Contributing Member SooperJake Posted August 16, 2012 Contributing Member Report Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) I think it is more a visual aesthetic than anything. If you are want to making things with a more primitive look, I think it helps for that. But I prefer Barbour's size 6 linen thread aesthetically, so far, for hand sewing. Jake Edited August 16, 2012 by SooperJake Quote Once you know what the magician know.... it isn't magic anymore.
Members katsass Posted August 16, 2012 Members Report Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) From the grumpy old guy: The only time that I have used it was when replicating a rig from around the 1860's or so. It was originally put together buy a member of the Apache tribe that ultimately ended up on the White Feather Reservation in AZ. A descendant wanted a copy of it. The original seemed to have been made from an old piece of saddle leather, maybe a saddle bag, roughly cut and stitched up with a whip stitch with true sinew. The thing had dried to the point that it was actually fragile. The big difference we noticed was that true sinew dries like rawhide (basically it is) , hard and inflexible. The synthetic is not. It appeared roughly correct, after rolling it to a round shape, but didn't really give the true look. IMO synthetic sinew is more for an aesthetic appearance, but is not as serviceable as waxed linen. Wish I had a picture of that thing, but that was long ago, and I didn't even think of pics of my work back then. . Mike Edited August 16, 2012 by katsass Quote NOTE TO SELF: Never try to hold a cat and an operating Dust buster at the same time!! At my age I find that I can live without sex..........but not without my glasses. Being old has an advantage.......nobody expects me to do anything in a hurry.
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