Annual Give Away Prize Pot

[bentstick54]

Definitely getting to be quite the list for a winner to choose from. Some very generous offers from a lot of very fine folks.

[JW_Halverson]

Wow, this is quite a selection!  Here's my humble offering:  A set of pronghorn rawhide backing strips.  Each is 2" x 38".  Pronghorn hide is very thin and easy to work with, almost transparent when dry.

There is NO better rawhide for bow backing, period, end of conversation. This stuff is no thicker than a good quality business card and a grown man cannot snap a quarter inch wide thong made of it.

[WhistlingBadger]

There is NO better rawhide for bow backing, period, end of conversation. This stuff is no thicker than a good quality business card and a grown man cannot snap a quarter inch wide thong made of it.

Guess they have to have tough hide to deal with the aerodynamic heating from the high mach numbers.   

[JW_Halverson]

There is NO better rawhide for bow backing, period, end of conversation. This stuff is no thicker than a good quality business card and a grown man cannot snap a quarter inch wide thong made of it.

Guess they have to have tough hide to deal with the aerodynamic heating from the high mach numbers.   

Yup, gotta have a tough hide to keep them from falling apart on that high G acceleration!

[Doug509]

I'd be happy to donate one of my favorite tools, Shinto Rasp for the beginners tool kit for bow making. 

[sleek]

Doug, I am very grateful for the donation! Thank you for joining in! Im going to group all the parts of bow kit together to make it one big bow making kit as a package deal, so if a new guy wants it, he gets a complete kit.

[bjrogg]

Sleek it seems like you have a few bows already.

I would like to donate a flint knife. Would you like it for this drawing, or would you prefer to start some prizes for next year?

Bjrogg

PS there’s at least one of those poster covers that I like Pat . My article about my second selfbow buck is in the one. “All in a Days Work”

[sleek]

Sleek it seems like you have a few bows already.

I would like to donate a flint knife. Would you like it for this drawing, or would you prefer to start some prizes for next year?

Bjrogg

PS there’s at least one of those poster covers that I like Pat . My article about my second selfbow buck is in the one. “All in a Days Work”

A knife would absolutely be a great addition to the prize pot BJ, and I am grateful to you for the offer! This is set up like a rolling prize pot, the winner chooses an item from it, and the rest roll over to next year.

[sleek]

Ok, its end of the year folks. Im going to make this post in multiple places where its appropriate. This is the last month to qualify for the first annual giveaway. I want to boost participation by including every entry into the December bow of the month contest, as an additional entrant into this drawing. So, if you are making a bow, or finishing one up, make a post telling about the bow build and post it up for the Dec BOM contest. If you want to join in financially, that would also be very appreciated, $20 will qualify you as well and help financially support this forum.