Primitive Archer

I did the same with a half moon cut out. It worked well. You can also take propeller out that way also.

I've used heat and a caul to remove bends, twists and humps from osage then the last step is to go over both limbs and heat until the color changes like Eric does. That is basically to set the changes. I let it rest over night at least to cool completely then let it rest a few more days to rehydrate before removing it from the caul.

Here are some of my favorite recent points.

Materials top to bottom: Edward's plateau chert, mahogany obsidian, buffalo river chert (2), pedernales chert, gray obsidian. The one on left is rootbeer chert.

They are all pretty thin and sharp. I'll try and haft them in the next couple weeks.

Quote from: Robert Pougnier on November 22, 2025, 02:44:25 pm

Here are some photos of a couple of woven quivers.

The first is made of umbrella sedge (papyrus sp.) harvested in south carolina. 25 inches long by 3.5 inches in diameter. Stiffened with a length of meadowsweet. Comfortably holds a dozen arrows.

The second is made of black ash harvested in vermont. The weavers were split in half which make them pretty smooth.  24" by 4 an 1/4. Holds 18+ arrows.

That's just beautiful in the way something very simple and plain can be. I'd love to sit down with you over a weekend and make a few with you just for the experience!

That would be awesome, I rarely get to make things with other folks! Depending on the materials used they can be very time consuming. They can also be done a lot nicer than these two were.

Full length toasting but not like putting the bow over a fire pit, I refine the tiller after toasting.

I darkened out the lighter spots after I took the picture, after the final tiller some of the darker areas only showed a hint of toasting.

I had so much osage back when I was making bows (still do, I live in osage country) that I didn't worry abut ruining a stave which I never did by toasting a sluggish bow.