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Offline Jeanette

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bow backing ?
« on: February 03, 2012, 03:06:52 am »
While just going through the different pages of the forum I noticed some on using carp skin ....which brings the ? can you use allagar skin it is a pretty skin and strong I know the Chouchatta Indians used the scales, jaws, & bones but I do not remember if they used the skins
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Offline soy

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Re: bow backing ?
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2012, 05:14:45 am »
Carp and snake are thin, and lite...not so shureabout gator ...but gar works I've been told
But im shure someone else with more experience will chime in
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2012, 12:03:55 pm »
I think gator is too thick to be a practical backing. Mullet made a gator skin handle wrap for the Tom B Memorial Bow a few years ago.
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Re: bow backing ?
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2012, 12:49:29 am »
 I'm not sure what you are talking about. Alligator gar is way too thick for backing and about the only part of a Gator thin enough is the belly hide and IMO it is to thick for a bow backing. It is real nice for a hand grip, though. NA's did use the scales from Alligator Gars for points.
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