Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: juniper junkie on December 01, 2008, 09:25:03 pm
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Well, today was a really nice day here in central oregon, I had the afternoon off so I decided to work on a few projects. I had a syringa take-down bow I started in august, I strung the bow and was checking the tiller, adjusting the limbs as needed, then proceeded to excercise the bow on the tiller tree, I flexed the bow several times checking the bend in the limbs, drawing it to 26" a couple of times then BAM!!!. ???I covered my head to avoid fall-out. the upper limb had failed. bummed out, I turned to flintknapping where I proceeded to snap three arrowheads in half after getting them thinned and near completion :P, I decided to try a larger flake and was making a blade about 31/2" long and about 11/2" wide, I had a nice platform to make a large flute down the center, I supported the blade and smacked it which gave me a flute over 1/2 the length ;D cool! I prepared the other side and repeated dressing the platform, supporting the blade and delivering the blow, the smack sounded kinda funny ??? I opened my hand to reveal not one, but four pieces >:( :o :'( good thing I dont do this for a living.
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I feel your pain. Somedays nothing seems to go right. The best thing to do is stop and do something totally unrelated until the bad MOJO leaves you.
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Somedays it's best to pop a beer and watch the grass grow. :'( ;)
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Thats a normal day of flintnapping for me. Joel
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I CAN RELATE BROTHER....Hawk
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Yep,when murphy shows up and ruins my plans I usually head for the woods and try to find more stuff to work with. Hopefully one day Ill catch ole murphy off gaurd and stretch his hide on my door.
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Good thing you didn't decide to go skydiving after you finished knapping! ;D
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Sounds like a typical day in Hillbillyland. ;D
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sorry to hear about your day...with the bow making i am out in wonder land.probley never get that figured out..but the chipping i understand.in fact i am having the same trouble...it just like work.some days good some bad.later john
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I was doing some percussion on dacite and snapped three in half today.Must just be bad Knapping Juju in the northwest today.Better day tomorrow. Frank
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try knapping with Wolf watcher sometime, he will turn out twenty points and blades.. and never break one ... must be the custom tools he builds for knapping.... I try the same stone, same tools, and walla....... Break everything >:( Hawk
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Must be a NW thing for sure, I live in NW Penna. an broke a 5" x 1-1/2" burlington blade today,It was about 1 thinning flake from being done. Auuuuugh Later bob
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Most of my stuff breaks when I'm pushing the limits...of wood, stone, my skill, etc. I've been breaking a lot of stuff too (lately). >:(
A habit of breaking stuff is like getting the hiccups....you can't dwell on it or it gets worse....you have to think of something else for a while.
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The last thing a nice big point hears is"just one more flake right here.................Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
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Roger, yep-"I bet I can get under that little step and clean it right off".......:)
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Nice thing about hedge and buildin' bows... It is very forgivin'! I'm sure if I was to branch out more on the kinds of wood I'm using I would have more failures. Sometimes it pays to go with what ya know. d:^)