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Offline Ranger B

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Re: Something for you primitive guys to ponder on
« Reply #30 on: November 16, 2010, 07:33:34 am »
It has been said that the Kentucky natives were a softer breed of Injun, much like the men that live there today.  They not only didn't have pine but the small, gentle, womanish hands of those fellars made it difficult to make pitch so then ventured south to Tennessee where a much tougher breed of Injun lived.  In Tennessee the Indians didn't need trees at all.  They chewed tobacco and it was said that they were so tough that they could chew a little tobacco and spit it on a rock in the sun. Mix a little ground up sinew in it and stir it with a stick - man made pitch.  The Kentucky softies as they were known would trade skins and later toilet paper which they invented due to their delicate backsides for the pitch.  And that's how it all happened. ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Something for you primitive guys to ponder on
« Reply #31 on: November 16, 2010, 10:42:59 am »
Jimmy I thought that is how it was but I didn't want to say anything!  ;D
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Re: Something for you primitive guys to ponder on
« Reply #32 on: November 17, 2010, 12:12:41 am »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Something for you primitive guys to ponder on
« Reply #33 on: November 18, 2010, 10:15:45 am »
Jawge sorry for not getting back to u thanks for the post on KY species some good info!!!

Russ
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Re: Something for you primitive guys to ponder on
« Reply #34 on: November 22, 2010, 11:57:38 pm »
Sweetgum has good sap for it.
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Offline wally

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Re: Something for you primitive guys to ponder on
« Reply #35 on: November 23, 2010, 07:47:16 am »
Quote from: AncientArcher76 on November 18, 2010, 10:15:45 am
Jawge sorry for not getting back to u thanks for the post on KY species some good info!!!

Russ

KY?  what do you fellers in America use your sap for?
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Re: Something for you primitive guys to ponder on
« Reply #36 on: November 23, 2010, 11:00:51 pm »
Kentucky  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D sorry, Wally. ;)
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Offline Irontom

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Re: Something for you primitive guys to ponder on
« Reply #37 on: November 27, 2010, 01:12:56 pm »
A little reading for people interested in the mystery of where the pine trees went...

http://www.fws.gov/carolinasandhills/longleaf.html 
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Re: Something for you primitive guys to ponder on
« Reply #38 on: December 01, 2010, 02:14:25 am »
Hey Shannon,

I don't think pine sap glue is necessary for mounting stone points onto arrows. It helps, but it isn't absolutely necessary.  I've mounted points without pine sap glue and the sinew was plenty strong enough for that.  However, I'm sure they could have gotten it through trade from other tribes farther south.

Also, I have seen sap from the Black Cherry tree that has oozed out of mature trees and dried....and it is VERY hard.  When fresh it is like clear or amber jelly and it's very soft.  But when it dries it's rock hard like epoxy, and although I've never tried it I would like to get some, heat it up, and try melting it and using it to mount points.  It just might work.  Something to try...
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