How to make Hide (sinew) Glue 

If you're in a hot and humid environment the glue can be quickly broken down by bacteria if you let it dry in the pot, do everything to get it dry ASAP to avoid little bubbles of liquified glue

Just cooked up a batch of collagen animal glue last weekend! You are absolutely correct that you get more glue per ounce of material if you use sinew and connective tissue rather than rawhide. And if you are willing to stick with the process long enough, virtually all of the sinew will eventually dissolve into glue leaving very little solids to be sifted out of the glue. Longer cook times mean you will need to add water more often, so be sure to use the water source that has the lowest mineral count possible to maintain purity in the final product. I make mine with a stove in the kitchen, so I use distilled water. Keep up the good education, Ryan! -JW_Halverson

it's strong, but here in the humid NorthEast it needs to be covered with something. It gets sticky and loosens otherwise. The use of pine pitch was more common here

....as ALWAYS......nice , entertaining and educationally sound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Greetz from the Netherlands!!!

Just returned from the NYS museum which had excellent displays of ice age hunting scenes and later Iroquois/Mohawk cultures. This beats those however! Outstanding achievements, Ryan.

That river cane looked like it was stretching when you were pulling on it. River cane is an amazing tool for us to use. I think before pottery the use of soapstone bowls would have been used and perhaps a hole in the ground with a hide laid in it. The sinew pieces and water added along with hot rocks to get the temps up for a while. May be hard to keep it from boiling with hot rocks but I believe the hide glue could be made in that way. Always love what you do Ryan!

Love it thanks for the info and you're dedication

sinew is one the best quality sources for animal glue , thanks for the video

Wow that was some strong glue I can't wait till I get me some send you to make me that type of glue right now I'm using pine resin to make my glue. Thanks for the video it was an excellent tutorial about making glue from sinew. Have a great day and stay safe and keep your powder dry and your glue sticky!

I'm going to have to get that book.

Keep up the Great work. I really enjoy your videos

Purty neat, Mr Ryan. Waiting for a demonstration on how to sinew back a bow using that glue.

Great tutorial I was looking this up cause I'm planning on getting into the ink stick business!

Have you ever combined hide glue with pine pitch? If so, what were the results?

Never even occurred to me that gelatin is glue. But I’m interested too how chewing sinew creates the same strong bonding that heat and a slow boil in a pot does.

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Great video brother!!!

Primitive glue is way better than any modern glue you can find in the shops.

This is an awesome video. Thanks Ryan.

You can make it in a vessel inside a pressure cooker on a jar rack

We use the same process but we use the deer hoof to get our glue.

What would happen if you mixed pine pitch in this? Do they not mix? Never tried it.

I used to find river rocks with deep pits and holes in them. I used to put them in the fire to each them up and would put eggs into the smooth holes to cook. Some were big enough to to put lots of water etc. into to boil. I’m sure they could be used in the place of pottery.

Love the videos, keep it up

Hi Ryan, I'm officially bugging you about doing a video on sinew backing with Titebond 3. I get a lot of questions about that and being from Michigan, I only use hide or sinew scrap glue. I have subscribers that live in damper parts of the World and all I have is second hand knowledge of sinew backing with engineered glues. Anyway, I'm a fan, keep up the great work!!! John

Thanks Brother!

Thanks for making this video. I’ve been trying to make some for the last few days and I don’t think it turned out right..

I’ve just found your channel today & it truly is fascinating & you have a top notch high quality presentation. I’m glad to find out you have a book & plan on buying it soon…, the first video of your’s that I came across earlier today was on using copper ore for flint knapping which was flat out fascinating. On the lines of using materials not normally thought of as being used in the Stone Age ‘like copper ore’ I was wondering, grinding stones were made by aboriginals of Australia over sixty five thousand years ago, could one use certain types of materials such as copper ore or even abrasive stone materials like emery, or possibly even trona, or borax ‘which I’ve used for detailed sandblasting of stone’ to work a smooth stone bowl before the bronze or Iron Age to make the stone or cooper ore tools more effective.., for that matter, could the trona or borax in areas like Nevada where it is found all over of been used to improve the more primitive forms of low temperature cured clay to make the bowls for the production of glue more durable?

Those points that you have framed and mounted on the wall behind you, did you make them or find them?

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Can you give me the link how to get that sinew.thank a lot guy

Working on some two piece hard leather sole Comanche style moccasins and was Looking for a natural alternative to bind the hard leather so soft looks good up before stitching was wondering if this would work for this application Had a couple people recommend is shoe goo or E60 but I want to to stay natural

Hey hey where you at I missed your video on Friday I hope you all are well 10-4

Can you make a video of your new glass cherokee bow please?

My son and I love your chanell and both think you should go on the show 'alone'. Any plans?

I need some help. I want to make arrows but I don't have permission from the owner of the land I will be hunting to cut any wood or cane for shafts. There are a lot of cattail growing in the road side. I was wondering if you have any experience or tips for using cattail and when to cut it?

Does sinew based hide glue have better tensile strength than a hide based hide glue?

Yeah hide glue is tough stuff. Its what they used to use to make and glue guitars together back in the day. All the way up till like the 80s. Some people still use it today

Which one is stronger...pine pitch or sinew hide glue?

i would like to know your opinion about bone arrowhead and bone knife and their performance compared to stone arrow head and stone knife ? thanks

i read when i was young that the Mongolians made fish mouth glue for there composite bows and i cant find anywhere on the internet about fish mouth glue i cant remember the book i read either? any one herd of fish mouth glue?

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hi i would like to know if Neanderthals did hunt by throwing there spear? and what hunting tools do they had and how they use them? best regard

Hello, Im new to making arrowheads, but I live in a state where there is no flint, chert, etc around. The only materials that I have to my disposal are deer antler, limestone, and sandstone. How would someone in my situation make an arrowhead?

Did you knap those points on the wall behind you at end of video? I collect them and curious. If you found them they are amazing..well they're amazing either way.

can you use road kill?

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Hi . How do we buy the book ?

I went online and was looking at your products and merchandise and I like your new glass bows I hope you do a video on shooting but I did notice that you had a couple new shirts one of them had something to do with a buffalo and you have the F-bomb own it this is just my opinion but that is not a good thing my opinion only

I'm new to your channel, and find them informative and inspiring. I'm thinking of building a bow, and would like to know if it should be made of sapwood, or heartwood?

Just now wondering how to make hide glue, during watching the skining bison video,

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If you use something else than sinew, will the glue drop its effectiveness? Fish skin is used for musical instruments, is it because it's not that strong?

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However, this glue has quite a serious disadvantage, it is very sensitive to moisture.

Strongly advised by Koreans AND Japanese horn /sinew /bamboo--bow makers to de -grease this fish.bladder tendon /sinew /hide glue ! Do you agree /? Obviously their must be a % of animal fat --that will affect the glue strength ?

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