2020---->What did ya do today?

[Bvas]

Some of us are in in a state of arrested development. Personally I never matured past about 24.
If only my body followed suit
To anybody under 40, we are all Geezers!

Not true!!!

I'm 44 and I don't think y'all are old geezers.
I think you're a bunch of old farts.  One of which is especially grumpy. 

But I can't think of a better bunch of farts to hang out with.....young or old. 

[monterey]

When my wife and I were married (50 years last December) our friends said we would grow up with our kids, but we didn't!   

[flyonline]

To anybody under 40, we are all Geezers!

Hey, I resemble that comment 

[Flem]

Brad, hate to tell you, but at 44 your a semi Geezer. At least to anyone under 30

[bucknut]

No kidding.  I was always in the younger to middle age group in my other jobs. My new job they are all young kids. Now they call me papaw. WTF just happened here. Snot nosed little bastards.

[Bvas]

No kidding.  I was always in the younger to middle age group in my other jobs. My new job they are all young kids. Now they call me papaw. WTF just happened here. Snot nosed little bastards.

ROFLMAO 

[Forwardhandle]

 

[Shredd]

 

[Flem]

No kidding.  I was always in the younger to middle age group in my other jobs. My new job they are all young kids. Now they call me papaw. WTF just happened here. Snot nosed little bastards.

In Utah (or parts of Idaho and Montana) you could be a Great Grand Papaw at your age.

[flyonline]

Made up a giant killer today: 36" 15lb @ 12" for my 5yo daughter 

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It has a bit of a hinge in the right limb exacerbated by a twist but I'm pretty happy with it. Couldn't stop laughing at how fast it flung a little kids arrow though, she's a blood thirsty little girl, so the local mice/pest birds might be in for a fun time. It did take a bit of set, but that might have been me pushing it a bit on the tillering tree to see if it would break.

Actually, this was the first serious test of a new timber that I've not used before, a local accacia/wattle which goes by 'bloodwood' but I'll be buggered if I can find a species specific name for it (there are many other endemic 'bloodwoods' so it's not that helpful). Grows fairly straight and branch free for bow sized lengths, and I can get hold of it fairly easily. Outer sapwood is softish and peels off easily but heartwood is nice and dense and generally nice grain of the few staves I've split and de-barked so far. Only a couple of downsides: Borers love it but so far really only seem to hit the sap wood so not much of an issue, but I have noticed that my other timber seems to be sprouting a few more sawdust holes underneath so hopefully I haven't brought in a heap of bugs.... The other is that my sinuses react like crazy to it. I can do a session without mask with osage, 'boo etc. (not good I know!!) and not suffer too much but this is one wiff and my head starts to ache. The upside is that is forcing me to wear a proper mask any time I'm working with timber now, I don't want to end up with allergies later in life and I'm already halfway there (allergies, not age I hope  ). Gotta make a start on a full size selfbow now to see how it works at bigger weights as I was really impressed with how well it pulled.

Our turkey got the chop the other day too, so I kept all the wing feathers to have a crack at making my own fletchings. Dried them over the wood fire which worked well.

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Steve

[Mad Max]

Nice job, hope she loves it.

[ztontonz]

Coming along nicely!

[Crooked Stic]

Okay I have something a bit different coming up. A bit more hook in my curve limb. Hoping for a little extra without the added weight of wedges etc.

[kennym]

That should work, but with only glass on it,  it may get interesting.  I blew one up with a profile about like that one, first pull.  It was only 1.5" wide tho...

[Forwardhandle]

That looks real interesting Mike keep us up to speed !

[Crooked Stic]

Kenny I have a one piece with a similar hook and a lot more working limb than the TD will have. If this works and can keep it as quite as the present limb it will be great. The only thing I hear when the string is dropped is a wisk from the feathers. And it and my Kenny bow are the two I shoot the best.

[kennym]

Got stabilcore in them?  Yer gonna make me get my recurve form down aint ya!!

[Mad Max]

Got stabilcore in them?  Yer gonna make me get my recurve form down aint ya!!

Naaaaa---I don't believe ya

[beachbowhunter]

Mike, what are you doing for tapers, etc on that new design?

[Mad Max]

I like the look of it Stic