Parkers Osage Build

[Thwackaddict]

Special thanks to gstoneburg for makin this build possible.Parker wasnt happy with his glue up he wanted to make his own self bow and do everything himself.Not sure bout length or poundage yet,see what the wood wants to do.He made some good progress today.

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[Josh]

COOL!!!! Keep us posted!   

[Thwackaddict]

Thanks josh,will do!

[dwardo]

Th elook of pure concentration is priceless. Lotta patience needed there, must be a cracking lad.

[Thwackaddict]

He's a go getter,Dont want any help,wants to do it all himself be it cleanin fish or game,buildin this bow,or whatever you throw at him,point em in the right direction and hes gone.Good kid!

[Del the cat]

He looks like he's happy with that axe.
By the time he's roughed that log out he'll be beatin' you at arm wrestling.
Del

[Thwackaddict]

Del-no doubt about that,he'd say i need to take a break then he'd go back up on the bank and chop a hole back in the russian olives to put the target so it would be like hunting,then he would chop down shoots for "arrows".Never did take much of a break far as i could see,he roughed it out in about 45min.If i could jus bottle that energy and funnel it into my buildin i would be unstoppable!LOL

[George Tsoukalas]

That is just awesome! That is so  nice to see. Jawge

[ken75]

man this is an awesome deal ! however i think i would reconsider the axe and flip flop combo.

[Thwackaddict]

thanks guys
ken-i thought about that but i made him understand what would happen if it glanced off and if you notice in the pics he keeps his feet way back,sharp as that thing is nothin short of steel toed boots would help much.I know accidents happen but i'm right beside him and for his age he's really careful and listens well.

[JW_Halverson]

Atta-boy, Thwack-a-mole!  Glad to see guys teaching kids good things.  Looks like that kid is having a lot of fun.

[gstoneberg]

Hey, it's good to see him working on the wood.  I sure hope he gets a bow out of one of them.

George

[Thwackaddict]

Thanks george,i'm sure he will,he wont let me help   Told me just to watch and tell him what he needs to do lol

[gstoneberg]

LOL, I raised one like that too, but she didn't want to make a bow.  Now she has one of her own like that as well...sure is fun to watch.  Keep those pictures coming.  I don't get on here as often as I'd like, but the emails remind me.  When he gets that bow done, maybe next spring we can get you guys down here and put him on a hog.

George

[Thwackaddict]

Parker workin his stave down.Showed him do's and donts of drawknife and he went at it like he been doin it forever.this kid surprises me everytime we work on his bow.will post more pics when i get my cam back,left it at in-laws,took these with my phone.hes almost got it to floor tiller,then we goin heat it up and geteverything in line and slap a string on it.coming together.

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