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Offline YewArcher

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The magic of selfbows and passing the skills on.
« on: June 07, 2013, 11:01:16 am »
My daughters first self-bow lesson.

Yesterday she learned how to use a Nicholson 49, a Japanese rasp and a draw knife. She did great.

Here she is working an Osage stave that I got from Marty a few weeks ago in Marshall.



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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: The magic of selfbows and passing the skills on.
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2013, 11:19:46 am »
Nice! Way to pass it on Steve. I bet she just LOVES that Shinto....!
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Offline YewArcher

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Re: The magic of selfbows and passing the skills on.
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2013, 11:22:03 am »
She liked it but just like her dear-old-Dad her favorite tool was a dull draw knife  ::)
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Offline Ozzy

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« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2013, 11:59:30 am »
Very sweet
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Re: The magic of selfbows and passing the skills on.
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2013, 12:18:26 pm »
come on man! band saw that stave down to a workable size for her! HAHAHAHA

way to be partner! gotta get em started early.
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Offline YewArcher

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Re: The magic of selfbows and passing the skills on.
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2013, 12:23:49 pm »
Lol...

I think there is a spiritual passage and transformation that one takes when making the entire bow by hand. Lessons taught about wood and grain and knots. And as one works the wood and gains knowledge in such mundane things as wood and grain and knots  one also discovers inadvertently themselves in a pile of wood shavings.
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: The magic of selfbows and passing the skills on.
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2013, 01:06:19 pm »
Well said and good job !
Just don't work her to hard, she may get in a hurry and mess up !
Good stuff for sure !
Really nice shave horse Too !
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Offline Chadwick

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Re: The magic of selfbows and passing the skills on.
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2013, 02:13:51 pm »
I have the same shave horse.... How well does she work it if she can't reach the foot pedal?
I remember having a classroom full of boys with drawknives and rasps, beauties and mistakes. Makes me want to do it more often!
Way to keep it going!
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Offline YewArcher

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Re: The magic of selfbows and passing the skills on.
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2013, 02:28:34 pm »
I stand next to her and. Hold my foot on the pedal. That way I can guide her as she works.

The shave horse is great. It's a Mystic from Berrnie Swank in Il. I have built several and gave them away a few years back and due to constraints on time I bought this one (rather spend my time on makin bows then bench) glad i bought it. It's very well made.
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Re: The magic of selfbows and passing the skills on.
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2013, 05:52:56 pm »
Mine's from Mystik, too. It's covered in stray tool marks, dings, and scrapes now. I've come to prefer the bandsaw for wood reduction instead of making yellow knife-drawn slivers all over my floor. I use the drawhorse for tillering and clamping needs, too.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: The magic of selfbows and passing the skills on.
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2013, 06:43:49 pm »
That is good to see! Way to go. Jawge
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Offline hunterbob

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« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2013, 08:34:16 pm »
That is great . I love seeing stuff like this.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: The magic of selfbows and passing the skills on.
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2013, 11:35:55 pm »
Looks like she is pretty into it.  Way to go dad!
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Offline bow101

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Re: The magic of selfbows and passing the skills on.
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2013, 12:14:22 am »
.......... ;) she looks like a pro already.  Good to see that, I learned when I was small using common hand tools.  Funny in High school they by passed the hand tool training part.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: The magic of selfbows and passing the skills on.
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2013, 12:23:05 am »
Yup, that is a wonderful picture and it really tells a great tale. 

Oh, and what kind of shaving horse is it? Not horse, per se...more like zebra!
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