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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on November 30, 2025, 07:33:03 pm »More of the bow , Gary's classic splice, you can spot it anywhere. 
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on November 30, 2025, 07:31:42 pm »It was great meeting and hanging out with you Paul, wished you could have stayed longer but enjoyed the time we had. Had a good weekend, it was kind of windy and rainy but most that I wanted to do was in the kitchen and shop. Biggest projects was to get the yot and cat head euro mounted and about 40 lbs of bear fat rendered, got that going and Jimmy Blackmon showed up with the bow he has been working on, 1 of Gary's old blanks Gary had sent him while he was in Afghanistan, he did it justice.
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Had a good weekend, it was kind of windy and rainy but most that I wanted to do was in the kitchen and shop. Biggest projects was to get the yot and cat head euro mounted and about 40 lbs of bear fat rendered, got that going and Jimmy Blackmon showed up with the bow he has been working on, 1 of Gary's old blanks Gary had sent him while he was in Afghanistan, he did it justice. Pappy
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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by Doug509 on November 30, 2025, 07:29:11 pm »Out of the caul and looking pretty good. I need to taper the tips into knocks and then check tiller on a long string. Does a deflrx reflex bow have symetrical limbs or can I keep the upper limb 1-2" longer?
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Around the Campfire / Re: Annual Give Away Prize Pot
« Last post by Doug509 on November 30, 2025, 07:17:12 pm »I'd be happy to donate one of my favorite tools, Shinto Rasp for the beginners tool kit for bow making.
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Flight Bows / Re: Flight Archery Projects
« Last post by RyanY on November 30, 2025, 03:53:23 pm »Thanks Pat. I haven’t but that’s a great idea. I’ll definitely look into it.
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Flight Bows / Re: Flight Archery Projects
« Last post by Pat B on November 30, 2025, 03:29:40 pm »Interesting project, Ryan. Once you get the tips shaped and you still have visible cracks a thin overlay should give enough strength to hold their shape.
Have you thought about a bracing jig to get the bow with such radicle hooks braced. Basically it is a board with 3 pegs, handle at one peg and the hooks at the other two. You can probably find a drawing or photo on Google.
Have you thought about a bracing jig to get the bow with such radicle hooks braced. Basically it is a board with 3 pegs, handle at one peg and the hooks at the other two. You can probably find a drawing or photo on Google.
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Bows / Re: Hopefully Worth the Effort
« Last post by Jim Davis on November 30, 2025, 03:23:07 pm »That surgery will be fine. That part of the handle is in compression.
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Flight Bows / Re: Flight Archery Projects
« Last post by RyanY on November 30, 2025, 02:37:09 pm »That’s definitely a concern of mine. I’ll be taking an inch or two off the tips of the recurve so they’re not so aggressive. Just left them long for the bending process. I’ll have to decide how much deflex to glue in choosing between overall reflex and stability.
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Flight Bows / Re: Flight Archery Projects
« Last post by Marc St Louis on November 30, 2025, 02:19:05 pm »More pics
That bend profile on those limbs looks a lot like a BL bow I was working on several years ago. I had to abandon it because it was too unstable
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Bows / Re: Fire Hardening
« Last post by Marc St Louis on November 30, 2025, 02:13:01 pm »Charring wood has been a method for waterproofing wood that goes back centuries
Dry-heat is a risky method of bending wood regardless of species
Dry-heat is a risky method of bending wood regardless of species