Life is good

[stickbender]

     Dang!,  I see knife handles, bow handles, tips, pistol grips, walking sticks, and other carving material!!!! ......oh man, I am like you I just hate to see good wood wasted!  I would love to have a couple, or a bunch of those!  That is just a shame to throw that kind of wood away.

                                                                             Wayne

[seabass]

hey pappy.i just wanted to thank you again for all the hard work that you guys go through to put on the classic.this was my first year.i stayed five days with you guys.it was probably the best five days i've ever had.that Jon never stops.anyway,thanks guys.i will try to be there for the ibo.hope to see you all in july,steve         btw,what would you take in trade for one of those neck knives that you have been making.i gotta have one.

[Pappy]

You can talk to GregB about the neck knife,I bet you could work something out with him He
is pretty easy. Had a great weekend, Aging good friends/bows/arrows/Knives,who could ask for more. Hope yall had a good one also.I know we did.Here are a few pictures of the weekend, We got a little work done around the club to boot,grass mowed/gravel hauled and spread and a few other little projects that needed to be done in between all the fun. We had 4 more loads of gravel hauled in,still planing for the Classic. Bubba and Hannah have finely started getting along,Bubba love her tail. Jon and Shanon showed up Late Friday evening and did Shanon bring some good food along.
  Pappy

[Pappy]

Shanon trying out Jon's new bow, Then a great supper,  :)Then we got to do a little bow work,Shanon and I were trying to finish up some David Knight blanks we got at the Classic.
Man them things shoot fast.
   Pappy

[Pappy]

New blade Shanon brought us for some more knife work.Shanon doing some tip work and me finishing up with the tiller on my David Knight bow. It didn't need much.
   Pappy

[Pappy]

Some of GregB's knives,man he is really turning them out. Getting ready to go do a little shooting,it was a lot of fun on the course. Then Greg back at his knife work. Can't have to many knives.
   Pappy

[Pappy]

Then some fun on the range,everybody was shooting pretty good.No arrows lost or broken.
  Pappy

[Pappy]

More fun on the range,Art had a little problem with the Bow Greg and I made for him,he didn't want to repair it,he was just going to hang it up,We couldn't have that so I talked him into bringing it down and we are going to give it a shot ,with rawhide backing and a little sinew rap.Hope it holds.
  Pappy

[Pappy]

Repairing Art's bow.Shanon Tillering his new bow. Josh working on another steel Pinetree,I think I know where that one is going.
   Pappy

[Pappy]

Everybody just doing there own thing.
   Pappy

[Pappy]

Putting up our Sun dial. Pretty cool and works really good. First shot from my New bow,shoots
great.
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[Pappy]

 More shooting and tips on my new bow,Little help from Shanon on them. Then a great supper,FrogLegs/Wild Turkey breast,beans and ham and a nice salad. Hard to beat that and plenty of it to boot. Yum Yum.
   Pappy

[Pappy]

That's it for this weekend, I had a gret time and I think everyone eles did also.
Life is good.
   Pappy

[cowboy]

Man, that was one jam packed weekend! Looks like Shannon was the celebrity this time . I'm going to have to watch Greg build some of those knives. Like ya said Pappy - can never have too many.

[HatchA]

Fun times all 'round

Is that Greg drawing out all the knives on the steel (is it bandsaw blade?)?  Does he just draw them all freehand?  Some lovely designs there!