The Iowan Path

[iowabow]

Here is a picture of that tool

[Went tam]

I think I can make something like that.   Since the weather outside isn't fit for man nor beast, after the snow blowing is over, I'm guessing the shop will be my refuge most of today and tomorrow.  I'll see if I can slop together a few useful tools.

Me

[iowabow]

Sounds like a good plan. I have bee hives to put together, Annette has taken up bee keeping and we get wax for primitive archery projects so it a win win kinda thing.  We got 30 pounds of honey and a bit of wax from the first year.we are going to add a hive per year over the next couple years.

[Went tam]

Very cool, hmmm....so bees wax makes good string wax.   I use bees wax in the form of a toilet bowl ring for mustache wax. Unused ring of course

Me

[iowabow]

Very cool, hmmm....so bees wax makes good string wax.   I use bees wax in the form of a toilet bowl ring for mustache wax. Unused ring of course

Me

it can be used for paints, finishes, glues and other stuff.  We are starting to get enough guys that our supplies like sinew, bees wax, shafts, hides, staves and many other items wont be hard to come by for the "tribe"  as you call us.

[iowabow]

Well Isaac and Annette pitched in a made short work of getting the new hive assembled

[Went tam]

Here's the prototype knot and tite spot scraper.  Also the elusive pencil.

[iowabow]

Cool cant wait to see it in action

[Went tam]

Cool cant wait to see it in action

If you like it, it yours.

[iowabow]

Well heck I'm liking it even better now! 

[Badly Bent]

A lot of cool activities going on over there across the river John. Keep it up, enjoy watching what you guys got started over there.

[iowabow]

A lot of cool activities going on over there across the river John. Keep it up, enjoy watching what you guys got started over there.

Thanks for the post it has been fun helping other learn about primitive archery. I was kinda wondering if anyone else was reading this stuff.

[iowabow]

It was -13 yesterday so Isaac and I went ice fishing. Paul loaned us an ice hut and told me to turn on my little camp stove to low and it would warm it. Well it worked great isaac took off his coat and we were very warm. We did not have a lot of time so we fished till we caught one whuch was a lot of fun.

[Went tam]

Awesome John!  I got into ice fishing two yrs ago and love it.  Of course last winter was a wash ice wise.  I'll have to dig out my gear so we can go before the thaw.

Me

[iowabow]

This is a picture of the board bow that Matt built for Maddie for Christmas. This was his first fished bow ever and was amazing with a great tiller.