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Offline Si

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sinew
« on: February 16, 2013, 09:23:00 AM »
After all my bow-making adventures, I still haven't done a sinew backing. I know deer, elk, and moose is best but is regular cattle sinew all that bad because I have some?

Offline Pat B

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Re: sinew
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2013, 09:46:00 AM »
Cow sinew will work well also but it has a lot more grease in it that has to be removed and I think it is harder to shread into smaller threads.
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Offline mwirwicki

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Re: sinew
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2013, 02:00:00 PM »
I've been using cow sinew, lately.  Its been working very well for me.  My most favorite for silkiness is Buffalo but don't have a source for that anymore.  Whitetail is my next favorite behind buffalo.

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