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Offline Tom Dulaney

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blood as a glue
« on: February 09, 2017, 05:51:16 pm »
I have heard that dried blood can make a glue. Is dried blood suitable for gluing hinge joints in a bow? I really hate fussing with hide and sinew glue. It seems to take forever just waiting for it to simmer. I also want to try something new. Thanks for the info, as always.


P.s. I'm using my own human blood. Cut my finger so badly by accident and ended up draining it in to a glass. I don't want to let this bad experience go to waste.   :-\
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Offline DC

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2017, 06:03:21 pm »
I remember reading that plywood used to be glued with blood or blood glue.
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Offline DuBois

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2017, 06:23:26 pm »
Sure has held my stupid mistakes together...after clotting.
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Offline PatM

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2017, 06:23:58 pm »
Just buy some gelatin and save your blood.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2017, 08:21:13 pm »
no
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Offline MulchMaker

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2017, 10:28:01 pm »
I think the recipe is
2 parts blood to 1part  sweat to 1 part tears.
Stir together adding heat for hours..
Lol
All kidding aside the slaughterin house up the road would problably give me plenty of blood. I'm interested in if this is possible
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Offline Badger

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2017, 11:06:52 pm »
Gelatin is much easier, I think blood has some collagen in it but I doubt enough to make it worthwhile and strong.
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Offline Jim Davis

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2017, 12:14:39 am »
Traditional Bowyer's Bible Vol. I has results of tests of lots of kinds of glue, including cottage cheese. Don't recall if Tim Baker tested blood...
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Offline Brevi

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2017, 01:24:18 am »
Inuit used it . They would take a glob of coagulated seal blood and warm it up in their mouth , keeping it there and applying it as necessary to whatever they were using it for ,  I think a harpoon shaft was mentioned .  It is a strong glue .

It must have been widely used in colder climates where animal carcasses didn't decompose rapidly .
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Offline loon

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2017, 01:28:22 am »
dude that's brutal
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mikekeswick

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2017, 03:27:25 am »
No. Collagen glues are very easy to use. Just practise a bit. Drink the blood ;)
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2017, 06:03:11 am »
Let the blood congel and it makes awsome cat fish bait , I used to get congeled chinken blood out of Waco Tx it work awsome !  I think Dubois had some pig Penis sinew a while back you could wrap it with 😄
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Offline Pappy

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2017, 06:08:30 am »
Think I will stick to Hide glue/pitch glue and TB3, I believe in using what I have but that is going a bit far for me.  ??? ;) :) :) :)
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Offline loon

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2017, 07:03:08 am »
Quote from: Stick Bender on February 10, 2017, 06:03:11 am
Let the blood congel and it makes awsome cat fish bait , I used to get congeled chinken blood out of Waco Tx it work awsome !  I think Dubois had some pig Penis sinew a while back you could wrap it with 😄
oh man.. I want some catfish skin
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Offline MulchMaker

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Re: blood as a glue
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2017, 08:22:20 am »
Oh come on no one wants to build the trilam blood bow? Hahaha   :laugh:
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