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Inuit Bone and sinew cable bows..A great watch.

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keef:
Uncertain which section to post this in?
I'm sure that a lot of you will have seen this superb video, but I will post a link anyway.

The narration is in French. My French is rusty but I understood enough and to be honest the film speaks for itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpkLs_3jpI4

All the best
Keith

Ed Brooks:
Thanks for that video, do you know what the bow was made from, I mean what kind of bone? thanks.  Ed

james parker:
this bow  definitely belongs here,
in my younger days I made a couple of this style,, first one was a total failure, the whale rib bones I used were much too old and dry, after it broke, which was soon, lol,, I forgot to remove all the valuable sinew cable that took me months to make,, my dog found where I had been storing it,, well he got it, all that work gone..
the second bow  I used raindeer antler it worked out great,, in the video that's what it looks like he is using to me,, more than if it was bone, notice the pinkish look to the pithy area, it really reminds me of the way the antler looked when I used it,, BUT I could be WRONG,, I have been wrong before..
 I cans say the mouth drill is awesome, as is his complete tool kit..
great video post!  thanks

DC:
When he was joining the pieces of bone/antler it looked like he was butting them together end to end. When they showed the finished bow there was quite a lump around the joint. Can anyone fill in some details? Do you think he lapped a piece over the butt joint?

PatM:
This video may help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmfYJBha7SU

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