Christmas Trade pics

[Trapper Rob]

You can post what your working on here.

[TimothyR]

Here's my project. Ash backed ipe. It's only 61" long so I'm hoping for the draw length my guy is. Cant really say without giving it away. It will have a riser. I'll be sending this and some knife scales probably.   Providing this bow survives. It should though. Ipe is some great bow wood

[bjrogg]

  sorry I didn't get in everyone. We had some big changes in our operation in the past year and it's left me even more work than normal. I really hated to miss the Christmas trade but I know I have to.
Bjrogg
Merry Christmas

[Russ]

Thinking about a stand or a quiver for my guy. Maybe a knife or a leather thing. Dont know alot about my guy

[TimothyR]

I've got 2 bows I'm working on. One is a 60" R/D and the other one is 57"   
Reflex bend through the handle. Both are ash backed Ipe. The bend through the handle has a 5/16" ash backing. I'm thinking that is too thick so I was thinking of putting a thinner piece of ash and doing a tri lam R/D.

[Mr. Woolery]

I’m torn between being really happy for the recipients and being a bit jealous! 

I’ve got a start on my gift, but I’m not really ready to show anything yet.

Patrick

[Russ]

Whats everyone been doing? i've had a hard time with mine so i slaved over finding something flintknapping in Nebraska and i came up with a blog. contacted the guy and has told me about the rock here... surprise! there's barely any! only Nehawk chert, (way tough) and niobrerra (rock?, yes i know my facts! well kinda, its only by the river) hes hooked me up with a guy in my city and i will hopefully be able to meet with him or otherwise ask him questions.

[Russ]

h ttps://history.nebraska.gov/archeology/lithic-collections

Not all of its good flintknapping material, and some comes too small to flintknap but this is a HUGE step!

[Hawkdancer]

Still trying to find things after Little Fiddle Woman led a yard and shed cleaning party while I was in LaLa Land after knee surgery.  I do have an idea, just have to get to the saws and do some fitting!
Hawkdancer

[Trapper Rob]

What's everyone been working on

[Russ]

Got sent some pre shaped stuff, have an antler that had maybey 3 handles in it, gonna need to shape it more and thin some stuff down.

[Mesophilic]

One of a couple of things I'm working on.  The body is from a piece of Russian olive I hollowed out.  I've never done this with rawhide lacing, always took the easy way out with production cordage.  I think I'll make a couple of tomtom's from some Apache plume.

I have something else I'm working on but need to make some more progress before pics.

[Trapper Rob]

Nice stuff you guys are working on

[Mesophilic]

Here's item #2.  Just finished sanding the blade and did the glue up.  Hope my guy feels special since I don't hand finish the steel often on account of it aggravates my bad shoulder, but in this case what's a few bags of ice and sleepless nights compared to a lifetime of joy?

AEB-L  rough dressed in what I think is stabilized mango.  Will update after shaping the handle. The dog thought I was withholding a treat for him.

[Russ]

Oh thats definentially a treat right there!