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Title: Best place to buy elk sinew for backing hickory bow
Post by: vampire on December 04, 2017, 01:32:00 PM

Where is the most dependable place to purchase elk sinew for backing a hickory bow?

Title: Re: Best place to buy elk sinew for backing hickory bow
Post by: Randy on December 04, 2017, 07:54:00 PM

I buy most of my sinew from Moscow Hide & Fur. I know 3 Rivers also sells it.

Title: Re: Best place to buy elk sinew for backing hickory bow
Post by: Forwardhandle on December 05, 2017, 07:11:00 AM

+1 Moscow hide & fur !

Title: Re: Best place to buy elk sinew for backing hickory bow
Post by: Eric Krewson on December 05, 2017, 09:11:00 AM

There was a lady that came on here briefly that skinned deer and elk for a living and had tons of sinew for sale. She was an authentic counterculture subsistence type of person.

She posted a link to her website which was a no no for a non paying member and subsequently drifted off.

I found it; her name is Harmony Cronin, google it.

Title: Re: Best place to buy elk sinew for backing hickory bow
Post by: rainman on December 06, 2017, 07:15:00 PM

Go to a local deer processor and you can probably get as many deer legs as you want, to process your own sinew.  Last time I went to my butcher for this I got 75 back legs.  Took about 1 hour for 2 guys to process.

Title: Re: Best place to buy elk sinew for backing hickory bow
Post by: Crittergetter on December 06, 2017, 07:48:00 PM

Echo Archery

Title: Re: Best place to buy elk sinew for backing hickory bow
Post by: vampire on December 07, 2017, 05:30:00 PM

Thanks guys you are a big help.

Title: Re: Best place to buy elk sinew for backing hickory bow
Post by: fujimo on December 08, 2017, 01:51:00 AM

if i may ask, why the sinew for a hickory bow.
is the back violated. hickory is very strong tension wood , as you know. are you not concerned about the sinew really overpowering the belly?
just curious   :)  
cheers mate!