Just curious, would artificial sinew be that much more beneficial to real sinew? I only ask because my recent activities in this new adult "Cowboys and Indians" thing that I am now part of has been a bit of a learning curve. One of those things that is considered a big "FARB" move is using that stuff. Not trying to be snobby here, "To each his own!" I still have no idea what the heck that acronym stands for.
Artificial Sinew is actually (I think) Nylon thread that is colored and waxed to somewhat resemble real sinew, though it is fairly easy to tell it isn't. It is not susceptible to water, rot or stretching much at all. Unlike real sinew, it comes in lengths far longer than real sinew taken from deer, elk, etc.
In the old days, a broken wrist was repaired by inletting brass or iron plates with screws or pins on both sides of the crack. Also and even easier, a piece of rawhide was wetted, stretched around the wrist and then laced or sewn as tightly as possible. When the rawhide dried, it was a very sound repair until the rawhide got soaked through and thus supple again.
FARB - originally it was derived from "far be it from the truth" and later made into an
anachronism like "Fast And Researchless Buying" and other things, some of which can't be written on a family friendly forum.
The word has morphed even further into "Farbish" which is an adjective, "Farby" that can be an adjective or an adverb, "Farbfest" which describes an event with little or no regard for authenticity, "Farbelicious" meaning a food that is not period correct for the season or location or time period, but we eat and enjoy it anyway, "Farbarossa" meaning one who unerringly defends inauthentic items even when shown it did not exist in the period - and the list goes on and on. BTW, authentic re-enactors coin and use many of these terms to even make fun of ourselves.
Gus