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Flight Bows / Re: Flight Archery Projects
« Last post by RyanY on November 30, 2025, 02:37:09 pm »
That’s definitely a concern of mine. I’ll be taking an inch or two off the tips of the recurve so they’re not so aggressive. Just left them long for the bending process. I’ll have to decide how much deflex to glue in choosing between overall reflex and stability.
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Flight Bows / Re: Flight Archery Projects
« Last post by Marc St Louis on November 30, 2025, 02:19:05 pm »
Quote from: RyanY on November 29, 2025, 08:14:05 pm
More pics

That bend profile on those limbs looks a lot like a BL bow I was working on several years ago.  I had to abandon it because it was too unstable
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Bows / Re: Fire Hardening
« Last post by Marc St Louis on November 30, 2025, 02:13:01 pm »
Charring wood has been a method for waterproofing wood that goes back centuries

Dry-heat is a risky method of bending wood regardless of species
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pat B on November 30, 2025, 12:37:53 pm »
Paul, now that you've seen Twin Oaks it's gonna be hard for you to miss the Classic. Hope you can make it.
 How's Savannah these days? Haven't been back home there in a while. My wife and I both grew up there but left for Bluffton, SC back in '78 when we got married.
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Bows / Re: 2025 Junior Bow Trade
« Last post by stuckinthemud on November 30, 2025, 11:48:14 am »
Some finished photos would be really nice.  Have just had a pm from one of the missing, he's all done, just one left to hear from
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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by Doug509 on November 30, 2025, 11:34:13 am »
Decided to keep it simple and steam bend the handle a couple inches.  Should make a nice deflex reflex.  Still sitting in the caul this morning getting acclimated.
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Bows / Re: 2025 Junior Bow Trade
« Last post by Aaron1726 on November 30, 2025, 10:19:37 am »
Bumping this one up again.  Any updates?  Mine is hanging out in the corner ready to go when ever we are ready.  Thanks.  I can't wait to see all the other bows when they get finished.
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by paulc on November 30, 2025, 09:13:48 am »
I got meet the legendary Pappy yesterday! I was traveling home to Savannah after the holiday and was able to take a 20 min break from the road. He graciously showed me around the shop and all the areas we all.see on this thread. Wish I could have stayed and worked a bit. I'm inspired to try harder to make the Classic.

Thanks Pappy!
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Flintknapping / Re: found some rock, will it knap? (added pics)
« Last post by Perkinator on November 30, 2025, 03:04:13 am »
Something I find interesting: the surface of those rocks has a similar texture to the knappable Mississippi gravels. They also get sold as gravel filler. I'm thinking the gravel pit in my home town is hiding some huge boulders of Tuscaloosa chert that is too course to sell to the concrete and asphalt plants. I need to see what bar the gravel pit workers drink at and get them talking with a few buds   :KN
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Bows / Re: Strongly reflexed bow turning inside out!
« Last post by superdav95 on November 30, 2025, 02:35:53 am »
Yes be very slow and careful with wood removal on this one.  It could become unstable very quickly if not enough wood left to keep it that way.  I would remove with scraper a set number of passes then exercise the limbs and get the removal to take effect and re assess.  Best of luck man. 
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