I decided to experiment and made up one squirrel's worth of rawhide. This I cut into a spiral and twisted into a single ply cord, doubled it and got it to reverse twist. It comes to about 2.5 feet, not enough to do much with, I was rather surpised though that it made that much.
What I want to know is, how best to damp proof the stuff? I want to use it for a fire bow cord, but it won't be too good if it gets damp in its current state. Will rubbing animal fat into it improve matters or what? I am loath to just start rubbing stuff into it in case I do the wrong thing.
Also, anyone know how you would get a length of such string long enough for use on a bow for archery?
Chris
What I want to know is, how best to damp proof the stuff? I want to use it for a fire bow cord, but it won't be too good if it gets damp in its current state. Will rubbing animal fat into it improve matters or what? I am loath to just start rubbing stuff into it in case I do the wrong thing.
Also, anyone know how you would get a length of such string long enough for use on a bow for archery?
Chris