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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: Pat B on June 11, 2021, 01:24:47 PM
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Bue PMed me a few weeks ago and asked if I'd like some Norwegian moose sinew. :saywhat: Of course I said yes and a few days ago I got a tube in the mail from Bue. When I opened it this is what was inside...
(https://i.imgur.com/Xj1aKVb.jpg)
14 or so pieces of beautiful, clean Norwegian moose leg sinew from about 12" in length to 14".
Thank you so much for your consideration and generosity, Bue. I even thought of the name of the bow I will make with this sinew, ELGBUE, Moose bow. Now I have to think of a proper design for the bow.
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Ya Bue is a very giving man.
Sent me some awesome bow wood and arrow shafts a few years back..
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👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Dave.
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Wow, how generous. :thumbsup:
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Should it be a Holmegard? Or is that the wrong country?
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Bue I need a combination shaper/ joiner machine :goldtooth: :jumper:
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Pat -- What a great gift!! That's some fabulous sinew!.
Longcruise: Holmgaard and Mollegabet are Danish designs from 6-10,000 years ago.
A good project would be a "long recurve" Siberian Composite bow, similar to the Finno-Ugric Two-Wood bow, but with the addition of sinew to the back.
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Max, I’ll consider it if you forward shipping costs for a 1100 pound package. :biglaugh:
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If I flattened out the recurves the bow I'm thinking of would look like a Mollegabet bow with wide limbs and narrow, rigid tips.
Yes it is, Ken and from a fabulous guy. :thumbsup:
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Max, I’ll consider it if you forward shipping costs for a 1100 pound package. :biglaugh:
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Good on you, Bue... :thumbsup:
Pat, you can't let Bue down now... You have to build a bow worthy of his sinew... :)
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OK, Bue, so you don't think I'm a slack dog...I got started stripping the sinew you sent. I have to admit this is the first time I've had to strip sinew. All my sinew backed bows were made with already stripped sinew that was sent to me. I got 4 sinews done today. I learned a couple of lessons from this...it ain't easy, and even less so with 70 year old arthritic hands. Anyway, using my cobbler's hammer and my leather working stump it made relatively easy work of it. A pair of linemen's pliers really helps too.
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This is 3 stripped sinews in this plastic bag. More later...
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Sweet stuff...
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Looking good. Yeah I have had some sore fingers too. I am using a roundish smooth stone and a heavy plastic hammer. No matter how you do it, it is best to not use a hammer with sharp edges so you do not cut the threads. You seem to be doing okay.
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Pat I thought you comb them out finer ? :dunno:
nice :thumbsup:
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I will, Mark. I'm just getting it to a workable stage first then I'll make it finer and comb it out before using it.
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Got it now :thumbsup:
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I started working on the bow for this sinew Bue sent to me. It is a 59" red elm stave that was given to me by a friend after his Dad passed away. Tom succumbed brain cancer after a long battle and his son, Patrick gave me most of Tom's bow building stuff. I shared most of it with other friends of Tom's but kept this elm stave for a special bow.
A couple of months ago I started working on the stave, reducing it to floor tiller stage. Yesterday and this morning I started to do some initial heat straightening. It's finally getting into bow making season. Here are a few pics.
(https://i.imgur.com/svRowG2.jpg)
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Looking forward to the build, Pat..
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Nice score! Very nice of you, Bue :thumbsup:
It looks white after being pounded, or is it more translucent?
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It does look white after it's pounded. Once the glue is added and dries it will become transparent.
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Looking forward to the build, Pat..
X2
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Elm and sinew will be good.
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My thoughts too, Bue.
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Just so you guys don't think I'm too lame and since it's the beginning of a new year I had the urge to do some bow work. I thinned the limbs a bit more so the straightening would be a bit easier and started more straightening and untwisting. The last 6" of one end had a slight dog leg I straightened and the other limb had some twist and bends I wanted out do I got some veg oil and my heat gun and went to work. With most of my clamps and one of my reflex forms I went to it. I'll let it sit a day or 2 to cool and relax then release it from the form and see where I stand. Here are a few pics...
(https://i.imgur.com/lCxJb3D.jpg)
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I've hit a stopping point. With the crooks and knots on this stave I've been having trouble getting it to work out and it's just not worthy of using the Norwegian moose sinew that Bue sent me. I have a nice osage stave I can use but I have bandsaw blades on order so it might be a while before I get back at it. When I do I'll start another thread.
Thanks everyone for the encouragement and patience. :thumbsup: