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Around the Campfire / Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Last post by Pat B on February 04, 2026, 12:21:28 pm »
I had one of those John, a 1984 Isuzu Trooper II. Brought us up to the mountains in 1990 used it a few more years then parked it. Still sitting where we parked it about 25 years ago. Great little 4WD. The narrower wheel base would go between the ruts and with its 4WD low you could climb a pine tree with the right tires.  ;D
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Bows / Re: Please Support Primitive Archer Magazine Forum
« Last post by JW_Halverson on February 04, 2026, 12:01:30 pm »
Good luck with that!  They stopped the print version years ago, then the emag went away when they shuttered the whole shebang! The forum stayed online for a while until the website host got sick of hosting when no one was picking up the tab.

Then along came this joker that goes by the handle "sleek". Now I have history with that jackwagon, because he sent me an ugly old piece of a stick with fishing line for a string. It was so bloody danged ugly I went and sent it back to him! Joke was on me, a couple years later this guy that builds some of the un-prettiest bows in the land wanders out into the desert salt flats of Utah and sets a brand new world record for distance! The guy simply ain't smart enough to know when he is out of his depth. He musta had his head rattled awfully hard and the last two remaining brain cells fighting over third place brush up against each other and the static electricity causes a spark. This dullard interprets that little spark as his motivation to BUY THE MAGAZINE, LOCK STOCK AND BARREL! Well, he goes and calls the owners of P.S. and starts wheeling and dealing. Lo and behold, sleek now owns the website and forum and is working to get things stabilized. He's got grandiose plans to improve things along the way a little at a time until this forum, once again, becomes the world's preeminent online source for kmnowledge on the subject of handmade wood bows, arrows, and the like.

I'm only here munching popcorn and watching. Ol sleek has no idea what's possible and what's not. Its fun watching him do the impossible on a regular basis. So pull up a seat, have a handful of popcorn and enjoy the show.
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Primitive Skills / Re: Ice melt archaeology
« Last post by WhistlingBadger on February 04, 2026, 11:44:27 am »
Maybe I will start looking around here if the ice ever melts.  ;) :) :) :) :)
 Pappy

 ;D
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Around the Campfire / Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Last post by JW_Halverson on February 04, 2026, 11:22:45 am »
Sounds like some of my weeks Eric.  :) That's a good price on tires, the ones on my 2500 GMC cost almost 2 grand last year when I had new ones put on, good thing I don't drive it much so they should last a while.
 Pappy

That's more than I have spent on most of the vehicles I have owned! I kinda miss the old Isuzu Trooper that insurance would have written off as totalled if it ran out of gas!
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Bows / Re: Osage
« Last post by Eric Krewson on February 04, 2026, 10:34:32 am »
I third Twin Oaks as well; I haven't been to Twin oaks in a long time, I think this picture of Mike's Osage is about 20 years old. What you see in the first picture was just part of what he had for sale, the second picture is not all the wood he had for sale at the Classic but most of it except for a huge pile of billets. At the time he had staves from $10 to $100 depending on the quality. He has since moved on from selling staves.

Osage heaven for sure.








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Bows / Re: Fire hardened hickory
« Last post by East_tn_primitive_skills on February 04, 2026, 09:54:28 am »
Thanks!
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Bows / Re: Jan 2026 BOM VOTING
« Last post by Pappy on February 04, 2026, 09:39:13 am »
As usual a bunch of beautiful bows, thanks to the builders for sharing, now let's get out the vote.  :)
 Pappy
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Primitive Skills / Re: Ice melt archaeology
« Last post by Pappy on February 04, 2026, 09:32:36 am »
Maybe I will start looking around here if the ice ever melts.  ;) :) :) :) :)
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: bamboo self bow build
« Last post by Chumash on February 04, 2026, 07:26:10 am »
I'm from Germany and the common names are a bit different. Old names bloodwood, bulletwood, beefwood often declare a lot sort of woods.....

@badger
The dust of Massaranduba smells like some sort of pepper and I always have a burning in the noose, when I work with.
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Bows / Re: bamboo self bow build
« Last post by Badger on February 03, 2026, 11:49:42 pm »
Bloodwood has the nastiest saw dust. It makes me sick. For a couple of days anytime I worked with it.
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