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Flintknapping / Re: Recent stone points
« Last post by bentstick54 on November 26, 2025, 10:20:04 am »Very very nice.
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Around the Campfire / Re: My recent tent hunting camp
« Last post by GlisGlis on November 26, 2025, 09:51:23 am »Love your videos and you attitude Brian 
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Around the Campfire / Happy Thanksgiving all.
« Last post by Pappy on November 26, 2025, 09:40:23 am »Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving, I have for sure been very Blessed and very Thankful. 
Pappy
Pappy
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Bows / Re: November Bow Of the Month entries here
« Last post by sleek on November 26, 2025, 09:10:43 am »Hey folks its getting close to the last day for this month, if ya got a bow built you are excited about, post it up!
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Flintknapping / Re: Recent stone points
« Last post by bjrogg on November 26, 2025, 07:37:14 am »Those look nice Robert.
Nice variety of materials too.
Like Pat said, those are nice size for hunting.
Thanks for sharing
Bjrogg
Nice variety of materials too.
Like Pat said, those are nice size for hunting.
Thanks for sharing
Bjrogg
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Around the Campfire / Re: update pics of my head
« Last post by Pat B on November 26, 2025, 12:41:03 am »Kevin, have her look up "Dr Jo, vertigo exercises" on youtube.
basically you lay on your right side and turn your head at a 45 deg angle for a 30 second count, then sit up straight for a 30 second count then lay on your left side with your head at 45 degrees for a 30 second count. Do 5 reps of these, twice a day. There is a little bit more but she explains it better. I was amazed how quickly it worked for me with only 3 sessions. I'll be at 13 sessions when I do them tonight and will continue for a while.
basically you lay on your right side and turn your head at a 45 deg angle for a 30 second count, then sit up straight for a 30 second count then lay on your left side with your head at 45 degrees for a 30 second count. Do 5 reps of these, twice a day. There is a little bit more but she explains it better. I was amazed how quickly it worked for me with only 3 sessions. I'll be at 13 sessions when I do them tonight and will continue for a while.
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Primitive Skills / Re: stinky gelatin/hide glue
« Last post by WhistlingBadger on November 26, 2025, 12:32:34 am »Good to know, guys. Thanks.
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Around the Campfire / Re: Annual Give Away Prize Pot
« Last post by WhistlingBadger on November 26, 2025, 12:04:05 am »Wow, this is quite a selection! Here's my humble offering: A set of pronghorn rawhide backing strips. Each is 2" x 38". Pronghorn hide is very thin and easy to work with, almost transparent when dry.
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Bows / Re: Fire Hardening
« Last post by willie on November 25, 2025, 09:34:00 pm »
My original curiosity was more about whether Osage benefitted from doing the same type of heat treating/fire hardening as is done with hickory - as an example. Sounds like it can - but needs to be done more carefully than other woods if I'm understanding correctly?
time and temperature in various proportions
nobody does it the same and each have their own expectations for success
there is some evidence that heat treated wood is resistant to moisture uptake, as it is used in some places to replace chemically treated wood to prevent rot (moisture is needed for rot)
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Bows / Re: Fire Hardening
« Last post by Burnsie on November 25, 2025, 07:11:56 pm »Not sure what you mean by "fire hardening". Heat-treating is essentially the fire hardening of wood. If not done properly though "heat-treating" can be nothing more than changing the surface wood's structure and that really does nothing for a bow. Proper heat-treating of a bow is a process that takes several hours to do. Osage and BL certainly benefit from heat-treating but they react a bit differently to heat and you have to keep a close watch on what's happening with the wood, I suspect it may have something to do with the oils in the wood"Fire Hardened"
Just using the terminology many have used online to describe the process of hanging a bow over a bed of coals and baking the belly of the bow (usually a white wood) pretty substantially. I guess it is just another form of heat treating? I will defer to you Marc, you have learned and tested more with heat treating than most everyone here combined.
My original curiosity was more about whether Osage benefitted from doing the same type of heat treating/fire hardening as is done with hickory - as an example. Sounds like it can - but needs to be done more carefully than other woods if I'm understanding correctly?