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[Arrowbuster]

Oh yeah, please excuse the mess in the pic. Im a budding bowyer afterall!!!

[Trapper Rob]

Mine went out today.

[---GUTSHOT--->]

Those are some nice packages.

[timmyd]

well, I've been stuck as to what to send. I'm sending some odds and ends but also wood to build a bow either in stave form or billets. It seems that everything I've looked through (osage, ash, black locust, hickory) there is always something that made me put it back. Either thin rings, pin knots, wavy grain (character bow stuff) or something like that. Well, its time to make a decision so I'm going to go back through it all and pick. I hope to have mine shipped tomorrow if I'm not completed frozen in from this weather. Ice today, couple of inches snow tonight

 

[Trapper Rob]

Got mine today from Clint. He had the box stuffed.
Here's a list of what he sent.
2 sides of beaver tail
cake of bee's wax
3 bags of feathers
snakeskin
roll of FF string
roll of serving
roll of sinew
2 pieces of ram horn
2 pieces of horn
1 hide I think goat
4 pieces of leather
3 pieces of buckskin
Thanks Clint I'll get a lot of use out of everything

[osage outlaw]

I tried to pack an assortment.  That was the biggest box that I had so I packed it all in there tight.  That is a goat hide.  I figured it might be something different than what you trap.  The snake skin is a black rat snake.  It had a scar on it.  I hope you can work around it. 

[bjrogg]

I didn't forget about this. I'm still looking though my stuff. I got the flu the last two days. Wow that sure put me down for the count. I'm feeling a little better today but I might be pushing to deadline on this one sorry.
Bjrogg

[Balsatech]

I got my boxes to the post office this afternoon. One should be delivered Saturday the other hopefully Monday.

[osage outlaw]

Good deal.  I got you marked down as shipped.


BJ, try not to pack any flu germs in your package 

[bjrogg]

I'll try not to Clint. I'm feeling a lot better today. I'm hoping to get everything put together this weekend and ready to ship Tuesday. I don't think our local post office is open on Mondays. Should still be shipped before deadline.
Bjrogg

[Balsatech]

The trade items I received were on my porch when I got home from work today. They were from Mo coon catcher and included a good looking 68" black locust stave, 5 bamboo arrow shafts, tanned beaver and coon skin strips for silencers, some boa shed skins and a nice slat of  walnut that can be used for anything from limb tips to handle laminations. I will have to look up how to best use this stave as I have only worked with hedge and some hickory. I asked Clint to maybe post a pic for me later. Thanks Kyle.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

Your welcome
I hope you can make use of those ball python sheds. I love to use them myself. With the black locust, chase a ring like you would Osage, then make it wide and heat treat. It’s surprising how thin the limbs get when you go 2” wide and 50# draw. The one I’m working now from the same tree is following that width and heavy heat treat and is 5/16” thick midlimb and is still only getting 15” with 50# pull.the walnut slat is from a figured cutoff from a stave. I ended up making two sets of scales for mine and my grampas ruger black hawk revolvers from slats cut from the same piece

Kyle

[osage outlaw]

Here is the picture from Balsatech.  That's a good looking stave.

[osage outlaw]

Only 5 days left guys!!!   There are still 4 people who need to ship.

[Arrowbuster]

Hawkdancer came through again. He sent some sinew, leather material for a handle and arrow rest , lacing material and some casings to you for blunts. Thank you Jerry.