesome gut string tutorial in the tbm magazine a while back, and he also sells all of the associated primitive supplies, or can tell you where to get them...

i think he's a sponsor here as well, so pull down the menu up top to look him up...

see ya,
marc

[Longbows4life]

ttt