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juniper junkie:
Well, today was a really nice day here in central oregon, I had the afternoon off so I decided to work on a few projects. I had a syringa take-down bow I started in august, I strung the bow and was checking the tiller, adjusting the limbs as needed, then proceeded to excercise the bow on the tiller tree, I flexed the bow several times checking the bend in the limbs, drawing it to 26" a couple of times then BAM!!!. ???I covered my head to avoid fall-out. the upper limb had failed. bummed out, I turned to flintknapping where I proceeded to snap three arrowheads in half after getting them thinned and near completion :P, I decided to try a larger flake and was making a blade about 31/2" long and about 11/2" wide, I had a nice platform to make a large flute down the center, I supported the blade and smacked it which gave me a flute over 1/2 the length ;D cool! I prepared the other side and repeated dressing the platform, supporting the blade and delivering the blow, the smack sounded kinda funny ??? I opened my hand to reveal not one, but four pieces >:(  :o :'(  good thing I dont do this for a living.

ricktrojanowski:
I feel your pain.  Somedays nothing seems to go right.  The best thing to do is stop and do something totally unrelated until the bad MOJO leaves you.

mullet:
 Somedays it's best to pop a beer and watch the grass grow. :'( ;)

deerhunter97370:
Thats a normal day of flintnapping for me. Joel

hawkbow:
I CAN RELATE BROTHER....Hawk

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