Author Topic: Life is good (Read 5034992 times)

Pappy · « **Reply #16455 on:** February 24, 2019, 03:45:22 pm »

Great wet weekend, rained from Thursday evening until late Saturday night, very wet at the Buck Hollow shoot, sorta reminded me of the 2010 Classic but had fun just the same. Spent most of Thursday and Friday working on hides, got my freezer all cleaned out and all the hides at least fleshed and ready to rack. It just got to wet for them to stay tight, supposed to be pretty now for a few day so I will get back on them Monday. Here is a few pictures of the fun. Hides hides ad more hides. Got to damp to dry scrape so I just fleshed and racked.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #16456 on:** February 24, 2019, 03:46:36 pm »

More hides and started on another file knife.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #16457 on:** February 24, 2019, 03:48:02 pm »

Made some head way on the blade and boiled out my Coon skull.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #16458 on:** February 24, 2019, 03:50:16 pm »

Coon skull clean, just needs bleaching. Laid out the handle on my knife and Bill showed up and cut himself out a blade.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #16459 on:** February 24, 2019, 03:53:27 pm »

Helped Shawn with his Osage stave, tweaked it a bit on the form. Skinned a couple of snakes gifted to me from a friend. I think one was from KY. and the other a small boa. My girls just hanging out as usual.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #16460 on:** February 24, 2019, 03:55:23 pm »

A couple more hides thawed and fleshed. Then I tempered my blade /cleaned and started on the handle.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #16461 on:** February 24, 2019, 03:57:29 pm »

Shawn's bow off the form and him starting the tillering process. Knife handle and cap all pinned and glued up.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #16462 on:** February 24, 2019, 03:59:54 pm »

Waiting on the storm to pass and glue to dry on my knife I decided to make another wood mallet and stand for one of my knives.
Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #16463 on:** February 24, 2019, 04:05:01 pm »

Then Sunday I couldn't wait to check Margaret Ann's pond after all the rain Saturday and Saturday night. Just dug it is mid September and this is the first time it has been full so I could tell how big it really was going to be. Bigger than I thought so all the rain I guess has it's hidden blessing. It was running out the spill way pipe, just hope it holds. Great weekend, love time in the shop. Hope yall had a good one also. Life is Good.

Pappy

mullet · « **Reply #16464 on:** February 25, 2019, 05:18:25 am »

Wow, That pond is full! I was watching the weather and told Kathie y'all were getting a good soaking.

HH~ · « **Reply #16465 on:** February 25, 2019, 05:19:09 am »

Wow
The pond got big fast! Need some Bream and Crappie now. Some crawfish to keep the critters coming by to look for a meal and for the small fish to eat when the crawfish spawn. We will catch some out the Red and creek junction this year when water goes low and clear lots of small ones in gravel bar there.

Shawn~

osage outlaw · « **Reply #16466 on:** February 25, 2019, 06:22:39 am »

That is looking more like a lake than a pond.

KHalverson · « **Reply #16467 on:** February 25, 2019, 06:48:19 am »

Oh the sight of green grass
Still brown and mostly white here.

Stoker · « **Reply #16468 on:** February 25, 2019, 07:42:08 am »

Pond looks great. Can't wait for green stuff to return. -42 this morning. The old Chev was a little grumpy leaving for work this morning. Springs coming.
Thanks Leroy

Pappy · « **Reply #16469 on:** February 25, 2019, 02:10:57 pm »

Thanks, that is Rye grass I sewed for the banks, comes up fast and stays green all winter Kevin, not near that green everywhere around here yet.
Ya Crawfish would be good Shawn, we will have to do that. If it holds good I plan on putting fish in it this spring, Bream/shell crackers/bass and a few catfish.

I have had really bad luck with ponds I have had dug so we will see, $:-\$ I had a guy dig this one that really knows what he is doing so I hope this one will be different.

Pappy

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