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Stone Age Witch Hazel (updated 1/18)
DanaM:
Looks like it worked to me Rick :) Gotta admire your determination
jamie:
yeah buddy !!!! if building bows with stone was work i wouldnt do it, i hate work. i find it relaxing and meditative O:)
ricktrojanowski:
It definitely has a different feel that working with steel tools. I feel much less critical about what happens. I'm already planning my next attempt. ;D
ricktrojanowski:
Just a quick update. I've been scraping the belly, tapering for thickness, and getting the bow bending. I learned something very valuable tonight. I was scraping with my "best" scraper and it broke. I was pretty bummed out until I tried one of the broken halves . WOW....Now I see what I should be looking for in a scraper. It broke at a near 90 degree angle and shaves off wood so effortlessly. This may be obvious to some but I'm pretty slow when it comes to these stone and obsidian tools. Some of the original lateral bend in the stave creeped back. So I guess I will be doing more heat bending than I hoped to. I figure I will get it bending easily and try to straighten it again.
Bowbound:
Any more??? :)
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