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Bows / Re: Osage harvest
« Last post by Hamish on Today at 05:49:00 am »Awesome haul! I don't envy you having to do all that splitting, real hard work. I'm getting a sore back just thinking about it.
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Bows / Re: Osage harvest
« Last post by Del the cat on Today at 04:39:50 am »Great haul my friend. I'm a bit old for hauling logs now but I ejoy seeing other people doing the hard work 
Some gorgeous looking wood there. Have fun.
Del
Some gorgeous looking wood there. Have fun.
Del
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Bows / Osage harvest
« Last post by osage outlaw on Today at 02:57:09 am »I used to cut a lot of osage, 300-400 staves a year. I tried to quit before I did too much damage to my body. I still get the itch to cut a tree every 2-3 years. This tree is going to be shared with some friends that I'm seeing next week. It got tangled in the canopy and took a lot of work to get it down enough to cut 4 logs off of it. The ring ratio looks pretty good. I'll try to set back and let them split it. That's my favorite part so I'm sure I'll grab a hammer and pitch in.
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Bows / Re: Snake skins and glycerine
« Last post by Aaron1726 on Today at 01:24:42 am »Thanks for sharing this. I've read several places about avoiding glycerine skins, but never occurred to me that you could wash it out. I will be curious how this turns out for you. It's not as easy to find dried skins as it is the glycerine tanned ones, so that would really open up more possibilities.
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Around the Campfire / Re: One more year
« Last post by mullet on March 29, 2025, 11:21:24 pm »My wife chewed my butt, she said it would be 48 in May, not 47.
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Trading Post / Re: Stave needed!!
« Last post by mullet on March 29, 2025, 11:19:08 pm »Jake, If your still looking for some Osage let me know, I need a Brain tanned hide.
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by mullet on March 29, 2025, 11:16:17 pm »Looks like everything is shaping up and I'm looking forward to seeing you in a few weeks. Doug is going to pick me up so I won't have to do two back to back trips in two weeks. I have to tap your brain on hide tanning, I'm having trouble softening that hide you gifted me last year.
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Horn Bows / Re: Korean horn bow. while im waiting...
« Last post by mullet on March 29, 2025, 11:01:26 pm »I'm looking forward to seeing this finished. I think you might have got the sinew technique from James Parker, I remember him doing it on a formica cabinet board about 15 years ago.
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Bows / Re: Snake skins and glycerine
« Last post by JW_Halverson on March 29, 2025, 10:12:55 pm »In case the thought hadn't occurred to you, this post is proof positive that this forum and it's intense history, is a valuable resource for all of us: past, present, and future. We need to be evangelical about growing the user base in order to continue the Library of Alexandria type database of curated knowledge. Facebook and other resources allow anyone to post anything, and anyone can be an "expert". The knowledge posted here gets peer reviewed and the b.s. gets called out quickly. That's just not happening on other platforms.
Thanks, Sleek.
Thanks, Sleek.