Aging Sinew

[paleryder]

Gents,

I have a couple of batches of sinew that I have collected and I'm wondering if sinew can get old. One batch I collected many years ago when I first built a couple of bows. I took several years off from shooting and building due to injury and have only started to get back into it. One batch of sinew is easily 10 years old. the other batch is only about a year old.

From looking at the old sinew, it appears to be quite dry and hard and it has not really changed in character over the years. It doesn't smell bad nor does it appears to be affected by microbes, funges, etc... It looks quite simily to the fresher batch but is smaller and thinner, presumably due to drying.

What do you think, should it all be useable after rehydrating in hide glue?

Thanks.
Aidan

[Hillbilly]

As long as it's stayed dry, it should be ok.

[cowboy]

You should be able to store it indefinantly in a dry place like Steve (Hillbilly) said.

[paleryder]

Thanks guys.

Aidan

[uwe]

When old sinewbacked bows are still shootable (I think of old turkish bows about 200 years and more),  why should`t be this sinew useful?