Very nice, Pat.

Those gonna look sweet with some added red...

Nice Pat

Made this one at MoJam 62" NTN 30#@28" about 1" wide




Looked kind of wonky so I drew a line with MS Paint

Arrows are looking good Pat. Pink is harder to lose in the woods.
Dave.

Looks good, Mark.
Dave, I can always use help finding arrows. 

I made another sheath. This one is a different style and it really grips the knife. I turned it upside down and shook it hard and the knife didn't move.
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The stitching is still kind of crappy. I used my cheapo leather machine and it fought me the whole way. My Mother, who is a seamstress, asked me why I don't just buy a good machine. Only problem is that the good machines cost ten times as much as the cheapo.
Dave.

It's not much more time or work to punch and saddle stitch on these smaller projects and getting a decent looking stitch doesn't take too much practice.  Not saying my stitching is anything special.  My stuff is utilitarian.   

I've looked at a few machines and concluded pretty muc as you have as far as the dollars go.

The 1911 is often part of my bow hunting gear.   

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I also punch and saddle stitch leather work. 

Mark tiller looks nice.

Dave and Mike nice leather work.

I always pre punch the holes before stitching up the grip on my bows then stitch them with a large needle.

You do some nice grip stitch,  Roy.

Thanks Mike

I have two more sheathes and a rifle sling to make. I'll stitch them by hand.
The machine can do a nice job, but sometimes it just wants to fight.
Those are nice sheathes Mike. We're not allowed to carry here in our increasingly communist country. Big brother wants to make sure that we don't hurt ourselves, or defend ourselves.
Dave.

I cut the Sitka arrows to 29", tapered the points and added 125gr field points. I weighed then and they all came out between 500gr and 509gr with 2 at 502gr and 2 at 506gr. I took them out and shot them from my sinew backed yew bow(46#@26") and they all shot very well. Thanks again Roy.   

Welcome Pat, they are super sweet arrows.

Hard on the heels of my vintage bandsaw purchase I brought this home tonight:








2010 Bandit 1250. The wife was wanting more passenger comfort than my current bikes offer and in return we will take longer trips to interesting places. This should fit her requirements and get us out to far away places more often.


Mark

nice

When I was at MoJam this guy had 3 logs of Osage the county pushed down,  after splitting he was chasing the bark and sap wood off and sealing the back and ends, after a while I started helping, I did about 6 for him.
After they were all finished he gave me 1st choice to pick one out for free. He ended up with about 20 staves.
Nice rings too.
Heavy dense Osage

 

My daughter-in-law wanted my input on getting a bow set for her 9 year old nephew, she sent me links to several Chinese kids bow set that were about the caliber of Nerf bow. I sent her back links for a few low cost($100) sets that included a real bow and arrows, she balked at the price.

I have a friend who has made dozens of PVC bows for kids at his church, they are actually pretty good shooters. He showed me his technique yesterday.

I watched the pvc bow youtube videos and have the bending jigs in place to make such a bow.

Of course I could make the little guy a Krewson bow but I can't seem to make cheap and simple. Every kids bow I ever made was a scaled down version of and adult bow, all were bamboo backed osage for safety and durability. I have never charged a penny for a kids bow and have made a pile of them over the years.

The thing is I don't know is if the youngster will actually take to archery or my work would be consigned to a dusty corner in a closet after the new wears off so a PVC bow it is, at least for a starter.