Life is good

[BrianS]

Pappy,
Looks like a great time. Wish I was closer.
Take care and as always thanks for taking the time to share happenings at your place. I do enjoy seeing all the stuff you guys are up to.
Brian

[Pappy]

Glad you enjoy Brian, wished you was closer also, I will get to see a few from up you way in about a month when Davy and Barb come down and usually a few others, haven't heard from Chuck but he shows up most of the time also. Great people and good friends for sure.
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Headed to the cabin for a good weekend Good Lord willing, got a few things planned but who knows what the day may hold. Hope yall have a good one also. Life is Good.
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Had a great weekend, got some stuff done for the Classic and also went to a shoot Saturday morning with some buddies, great time all around.
Beau requested a neck knife after his experience with his new and supposed to be "only knife you need to 1/4 and elk " the Hunters Edge, Well it would be all you need if you got a pack full of the replaceable blades to go with it,   had to finish up over half the elk with my neck knife and it would still shave after the job was done. I told him if he would wear and use it I would make him one. Also working on some more blanks for the Classic.
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Knife in the works, and old Nickolson flat bastard us file, I gave him a choice of handles, elk antler/turkey leg or deer leg bone, of course he picked the elk antler. Got the knife all shaped/heat treated/tempered and handle glued up. All the staves I am getting ready are requiring a lot of tweaking, nothing new about that.
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Got the knife ready for sealing and then on to the sheath , I ant much as most know on leather but can manage a simple neck sheath. Got the arrows all fletched for the Classic trophies, now just need to add points, 13 flint heads/13 trade points and 13 field tips,1st 2nd and 3rd. Then we headed out to the shoot, I like to mix a little fun in with my work.
 Pappy

[Pappy]

It was a fun range, lots of up and down but for their first shoot it went very well.
 Pappy

[Pappy]

They got a nice club house and treated us very good, we will go back for sure.
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Then back at the stave work, got 4 ready 1 elm 1 hickory and 2 osage and 1 more osage left to do. GregB came in with a bunch of tillering strings and some marked length strings to use in the self bow challenge. Something else off my list !!!! 
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Beau's neck knife all finished, sharp as a razor, hope he likes it and puts it to good use. Hope yall had a good one also. Life is Good. 
 Pappy

[chamookman]

Nice of Greg to do a bunch of Strings ! Of all the Bow Making chores, I never liked twisting Strings. Like Beaus Knife - Thanks as always Pappy -  Bob .

[Pappy]

Ya Greg loves making them, he sets around watching tv and twist up strings, I can make them but as you said it ant my favorite thing to do.
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Great weekend, was planning on going to the Trad fest in KY. but the weather changed my mind, had more clean up so decided to spend the weekend at the cabin.Managed to get a few things done in the shop. Got the big hot box fixed, new heater and indoor /outdoor thermometer , we use this a lot through the classic and laid out another knife.
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Got the rest of the stave's finished and points and heads ready to mount on Classic Trophy arrows.  Bill hooked me up with the napped heads for the arrows. Nice to have talented friends.
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Got my blade tapered/Heat treated and tempered,  and the points/heads all mounted on the arrows, just need to wrap and mount to plaques. 
 Pappy