Southern Community Bow

[Skeaterbait]

Do we know what backing we are going to have on it yet?

[Hillbilly]

OK looks like we've got for the bow itself:

Tillering: Pappy & GregB

Tip Overlays: Skeaterbait

Sanding/Cleanup: ??

Backing/Decoration/Finish: ?? (If Eddie's not gonna be able to do it)

Handle Wrap, etc: ?? (if not included with finish)

[GregB]

Thanks Hillbilly! I'll try and do some of handle shaping and sanding of the overall bow after Pappy and I finish tillering before we send it on. There will of course need to be some additional shaping and sanding of the tip-overlays. If the bow is to be stained, I guess that could take place before or after placing a backing on. Whoever puts on the backing if the bow is to get one, could clean the bow up and seal it, or send it to someone else to do finish work and sealing.

[bullcreekboy]

Pappy, has the stave made it there yet? It should have been there by now.

[Pappy]

No I haven't seen it yet,Maybe today.
   Pappy

[cowboy]

Lost a post there somewhere, hmm. Anyway - everyone's been a little quiet here the last coupla days, we got points! Feels like I got an indian ammunition factory goin on around here. Had a very nice couple of days to work outside with - sunny and in the sixtie's, beautiful!! These are made of some flint I picked up down south of San Antonio on the side of the road - they use it for road base down there - solid cobbles everywhere.

Anyway, couldn't decide which kind to make so made several of a couple different styles - all corner notchers, easy to notch and easy to haft. Can't think of anything else id'a rather been doin.

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[Coo-wah-chobee]

  Damm son'-they look' purty !!!!!........bob

[Hillbilly]

Man, those look great! Sure wish they piled good flint up in the road ditches here!

[Pat B]

Those are beautiful, Cowboy and deadly looking.    Pat

[bullcreekboy]

Cowboy, those points look great.

[Skeaterbait]

Dang, I am gonna want to buy this stuff myself.

[Dustybaer]

cowboy, you're an artist.  they look great.  i like the long, slender ones best.

[cowboy]

Thanks fella's! I'm just tickled to be able to participate. I'm a little concerned with the weight - thought I could measure them on the wife's postal scale, anybody know how to convert oz's to grain's? anywho, the heaviest one came in at 0.2 oz's - the rest of them wouldn't even register? I'm just going to send em all and we'll see which one's fit.

Hey Hillbilly, they really do use it for base down there. I couldn't believe it at first, sure those people get a lot of flat tires - sharp edges sticking up everywhere. I did some back road riding while I was there and found the source, cotton farmer - don't know how he grows anything with all the rock, just disappears over the horizon. hit him up about it, he'll let it go for twenty bucks a truck load - sure he's laughing all the way to the bank - gettin rid of some more rocks. If you'd like some to mess with, I'll load you up one of those $8.00 boxes - It'll have to be spalled and treated.

[Hillbilly]

Cowboy, you'd better believe I'd love some of it to mess with! Of course, I won't make points that look as good as yours out of it. The only thing remotely knappable we have here in western NC is quartzite and johnstone lol.

[Pat B]

Steve, You are forgetting granite, quartz and saprolite! 
Cowboy, There are 437.5 grains to an oz. so multiply .2x437.5=87.5grs
  I use a triple beam scale from the 60's that measures in ozs, 1/10 oz and 1/100oz so I learned how to convert.
   The hardwood shoots are pretty heavy so we ought to be able to make weight or at least close.     Pat