>>14226421/4" = 6.35mm
The thickest knife I own is 4mm. It is second hand and someone beat the fuck out of it with a hammer when batonning. I had to use a bastard file to get rid of the mushrooming on the spine.
>>1422645>Keeps the bow from rocking side to side.Good idea.
>>1422640Check out how to make glue using pine sap and charcoal dust. It is the go-to glue to help affix arrow heads and fletching in addition to wrapping.
http://willowhavenoutdoor.com/general-survival/how-to-make-pine-resin-glue/>protein poisoningI don't think you'd be able to do that. You'd need a truly terrible diet for a very long time for that to happen. A lot of the "natural foods will kill you" shit is just bullshit uttered by people who don't know shit about much of anything, but like to quote something they heard their cousin's brother's father who read a facebook article about it and posted it to his blog. You are better off worrying about bot flies ruining all the squirrels than protein poisoning.
>bow stringThere's several things you can use. You can even use the hides of those squirrels, but you need to work it until there's no stretch left. The power in a bow comes from the tillers of the bow and not from the string. If the string is stretchy it robs power from the bow. Any cordage you make just needs to be strong and have as little stretch as possible. So you can make it from nettle, inner bark, sinew, etc. Cordage making is time consuming, but there are some tools you can make to aid in doing it. Make yourself a "drop spindle", learn how to use it, and you'll be able to make tons of cordage with a lot less work than rolling fibers on your thigh. pic related
Always remember to take the string off your bow when you are not using it.
