2ed North Carolina Knap-in & Primitive Skills Rendezvous-Sept 18,19,20-2009

[n2everythg]

Hay dick, I think I have gotten it swung so that I can get down there now early on sat. I got someone filling in for me.
wade

[DBernier]

Great.     

Dick

[madcrow]

Hopefully I will be there when you pull up Steve.  I am going to try to get out of hereafter school is out.  The donation knife is done.  I am making the rawhide sheath tomorrow.

[StevenT]

Dick,
I am going to try to leave Chesapeake, VA early Friday morning, so hope to be there around noon Friday. Once I get my tent and canapy set up, I will be free to assist you with whatever I can lend a hand at. See you Friday and looking forward to my first Knap-in.
Steven

[n2everythg]

Hay dick,
On the self bow building class.
I talked to pat and he said he could not make the event.

The only other person signed up is Kevin Strader.

So we could do this a couple of ways as I see it.

First off I have a D-Bow blank that is roughed out. did it at the classic. It is a bit snakey but would work. I would be willing to donate it.

BUT we would need additional volunteers I think to make this work. 2 of us buiding one bow would take us most of the weekend and I wanna socialize and knapp and what not.

I also told david I would help him with his recurve tillering class so we gotta fit that in somewhere as well.

So we could just do a couple of classes. Like splitting your stave, chasing a ring and initial tillering on my rough out. and not try to complete a whole bow for raffle.

OR....

If we get some additional volunteers we could shoot for a completed bow with additional classes.

Also I dont see anyone signed up for the string making class. we would need a bow string finished off for the bow. I got a tillering string but I am shooting with any strings that I have that might work.

Any takers or comments from Y'all?

I will heat straighten that stave tonight just in case. But We gotta figure it out ahead of time cause I gotta know what crap to haul along. Plus we would need a bow bench and a tillering board, finish etc.


later
wade

[knightd]

I will be giving the class on tillering R/D on sat.. I might could help out on sun with the self bow class..?

[Woodland Roamer]

Looks like it may be Friday between 4 and 5 when I get there, as of now I don't think I can get off work Friday. I can help on the selfbow build or fill in where ever I'm needed.

Alan

[n2everythg]

well bump that donor stave idea.
I just went to look at it and I have the width roughed out but not the thickness. Wont be able to heat bend it with out thinning it quite a bit. and I won't have the time between now and the weekend to thin it and bend it. Will try but dont think I will get there.
And it REALLY, REALLY needs to be heat corrected.

N2

[tiknuttle]

Is anybody going to be there Friday to demonstrate on how to make a bow from scratch?

[DBernier]

"Is anybody going to be there Friday to demonstrate on how to make a bow from scratch?"

Well tiknuttle that is a good question. I would not "count" on it from what I am seeing being posted.

Dick

[mullet]

 Man!, I wish you guy's weren't so far away.

[DBernier]

Thanks Eddie. We are at least 9 hours away from you.
  I will have my shaving horse there for general use. David will have his tillering post there also. I have one bucket of Obsidian for the demo. It can be used to help any young people make their points etc.
   Allen, I will have your bamboo there for your Atlatl shafts.
  Anything else we need?

Dick

[Hardawaypoints]

 
I'm bringing a small anvil on a portable workbench to hammer out pressure flaker tips.  I'll also have a few files for dressing them in my knapping tool kit.

I'll bring the post holde digger out tomorrow evening & I'll also bring a metal tamping rod to set the sign and David's tillering tree. I'll probably put the directional signs up along the route from the interstate on Thursday evening. There is a pretty full day of work on Thursday staring me in the face, so I'll get out there soon as I can.  Tomorrow I'll be getting supplies for Friday night's supper and packing up some rock that will be for sale.

Jim

[Woodland Roamer]

Thanks Dick, I can use the material. I would like to take off Friday and be there early but I'm out of paid time off for the year so no work=no pay which=not good for me at the moment so it looks like Friday evening for me.

Alan

[knightd]

Any of you guy's that are wanting to get a bow blank and do a tiller along during the class if you have scrapers and such bring them..