Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Frawg on December 11, 2012, 05:44:02 am
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My friend is a huge FSU fan and I would like to take a shot at making him a look-a-like spear like the one planted each home game by Chief Osceola. I am curious as to how I can make the feathers that adorn the spear shaft stand straight out as they do. If anyone has a clue or idea that could help me figure out the best method of attaching them,I sure would appreciate it.
Matt
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FSU? ??? ::) poor fella.
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Watch your Mouth Eddie >:D Dem Gators is just lucky we have a horrible coach that wont play call aggressively.
as far as making the spear. I never payed that much attention to it, but I imagine there are holes drilled in the shaft and the quills glued in
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Be sure to use turkey feathers :o ;D ;D ;D chomp chomp
Bone pile
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Ryan, there's a reason FSU is not in the SEC. ;)
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Thanks twisted! It was hard walking through their gator s*&^ to get a decent answer lol
Matt
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Yup, no wonder they are the most hated team in all of college football ;)
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FSU? ??? ::) poor fella.
What's FSU stand for??
Flower Supply Unlimited >:D
Cipriano
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Roll Tide. ;D
Guess we will see what ND can put on the field.
David
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FSU? ??? ::) poor fella.
What's FSU stand for??
Flower Supply Unlimited >:D
Cipriano
Free Shoes University
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Man sing me up!!! I'm at 12... I need new chews ;)
Cipriano
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Man this is one hi jacked thread. If you look up coup sticks you should find pics of different feather arrangements
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo GATORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I can't help myself ;)
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I think I got it figured out, now just got to get it going. A hijacked thread can be a riot once in a while.
and FSU stands for Football skills unlimited..
Matt.
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2013 National Recruiting Rankings:
RecruitingNation Class Rankings as shown at ESPN
1. Florida Gators
2. USC
3. Notre Dame
4. Alabama
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11. FSU ;D
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All them Gaytors need to pack up and go back to Gay...nsville where they belong and then I will note to not come and visit. 8) I take 19 to Trailor-hassee anyways, not 75, I will be clear.
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What do you get when you cross a Gator with a groundhog?
Six more weeks of bad football. ;D
Matt
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Including that weekend in Tallahassee? ??? ::) :D
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Mullet, If you want a spear of your very own just pm me i will keep your secret :-X
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Roll Tide. ;D
Guess we will see what ND can put on the field.
David
Huh? Everybody knows North Dakota is into hockey, not football! Duh!
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Notre Dame, JDub ;)
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Don't let em brow beat ya Matt. I have some cousins that are just plumb eat up with gator games, and memorabilia. Their house, and van are all decked out in gator silliness! :P they never miss a game! There once was a Wealthy Arab, who sent his three sons to America, and when they returned, he asked what impressed them the most about America? The oldest son, said " The airlines, you just go to any big city, and there is an airport, and you just get a ticket and go anywhere you want! that is what impressed me the most!" So the Father bought him United Airlines. the second son, said "the cars! Everyone has one! Some have two or more! That is what impressed me the most!" So the Father bought him GM. The youngest son said, "what impressed me the most my Father, was Disney World! You have to go there two days, and still not see everything, and it is crowded every day, and is entertainment for the entire family! That is what impressed me the most. So the Father said, OK, I will buy you Disney World. No, my Father, said the youngest son, that is not necessary. I insist, said the Father, I bought your Brothers something, I must buy something you also. So the youngest son, said, "OK, just for the memories, buy me a Mickey Mouse outfit." So the Father ................bought..........him........ University of Florida! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Well I hope you get the spear made. You might also run a rawhide strip down the shaft, and attach the little tapered tubes you can get at craft stores, and glue the feathers in those, and attach them to the rawhide strip, maybe even just drill holes in the strip, and insert the feathers in there. You can slice the quill end, at an angle, and insert that through the rawhide, and then bend it around the rawhide, and back into itself, and wrap, and glue it. that should hold it out straight. Or you could just stick the quill through the hole, and cut a notch in the quill and just bend it over, and sew it, and wrap around the top and bottom of the quill on both sides. ;) Good luck with it. You can get spear blades I think from Dixie Arms, or Atlanta Cutlery.
Wayne
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I enjoy it. Swamp Lizard fans do not bother Noles fans a bit, Heck I bet Mullet has a Bowden shrine in his closet.
Matt
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Yeah I seen it ,right in front of the water closet
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Yeah I seen it ,right in front of the water closet
You beat me to it, Rog. ;D
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Oh man is this a high jacked "flower" spear if I ever saw one!!!!!!
Cipriano
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FSU ..? Isnt that the latin abbreviation for Gator Bait.? Sorry, I'm Canadian, the only College teams I'm familar with are the Gators and Notre Dame so GOOO Gators
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Water closet? ??? Dang Roger just how old are you?!!!! :o
That was a phrase in the 1890's they used for ol John Crapper's indoor privy!
I have a Friend who applied to take law at UF, and they turned him down, so
He went to UCF, and got his Law degree. He said he is keeping their letter
of rejection, and when he becomes Governor of Fla. and UF comes begging
for funds, he will attach a copy of that letter of rejection for admittance to UF, to HIS letter
of rejection for UF funding! >:D ;) ;D ;D One thing I will say about UF, is that there were some NICE photos of Bowden's Grand daughter on the internet. She was a sports reporter, and seems she dumped her boyfriend. Seems she also
allowed him previously take some uh......indiscreet pictures of her. Seems he didn't
like being dumped....... so he posted the pictures on the internet. >:D >:D;D ;D 8)
Wayne
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Yeah Wayne UF rejects applications with drool on them and signed with an X ::)
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Well Roger, you would think that is just what they are looking for! After all someone like that would be a shoo in for their quarter back, or play book writer....... Uhhh, go get the ball...... yeah, that about fits a Gator......But I guess my Buddy, didn't attach a sizable check, so they "passed" on him. ;D ::) But when he DOES become Governor of Fla., it will be U.F. who will have dropped the ball, and caused a touch back! The Noles, will score double. ;) And U.F. will have to go crying to it's Alumni, begging for funds. :'( Oh the ignominy :( of it all! It will be a sad time . The Gators will be so down in the dumps, they'll feel like their bellies are dragging the ground......oh, they already are, along with their knuckles. ::)
You're a hard man, Roger, you're a hard man.... ::) But I respect you for that, i guess you need to be, if you are going to hang around a Mullet. ;D ;D ;D Oh, yeah, staying on the original subject, so how did the spear turn out? Oh as for the "FSU" standing for free shoes university, those shoes are made of gator hide....... ;) ;D
Free Shoe University, no wonder every thing in the ocean is after a Mullet! ;D
Wayne
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The spear has not yet left the planning table. I have several small projects in front of it. Still shopping around for the cheapest source of imitation eagle feathers and other supplies. Not really in a hurry I do not get to see my friend that often so I have some time.
Matt
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Wayne, Your friend isn't Charlie Christs cousin is he? ;D
Matt; I've got some fake eagle feathers if you need them. And I won't dye them orange and blue.
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No Eddie, my Buddy isn't any relation to Charlie Christ. No way!
Careful Matt, those feathers might have an UF micro chip in them! ;)
Dang, Matt you must have struck a chord in ol Mullet, I guess he admired your
perseverance. Actually the Mullet, and the Bone Pile are still good people, they just have a different sort of way of looking at proper sports. ;) Might have something to do with the gas from the red tide when it hits the west coast, and the Phosphate dust, in Barto........ ::) :P Take Eddie up on the offer, beats looking in Craft stores. Got anything you can trade him? Just tell him where a flea market is. He seems to have a knack for finding stuff there! ;) 8)
Wayne
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Lol, SB I already took mullet up on the offer. I figure when this thread dies I will throw out my favorite NFL team so as we can all argue that one too. I love good natured ribbing even if it comes from UF fans ::)
Matt