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Offline Trapper Rob

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Christmas Trade pics
« on: October 03, 2019, 03:21:17 pm »
You can post what your working on here.

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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2019, 10:16:26 am »
Here's my project. Ash backed ipe. It's only 61" long so I'm hoping for the draw length my guy is. Cant really say without giving it away. It will have a riser. I'll be sending this and some knife scales probably.   Providing this bow survives. It should though. Ipe is some great bow wood
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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2019, 10:57:09 am »
 (-P sorry I didn't get in everyone. We had some big changes in our operation in the past year and it's left me even more work than normal. I really hated to miss the Christmas trade but I know I have to.
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Offline Deerhunter21

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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2019, 01:15:20 pm »
Thinking about a stand or a quiver for my guy. Maybe a knife or a leather thing. Dont know alot about my guy
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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2019, 07:43:40 pm »
I've got 2 bows I'm working on. One is a 60" R/D and the other one is 57"   
Reflex bend through the handle. Both are ash backed Ipe. The bend through the handle has a 5/16" ash backing. I'm thinking that is too thick so I was thinking of putting a thinner piece of ash and doing a tri lam R/D.
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Offline Mr. Woolery

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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2019, 10:32:52 pm »
I’m torn between being really happy for the recipients and being a bit jealous! 

I’ve got a start on my gift, but I’m not really ready to show anything yet.

Patrick

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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2019, 01:39:11 pm »
Whats everyone been doing? i've had a hard time with mine so i slaved over finding something flintknapping in Nebraska and i came up with a blog. contacted the guy and has told me about the rock here... surprise! there's barely any! only Nehawk chert, (way tough) and niobrerra (rock?, yes i know my facts! :-[ ::) well kinda, its only by the river) hes hooked me up with a guy in my city and i will hopefully be able to meet with him or otherwise ask him questions.
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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2019, 02:02:09 pm »
h ttps://history.nebraska.gov/archeology/lithic-collections

Not all of its good flintknapping material, and some comes too small to flintknap but this is a HUGE step!
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2019, 10:50:06 pm »
Still trying to find things after Little Fiddle Woman led a yard and shed cleaning party while I was in LaLa Land after knee surgery.  I do have an idea, just have to get to the saws and do some fitting!
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2019, 07:37:03 pm »
What's everyone been working on

Offline Deerhunter21

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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2019, 08:13:12 pm »
Got sent some pre shaped stuff, have an antler that had maybey 3 handles in it, gonna need to shape it more and thin some stuff down.
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Offline Mesophilic

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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2019, 12:13:57 pm »
One of a couple of things I'm working on.  The body is from a piece of Russian olive I hollowed out.  I've never done this with rawhide lacing, always took the easy way out with production cordage.  I think I'll make a couple of tomtom's from some Apache plume.

I have something else I'm working on but need to make some more progress before pics.

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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2019, 02:30:39 pm »
Nice stuff you guys are working on

Offline Mesophilic

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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2019, 08:05:48 pm »
Here's item #2.  Just finished sanding the blade and did the glue up.  Hope my guy feels special since I don't hand finish the steel often on account of it aggravates my bad shoulder, but in this case what's a few bags of ice and sleepless nights compared to a lifetime of joy?

AEB-L  rough dressed in what I think is stabilized mango.  Will update after shaping the handle. The dog thought I was withholding a treat for him.

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Offline Deerhunter21

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Re: Christmas Trade pics
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2019, 08:10:22 pm »
Oh thats definentially a treat right there!
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