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Herm from Bavaria:
bavaria here. the land of the oktoberfest. we got the best beer worldwide, but we are not allowed to hunt with bow and arrow!
bancroftkid:
Near Bancroft Ontario. Just getting started with primitive bow construction. Very interested in knapping and arrow making also. Delighted to find this terrific site.
Very helpful indeed. If you are near me, please touch base. Sure would be nice to talk to someone.
I've got the trees and the tools.(No band saw........yet) I've bought the books. I've bust one maple self bow. I'm working with white ash, ironwood, and elm at the moment.
Cheers,
George
StevenT:
I live in Chesapeake, VA. Interested in learning napping, but getting a late start at it. Just turned 56.
When I was visiting my Mom a couple summers ago in TN, one of her friends had a good sized shack out back on the side of a hill. Used it for knapping. I spent a day with him and he showed me a little of what he did and guided me through the process of making a point. He sent me home with a 5 gallon bucket with some rock in it, a piece of leather, a copper pressure flaker made from a deer antler and some hammer stones. Well, I quickly turned the rock into smaller rocks and ended up with a pile of gravel. I put everything away. A couple month ago I was cleaning out my shed and found the bucket. It wetted my appetite again. This time, I spent about a month on the internet reading and watching videos, buying books and reading about knapping. I finally gave it another try starting with the same thing everyone else pretty much starts with... a beer bottle bottom. With a lot of blood, sweet and the use of word not fit for mixed company, I was able to make a point. As they say, it ain't pretty, but it's my first! So know I'm hooked.
I am glad I stumbled across this sight and I'm enjoying reading all of the older threads.
A little about myself: I am orignially from Kentucky, own a couple acres outside Elizabethtown, KY and still call it home. I'm retired Navy and currently living in Chesapeake, VA. I just turned 56 and up until now, my only hobby was Golf. My day job is being the IT Director at a lawfirm in Norfolk, VA. Oh yea, I live with a wonderful lady who thinks I'm nuts for wanting to play with rocks.
cailean:
southwest Ontario Canada here
banoch:
Charleston WV . Anyone else? Couldn't go through all 28 pages.
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