Well guys, with being sick and the weather being crazy and life it's self. I haven't gotten any more work done on my trade bow. But managed to get some sinew processed out for sleeks trade bow. We made a trade, I get some nice goodies and he gets his trade bow sinewed. Hopefully we will have some pics this weekend!
On a different note. I know we all work with staves, boards, scrapers, draw knives, and rasp. All of these items can and will hurt you if your not careful. So when your working on your trade bow or anything in your shop. Please be careful!
Here is a picture of a pretty good gouge I got when my stave slipped out of my shave horse. I was really digging in wit my draw knife and not paying attention to how much pressure I was putting on the foot pedal. Now I was lucky because I was wearing a hoodie and this is from the sharp edges on the stave it's self. The draw knife hit me in the stomach too but not enough to even cut my shirt. So please be careful and have fun. I would hate for someone not to be able to finish their trade bow because of an accident. Patrick