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Stone Age Witch Hazel (updated 1/18)
cowboy:
Can't wait to see that, have never made a string from natural fibers.
bootboy:
dude this is going to be awesome.
ricktrojanowski:
I pulled the hazel out of the hot box tonight and took it off of the other stave. It retained much of the reflex. Also developed some side to side "out of wackness". I should be able to bend it in the handle over some heat to line up the tips. I was suprised just how much mass it lost. I'm going to have to remove quite a bit of wood to get it bending again. But I wanted to be safe than sorry. Also finished about 1/2 the string. It's my first and quite a learning curve. I hope to get scraping and string making tomorrow. I'll post some pics as soon as the wife gets back with the camera.
Bowbound:
Hazel is one of my favourite woods to work with, soft and i love the smell. I have it in abundance round here but most of it is small, and when its big its knarly but the few bows i have of hazel shoot quick and are good.
ricktrojanowski:
--- Quote from: Limey-Josh on September 16, 2008, 12:31:37 pm ---Hazel is one of my favourite woods to work with, soft and i love the smell. I have it in abundance round here but most of it is small, and when its big its knarly but the few bows i have of hazel shoot quick and are good.
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Thats good to hear. Sorry for the slow progress. Just been super busy with everything else. I'm hoping to finish the string and get some scraping done by the end of this weekend. I messed around a bit with a obsidian flake and was amazed at how nicely it was cutting. Might just have to throw out my steel tools.........NOT ;D
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