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Bows / Re: little ash "Aurora", 28#@24"
« Last post by bentstick54 on January 23, 2026, 11:34:39 am »
Welcome back to bow making, doesn’t look like you forgot anything. Bow looks great in all aspects. Looking forward to seeing more in the future.
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on January 23, 2026, 08:54:35 am »
Stay safe everyone !!! I am headed to the cabin this morning to make final prep's for the storm, then probably back home in the morning to be with Miss Joanie in case things really go bad. Hope yall have a good one .Life is Good, sometimes challenging but still Good. :)
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: Osage orange design?
« Last post by Pappy on January 23, 2026, 08:50:59 am »
Good looking piece of Osage, I am sure you will turn it into something nice, like Dave said looks like 2 to me. :)
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: little ash "Aurora", 28#@24"
« Last post by Pappy on January 23, 2026, 08:47:22 am »
Beautiful bow, very nice in all aspects. Look forward to seeing more of your stuff. ;)
 Pappy
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Cooking Forum / Re: Sourdough
« Last post by sleek on January 23, 2026, 05:36:48 am »
I would appreciate all of that and I thank you guys very much!

JW, I think I saw that guy make wood flavored bread. He had mentioned an earlier video where he made wood flavored ice cream too. Interesting idea.
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Cooking Forum / Re: Sourdough
« Last post by Hawkdancer on January 23, 2026, 12:58:12 am »
I have some bread recipes, as well as cookie and shortbread recipes!  Might get a good cookbook, as well!
Hawkdancer
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Arrows / Re: Best wood for 450-500 gr, FOC arrows?
« Last post by Hawkdancer on January 23, 2026, 12:48:43 am »
Red Osier Dogwood,  POC,3/8"should put you in that range, depending on shaft length.  Yes, I'm still looking at the grass from the green side!
Hawkdancer
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pat B on January 22, 2026, 09:14:22 pm »
WB, the whole Eastern US is under severe winter storm warning with mostly ice. There will be massive power outages everywhere. We are getting prepared.
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Bows / Re: Osage orange design?
« Last post by WhistlingBadger on January 22, 2026, 07:09:49 pm »
Yeah, I don't have a band saw; I do everything with hand tools.  My belly drops generally either turn into kids' bows or smoking wood.   -C-
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Bows / Re: Osage orange design?
« Last post by superdav95 on January 22, 2026, 06:48:58 pm »
Quote from: WhistlingBadger on January 21, 2026, 09:58:36 pm
Here are what the rings look like.  I think these checks are going to be hard to avoid, but hopefully once I get the bark off I can find a place to thread the needle somewhere.


from the pic here i see that there may be at least two bows with good rings here.  Id get the bark off and sap wood down to first good ring then see where you are at for cracks or checks.  I bet you find that you can get 2 bow staves.  Another thing i would do is when you get to the stage of 2 staves would be sure to keep your belly drops.  if you use a band saw this is easy but if you dont have one you may be able to make an angled cut near the fade down to about 1/2' up from back ring and split it off right to the tip.  you can use these belly drops to make good sliced bows or laminate bows too. 
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