Natural Sinew

First ya find a spare neighborhood cat...... :eek: oh, wait, that's classical guitar strings.

Have Cheesel save you the tendons off the back legs off one of those roadkill he claims to have hunted and make yer own......
 
I am going elk hunting tomorrow and have promised Chuck Burrows the backstrap sinews if I get lucky. I guess that is better than giving away good meat...

Seriously, Chuck helped me out a lot in personal lessons on how to make something resembling a real sheath and I will be glad to donate something useful to his efforts.
 
Dog chew toys, it's not top quality stuff but it's cheap and convient.
 
Kangaroo road kills. Just pull it out of the tail. Maybe ol'Hickory knows how to get it out of Squack tails.

RL
 
Here's a little how-to on using the stuff:
www.wrtcleather.com/1-ckd/tutorials/_sinew.html

Get the LONGEST stuff you can find. Follow the directions on making threads as shown in the tutorial and then - something not in the tutorial - tie two pieces together using a sheet bend or similar knot and sew from the middle out.

Make your threads up as directed and let dry - then rehydrate for use but don't over do it. Any shortcuts from the above method - will cause you all kinds of trouble - at least in my experience.

suppliers: I've bought and used sinew from all of the following - elk is nice deer is usually just too short - buffalo if you can get it is great!
www.hideandfur.com
www.matoska.com
www.crazycrow.com

Steve - hope you get lucky - my supply is running low.

Finally - working with real sinew can be a real pain, but the effort is worth it IMO especially when doing period correct pieces - of course the natives VERY early on started using white eye supplied linen and silk thread and steel needles so......

PS Dog chew toys are rawhide not sinew - totally different critters. They are also almost all made from cow rawhide and that is the hardest of the rawhides to work with.
 
rlinger said:
Kangaroo road kills. Just pull it out of the tail. Maybe ol'Hickory knows how to get it out of Squack tails.

RL
Click to expand...
Knowing him I bet he uses it for dental floss. :D
Thanks Chuck.
Chuck did you pickup the chain???
 
fitzo said:
First ya find a spare neighborhood cat...... :eek: oh, wait, that's classical guitar strings.

Have Cheesel save you the tendons off the back legs off one of those roadkill he claims to have hunted and make year own......
Click to expand...
Little Cheesel has been working his Butt off. That will probably be the only way he is going to get a deer this year, by hitting it with his truck. :D
 
fitzo said:
First ya find a spare neighborhood cat...... :eek: oh, wait, that's classical guitar strings.

Have Cheesel save you the tendons off the back legs off one of those roadkill he claims to have hunted and make yer own......
Click to expand...
George is right... way too much work as of late... but i have a week off coming up at the end of this month...hopefully i'll have plenty of sinew to go around! i'll save some for you too fitzo,so you can tie it to your.... :D :eek: :D
 
I hope you get premium hunting time in with your week off, Joe!

The sinew offer will be much appreciated, but, no, you don't get to tie it on, sorry! :p :barf: :D

I've been wondering where you've been. Glad I could be wisearse enough to draw you out of hiding! :)
 
i really miss not being around as much as would like...work had been cutting into my knifemaking big time :( but every now and then i just say screw it and make myself happy,by grinding a blade or two...
thanks for thinking of me bud! :D
edited cause i cant spell for $hit this morning!
 
Roger, Yep, I probably could, but it would be kinda short, eh? IG, MISTER RASCAL, how did you know about the sinew floss?
 
PS Dog chew toys are rawhide not sinew - totally different critters. They are also almost all made from cow rawhide and that is the hardest of the rawhides to work with.
Click to expand...

Oops, got my leather byproducts mixed up, my mistake.
 
DUDE: You are suppose to eat the relish and shouldn't put it into any other orifice.
Click to expand...

But it cleared out my sinuses so well! Sure I can't smell anything and don't have anymore nosehairs, but that's a small price to pay for clear breathing.

It's just a good thing that I'm "regular", or I'd be in a world of hurt.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top