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Offline Cloudfeather

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Rounding edges for rawhide?
« on: January 06, 2013, 03:35:28 pm »
My current Osage cas a very flat back to it. I'm curious as to whether or not I should round the edges slightly for when I rawhide back it or just leave them as they are. Thoughts?
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Rounding edges for rawhide?
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2013, 03:37:57 pm »
Round is stronger than square. I prefer rounded edges, pea size. I blend the rawhide in with a sanding block and it looks nice.
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Re: Rounding edges for rawhide?
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2013, 03:39:08 pm »
why backing osage? violated rings?
When ever rawhide backing: first glueing on and then rounding egdes, this is much easier

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Offline Cloudfeather

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Re: Rounding edges for rawhide?
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2013, 05:12:38 pm »
No violated rings, but when I first chased a ring, it checked pretty bad and I had to go down a few more rings to get a clean ring. I'm going for a high draw weight, so I'm backing it just for peace of mind.
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Re: Rounding edges for rawhide?
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2013, 10:03:10 am »
What Pearl said is the way I do it.  :)
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