This morning before heading to work, I was continuing the break in of the first osage bow I made, a med length sinew backed recurve. She was shooting sweet and she was poised to replace my hazel as my go to. I probably had 300 arrows through her so far and on #301 she just gave out with a sickening ka-pow. The belly essentially separated from the back on the upper limb along a growth ring. I'm pretty sure it went at a small knot that I had glued and wrapped in sinew. I was looking forward to using it in an upcoming shoot. Needless to say I was pretty bummed out at work for the rest of the day. When I got home there were two packages waiting for me. My mood was greatly improved after opening the parcels sent to me by Redhand. There was a box of obsidian(mahogany, banded, and regular), dacite, and some really pretty red stripped stuff I'm guessing is art glass. There were also 7 elk antler buttons/bases. I was really hoping to get some knapping rock seeing as how it's hard to find around here. The second bow was full of phragmites and grease wood for fore shafts. I didn't count but I'd guess there was 3-4 dozen potential arrows in that box, plus some large pieces of elk horn. I'm used to deer so these things looked enormous. I have plans for some of it already.
Thanks a bunch Redhand. That was just what the doctor ordered to help cure my bow mourning blues. I've been lacking on posting pics lately. I'll see if I can't motivate myself to get some up tomorrow.
