Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: mullet on November 20, 2016, 10:24:17 am
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I got to meet Bill Davidson, (Orrum), his Lovely Susan, Carleena and Nathaniel Saturday when they dropped by for some chipping, bow talk and some good food. We had a good time hope they did too. Steve Parnel also came up from Naples and spent Friday night so we could get him some black powder for his new Hawkins kit gun and get hs James Parker BBE blank shooting.
Anybody that has a chance to take Bill up on his trade offers for the jewelry he makes should really do it. He makes some real nice pieces. I wish I had taken more pictures but I was running back an forth, I think Steve took some more. And maybe Bill will get a picture up of the Hawk head he made.
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Good times!
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Yes, Sir, it was. I've met some really nice people on this site.
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Looks like you guys had a good time. Wish we could be running around here it short sleeve shirts right now.
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I'm usually good with taking pictures but I didn't this time. It was a good visit. I think that's about the only shop in Florida that sells black powder! Was glad to find it and it'll be fun to get that rifle shooting. Maybe even this Friday out on Adam's ranch in Felda.
Thanks again for the hospitality and generosity, Eddie.
Enjoyed meeting Bill and his family. Nice folks. A very generous guy and his jewelry work is very nice.
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Hey thanks Steve!!! It was a really fun filled day!! The lil guy loved you and your hrlp. Thsnks for making his bow string. He shot it some the next morning, he can't really pull it yet but practice will teach him finger position!!!
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What is that stone that the little guy has?
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The lil primitive archer has a Wonderstone tomahawk that he knapped. Seriously Eddie said we could knap any ty hinges laying around. He threw two pieces of it over to me to try, he said he couldn't get it to work. I beat one piece to death and got nothing but trash debitage! Nathaniel picked up the thine piece and wanted to hit it so I gave him a 1.25 inch copper billet and let him have at it. The chips flew and he learned to hit it close to the edge. I clubbed a piece off every now and then and it turned into a pretty fair hawk#!! It has a stub that sticks out that would be perfect to seat into a handle!
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I am glad you guys had a great time. :)
Eddie is a generous and interesting fellow ;)
Zuma
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Thanks, Don, just Southern Hospitality and how we were raised.
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The lil primitive archer has a Wonderstone tomahawk that he knapped. Seriously Eddie said we could knap any ty hinges laying around. He threw two pieces of it over to me to try, he said he couldn't get it to work. I beat one piece to death and got nothing but trash debitage! Nathaniel picked up the thine piece and wanted to hit it so I gave him a 1.25 inch copper billet and let him have at it. The chips flew and he learned to hit it close to the edge. I clubbed a piece off every now and then and it turned into a pretty fair hawk#!! It has a stub that sticks out that would be perfect to seat into a handle!
I thought it looked familiar. That stuff is very hit or miss. Out of the 400 or so pounds I gathered, only about 50 has been workable, and I am terrible, so I can only get thick stuff. Some of it comes out of heat butter smooth, some like lava rock.
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I think that was a piece I tried to heat, Joe.
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Sorry about no pics but I fell and was not able to walk to the barn b4 we left for Thanksgiving at my Daddys house in Sumter Sc. Hey don't worry the trip n fall only aggravated my sciatic nerve, I will b ok by next week!
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Hey look for pics of my Osage stave Eddie gifted me on his thresd!!!
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Post them and I'll move them to bows unless you put them there to start with.
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They r on a thread I started in tge trips and events. I have to start a bow build thread. How are you doing Eddy? Working hard and Christmas shopping? Man I loved our visit and hope to visit again on our way to Az. We were going at Xmas do we could stop and see the lil primitive grandson but my sciatic nerve is not cooperating completely yet. By the way todsy is Nathaniel bday, he is 5 now!!# He loves his bow too!! He wants real arrows now...LOL. The women folks don't exactly know what to think aboutbthat!!#
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Doing good Bill, Working a lot on that big Sinkhole right now. That youngun needs some real arrows with good points >:D. Big Jim has some real cheap kids arrows.
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Who is Big Jim? How do I look him up?
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Big Jim Archery. He'll come up if you google him. I think he is a sponsor on PA, also.
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Ok thanx Eddie!