Well it looks like my Christmas present from my wife is coming from Big Jim's! 

Planning on making a few osage selfbows this year...

Roger;
You'll be pleased with the glove.  For tabs the Death Adder is tough to beat.

Got er did 

WOWZA! about as good as it gets right there!

many congratulations!

excellent!
what a great thing it is.
nice buck!

huge doe.
what a great kill... congratulations!!!

I really do appreciate the comments! It makes writing fun to hear the feed back.
Thanks again,
Mark

Quote from: Orion on November 25, 2025, 08:00:43 PMI've tried mine out and have since modified it. It's made to be used sitting facing the tree, but I wanted to use it with my back to the tree, and the single line tether connected to the seat strap pulls the seat together too tightly. 

My modification is to not use the top strap that's connected to the seat straps, but rather to tie a light rope or cord to one seat strap about 18 inches above the seat, wrap it around the tree and tie the other strap off with it at about 18 inches as well. This will depend on the diameter of the tree. This keeps the straps apart at the top rather than being pulled into a V. The result is a more comfortable seat.

Even so, there still is a tendency for it to want to slip off the back side, but not as much as if it's hung the traditional way. That's not a problem, of course, if you sit facing the tree, but the rather tight seat is.

That's exactly what I was looking for and how I would want to use it. Any chance you have a picture of how you do that? Ha I g a hard time visualizing it.

That preachers seat is t for me. I want my back to the tree. I'm curious to see how Orion sets his up. That sounded promising to relieve the hip pinch.