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Offline bootboy

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Neat thought
« on: November 13, 2007, 03:27:11 pm »
Hey guys I was just thinking, since we use pretty strange sounding parts for bow (at first). Has anyone tried to back a bow with hide glue and Hair, horse hair, human hair whatever. I wonder if that would be of any structural value? just a thought mates.
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Offline deerhunter97370

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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2007, 04:12:35 pm »
Horse hair is fairly stout so it should work if prepared right. Joel
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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2007, 04:15:51 pm »
yeah see that was what i was thinking !
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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2007, 04:18:49 pm »
I had the same thought several years ago. Somebody was supposed to send me some to try but I guess he forgot then so did I after awhile. Horse hair does have a waxy feel to it and I have heard that hide glue will not stick to it, don't know if that is true or not.
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Offline Coo-wah-chobee

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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2007, 06:50:38 pm »
.................Used horsehair and hide glue no problem. It makes good strings also..........bob
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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2007, 09:00:01 pm »
Alright then this is a challenge to any boyer interest. Call it a dare or a scientific experiement.
Lets see who can make the first hair backed bow.
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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2007, 09:08:41 pm »
    Well,ummm, ::) ??? I guess I have to 'fess up.Marc,I'm the one that was supposed to send you the horse hair.I went to get it,the horse got groomed and the hair thrown away before I got there.By the time the horse got groomed again,I forgot.Man, that was about two years ago :-[
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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2007, 10:28:29 pm »
Well, Mullet. Just this evening, I ordered a pound of horsehair from a horsehair dealer, naturally. This is for horsehair rope for my siege engines, but who knows what else I can do with it. About 30 bucks per pound, but you can order half pounds.

How about human hair? I found some global trading sites that you can contact Asian human hair dealers from. Not sure what to think of that yet. Macabre, maybe? Were the donors living or dead? In antiquity, the best engine ropes were supposedly made from women's hair. 
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Offline BigWapiti

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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2007, 02:51:24 am »
Oh boy, now you've done it -- my wife is going to kill me when our horses start "losing" hair now..... like it isnt enough, me going to the hills all the time coming home with more 'trees' and 'shoots', now I'll be trimming the horses....

Wanna buy some bundles???  :o  (I'M KIDDING!)
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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2007, 07:01:08 am »
Wapiti clip a bit of the wifes hair first, after you get out of the hospital she won't mind
you clipping the horses hair >:D
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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2007, 08:27:57 am »
That's ok Eddie. Too many projects on the go anyway.
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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2007, 10:31:11 am »
I believe Crazy Crow sells bundles of horsehair.   Pat
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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2007, 11:29:05 pm »
crazy crow?
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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2007, 01:12:39 am »
Add a .com to that and see what you get.  ;D   Pat
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Re: Neat thought
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2007, 10:32:02 pm »
Oh nice they have some good stuff there.
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