Trick to tell if TB3 is old?

[bigcountry]

Whats the trick to tell if TB is too old?  Something about smacking between your fingers.  If its gooy its soemthing, if not its somethign?

Got a patch of TB3 and need to do a rawhide glue up.  Guessing its over a year old.

[Pat B]

I'd say if it has been opened for more than a year it is old. Do a test and with rawhide and a bendy piece of the wood your bow is made of.

[Osagetree]

When in doubt!  

[No-sage]

Glue 2 pieces of wood together and see how it works.

[bigcountry]

Originally posted by No-sage:
Glue 2 pieces of wood together and see how it works.

Ummm ok,

[bigcountry]

Originally posted by Osagetree:
When in doubt!    

This is good advise.  Your right, no reason to take a chance, even though I did.  But next time, buy some new first.  We put too much time in this stuff to cut corners.

[razorsharptokill]

Yeah glue is cheap.... time and wood are not.