Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Dakota Kid on October 29, 2016, 06:08:22 pm
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Well I saw the fishhooks and had to give it a try. I have dozens of teardrops that ended up to small to be legal hunting points. They are just about perfect sized preforms for hooks though.
(http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m509/dakota_kid1/102_2941_copy_zpsakmmojg3.jpg)
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Whoa...we got a theme started here! Hook of the Month thread coming next???
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I nailed it on the first try too. We won't talk about the 2nd or 3rd attempt :-X ::).
I just need to find out more about the sinew fishing line he made. I've made one sinew bow string so if the process is the same i should be good. I'm guessing single strands of backstrap sinew doubled over once and twisted should do the trick.
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Well I guess your hooked now Kid. >:D
Good luck with the line.
Zuma
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Now just hook a big steelhead with it.
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Oh man!
That's a nice one.
Twisted sinew cordage don't work well. The hook will slowly rotate in the water and untwist and pull apart at the strand splices.
I braided three individual strands together and it works better. The braiding helps lock together the splices in the individual strands
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Braided makes more sense. I was wondering how the line held up being submerged, seeing how sinew doesn't like getting wet. Did you oil or rub fat into it at all? I have some retted tulip poplar inner bark. It was strong enough to make a bow string with. It might work for a fishing line, worth a try anyway.
Rob- That certainly would put it to the test. I don't know if I have enough sinew to make a string long enough to allow for a steelie to play it self out. I might be able to just muscle it out of the water while it's still fresh and strong. I used to do it that way when I was a kid, 20# braided line with the drag cranked up. I went through 5 or 6 brands of hooks before I found one that didn't bend straight from the fight.
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Cool!
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Now, what is the breaking strength of the hook? I'm betting with a good flashy rock you could knap a one piece lure/hook combo!
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Cool, I've gotta try, now.
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Now, what is the breaking strength of the hook? I'm betting with a good flashy rock you could knap a one piece lure/hook combo!
Like a Luhr-Jensen Manistee?
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Now, what is the breaking strength of the hook? I'm betting with a good flashy rock you could knap a one piece lure/hook combo!
Like a Luhr-Jensen Manistee?
No, But now you have me thinking! I make Banana shaped stuff all the time!