Primitive Archer

Threy, you flat nailed that one! Excellent craftsmanship and quality. 53lb out of Red Oat is quite an accomplishment. I’ve had some “less than stellar” results with Red Oak – too much string follow. Out of curiosity, how much reflex did you put in the limbs during the heat-treating process?

Great bow and tiller and the back profile is a good overall shape. Well done. 

Time to wrap up the part of the garden that can't stand the heavy frost that is coming tonight.

I dug a lot of Daikon radishes, they grow to china and I have found the long spade it the best way to get them out of the ground without breaking them. I ended up with 2 gallon bags packed full of washed and trimmed radishes.





Next I picked spinach, not because the frost will harm it but because I needed some in the frig. My bulging disc back issues wouldn't let me bend over to pick last week, with my old man knee stool I could manage it today, I picked two gallons of really nice spinach. I put up the rabbit fence this year, I tried trapping them in the past but couldn't catch any, they ate all of my spinach last year. This is the patch after I picked, I forgot to take a before picture.



Lastly I pulled my beets, there is a lot I don't know about growing them, this is my first attempt. They germinated very slowly and the grass took over, the beets were small. I wanted to pickle some, again my first attempt, I may have enough to fill a couple of pints.

On an overly reflexed stave, I get out my heat gun and take most of the reflex out, I may leave 2-3 inches.

Very nice tiller. Good looking bow

Bjrogg