Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: islandpiper on January 24, 2010, 01:55:11 pm
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Dinner was special last evening. Many hot wings and much beer.....and a crew of friends.
Mullet, Recurve Shooter, Ian Johnson and I got together at the Buffalo Wild Wings in Hammond, Louisiana. Somebody had to hold the camera.....so here are the other three. There must be something wrong with the lens, the fellow in the middle looks shorter than the other two.
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/treyeddieian.jpg)
piper
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Ha,ha, Keith that's where the drain was in the floor. Man, I had a really good time and wish I could have stayed longer. I loved the story about the poor fool that climbed into a twelve foot Jon boat with those two young'uns. What was that guy thinking? ??? I want to thank you and your lovely wife for a very fine Louisiana welcome. And that tour of your shop and checking out all the cool woodworking tools will be the highlight of my trip. I still can't get over how small those planers are that you use. And I think that Frankincense and Mir mixture would look good on one of my bows.
I can honestly say that I have never met anyone from this web board that didn't turn out to be like someone you have known forever. This place has a great group of people. Thanks, my Louisiana buddies.
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Ya, ok, standing on the floor drain.....sure, let's go with that.
You're welcome Eddie. Stop back anytime!! Thanks for dinner (and leftovers for lunch)
piper
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Damn Kieth did ya tell him you were a Yooper ;) >:D
Sounds like ya all had a good time :)
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He's a smart yooper, re-read Shannon's post. ;) Heck, you're the only yooper on this forum still there. ::)
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Dang, looks like Wimpy, Popeye, and Brutus...... ;D Those guys must be really big, cause as everyone knows, ol Mullet is six foot five, and rippling with muscles :o......I guess he left his hair color for men at home...... ::)
Wayne
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hey guys i just now got back to civilization and a computer.
well, let me start off by saying WHO DAT?! ;D
anyway, it was great to finally get to meet Mr. Eddie, and just wish we could have stuck around longer. i think we were the loudest table in the place. and we looked a little strange in the parking lot, with him pullin out rocks and sticks from the back of the truck and givein em to us. ;D
Mr. Eddie donated a bucket full of rocks and glass, and some tonken, to the national bleeding fingers association >:D which i cant wait to mess up. ;D
but sence i stayed up most of the night last night watching the saints try to murder farve, i think ima sleep today after school. maby tomorrow. ;D Thanks for droppin by mullet, and thanks Mr. Kieth for lettin us know when and where, just wish we could have stayed longer.
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He's a smart yooper, re-read Shannon's post. ;) Heck, you're the only yooper on this forum still there. ::)
Not necessarily by choice eddie :-\
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That's a decent looking group, except for that short, ugly'un in the middle.....;D
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Now, thats not nice, Steve :-\, When you look at that one in the middle, you might be looking into the future. ::) ;) Trey, Keith and Ian, we'll get together again, and Go Saints!
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Seriously Eddie, you look good for a 26-year old fella......really........no kidding.
It was very generous of you to give the boys some shafts and rock. I think sometimes we don't know what our little daily actions are worth in the long run. I'll do my best to get these guys to sit down with a local knapper here. I made a spine tester which Trey has, so he'll be closer to making arrows, and Ian has a fletching rig. Now, if they can just follow instructions........
piper
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Instructions? :o Real men don't need no stinkin instructions! ;D
Wayne
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Stick, usually I'd agree with you. Maybe i should post a couple pics of some fletching they put on for me last year. Hmmm.........yes, they NEED instructions.
piper
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correction, some fletching IAN put on for you last year. i have already accepted the fact that anything that ian does that needs to be done right, i have to wait till he's done, then go undo the catastrophy he created, and redo it, the right way. :P
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Piper, you will have to explain to "Recurve Shooter", who Popeye, Wimpy, and Brutus are. ;) That is what the picture of the three of them reminded me of. Just put a brown derby on Recurves head, and a little mustash, ( I'll gladly pay you tuesday, for a hamburger today... )and sailor cap on Eddie, and a corn cob pipe sticking out of the left corner of his mouth, and a ship captain's hat on Ian's head, and he could be brutus. ;D Well maybe some guys need instructions.......seems like Ian got tossed under the bus....... ;D
Wayne
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Now that looks like a good time, all kidding aside I think I'd still lay my money on the short Yoda looking scrapper in the middle. >:D
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well i wish yoda coudla stayed around to show me what the heck to do with this bucket of rocks (no mine, i will not send it to anyone so they can "do away with it" ;D) im scared to mess with it cuz im gunna screw it up. :-\
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Now what kinda of attitude is that didn't yoda say "There is no try, do or do not or I'll whoop yer big ol butt" >:D
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Now what kinda of attitude is that didn't yoda say "There is no try, do or do not or I'll whoop yer big ol butt" >:D
;D fair enough.
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Ohhh, goodness gracious. Listen to the excuses. Rock is made to be broken,,, and made sharp. ;) You need to take Keith up on the offer to sit down with a knapper to save you a learning curve. And, yea, Yoda could probally still kick your butt, forgot you were only 16. ;D ;)
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Watch out Recurve, Eddie will whip out a can of Spinach, and do sum arse whoopin! :o ;D P.S. has Kieth explained who Popeye, Wimpy, and Brutus are yet? ::)
Wayne
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Ohhh, goodness gracious. Listen to the excuses. Rock is made to be broken,,, and made sharp. ;) You need to take Keith up on the offer to sit down with a knapper to save you a learning curve. And, yea, Yoda could probally still kick your butt, forgot you were only 16. ;D ;)
im gunna go meet that knapper when i can, but the next two weekends are girlfriend time. And im 17, but grandpa showed me a long time ago that you old coo....er...middle aged gentlemen, aint exactly as frail as people think. ;D
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I forgot you had to go to your Birthday party that night.
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That's right Recurve Shooter, I think your Grandfather would agree with this old saying, " Never pick a fight with an old man. He just might be too old to fight, so he'll just up and kill you! " :o Well take your Girlfriend with you to the knapper. She just might get interested in it. Or at least seeing you cut yourself silly, till you learn to use the leather, pads, and gloves, but still you will get cut now and then. Just goes with the territory. Just a few nights ago, I jammed the end of a piece of obsidian under my right thumb nail :o :'(......I can't quite remember the phrase I used, but was something similar to the one I used last night, when I was feeling really proud of myself, and getting a nice knife blade percussion thinned down enough to pressure Knapp, when the front 3/4's fell off. >:( Oh, you will develop a new vocabulary along with this addiction. ;) Yes, but indeed you will...... ::) It would be best if your Girlfriend is not around, or small children, or women...... ;) But go see that guy as soon as possible.
Wayne
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stickbender, these are words of a wise man. i was messin around today and cut the snot out of my left middle finger, and when that finally quit bleeding, i went back at it and drove a flake straight into my palm. :-\ that was the end of that day's knapping, cuz it hurt my palm to put pressure on it, and my finger hurt to hold the pice to the pad, lol.
and i think im gunna steal your old man fight quote. ;D
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Recurve Shooter, you are welcome to the quote. It wasn't mine in the first place. Well it seems you are already addicted. You cut yourself, and then went back, and gave more blood to the Lithic Gods. If you are messing with Obsidian, be VERY CAREFUL!!!! it will cut you without you knowing it. And the main culprit, will be a small flake stuck in the pad. Always make sure you clear the pad. You suddenly notice the rock is slick, or your hands are sticky, and are reddish..... :o Yep, done cut yourself, and you did not know it. It is that sharp! I have cut myself real well, and did not know it, till I noticed my hand was wet...... ::)It will cut so quick, that you will bleed yesterday! :o But try not to get too impatient. Get with the knapper, and you will avoid making too much gravel, and learn a whole lot more a whole lot faster.
Wayne
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;D thats what i was thinkin. i took a shard of that obsidian and was messin around testing the edge, cuts cardboard like nuthin's there, thats for sure. ive seen the microscope images of a flake of obsidian compared to a surgon's scaple. now thats scary.
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Yes indeed, Recurve, sharpest material known to man. When an edge is only one molecule thick, that is sharp. ;)
Wayne
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Well, Trey, It sounds like you are running some flakes, anyway. ;D That green glass can spoil you. I wish I had left a piece in my truck now. I went and bought three glass plates from Wally Mart today to knap. It turned out to be some crappy glass, it just wants to shatter.
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lol its not spoiling me. im not used to haveing to thin something down. most of the whiskey and gin bottles i have been useing were already thie right thickness. i got one really ugly point and a cut up left hand, but thats about it so far. :'(