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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Fresh harvest
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2015, 02:11:44 pm »
wow very nice :)

Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Fresh harvest
« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2015, 02:36:51 pm »
Sweet harvest! Looks like you got some good hidden bows there!  :laugh: Patrick
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Offline Badger

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Re: Fresh harvest
« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2015, 02:46:04 pm »
   You did a nice job slpitting them up, very clean looking staves.

Offline Aaron H

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Re: Fresh harvest
« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2015, 04:02:17 pm »
Thanks Steve, actually more on that subject.  I used my usual steel wedges, but this time I also tried out some pink plastic wedges that my dad got me when he was out in Montana.  I was very surprised to see how well they actually worked.  I started all my splits with my axe on the ends, but then I used the pink plastic wedges the rest of the way on a few pieces I was quartering.  You can see a couple of them laying on the ground in one of the pictures. Has anyone else used these before?

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Re: Fresh harvest
« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2015, 04:30:30 pm »
I decided what I want in trade...  ::) ;D >:D

Offline Aaron H

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Re: Fresh harvest
« Reply #20 on: January 10, 2015, 04:38:03 pm »
Haha, I will set one aside for you Scott. Maybe I can get a few more points from you or a knife or something this summer.

Offline nlester

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Re: Fresh harvest
« Reply #21 on: January 10, 2015, 07:01:13 pm »
Very cool.  Nice haul!

Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Fresh harvest
« Reply #22 on: January 10, 2015, 10:20:40 pm »
Nice harvest falcon.  Wish there was some sage out here other than brush :)

Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Fresh harvest
« Reply #23 on: January 11, 2015, 01:17:36 am »
Falcon, I have used the plastic wedges before. I found them useless and returned them in several pieces and never even split one stave. Patrick
Once an Eagle Scout, always an Eagle Scout!

Missouri, where all the best wood is! Well maybe not the straightest!

Building a bow has been the most rewarding, peaceful, and frustrating things I have ever made with my own two hands!

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Fresh harvest
« Reply #24 on: January 12, 2015, 10:40:53 pm »
Falcon, I have used the plastic wedges before. I found them useless and returned them in several pieces and never even split one stave. Patrick

Leaned to love my plastic wedges when I went thru wildland fire suppression school.
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