For you selfbow makers -- come get it and it's yours. 5' long, rock maple, antique, but very useable. The "horsehead" or "dumbhead" is around here somewhere...
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Hey there,
Knife River I would love to have that old sawhorse. I have been looking round for a bit for one that I could make use of for woodworking projects and hopefully to work my way up to building a bow. If you would be willing to mail it to me I would send you the shiping costs before you sent it to me.
I live in Winston-Salem NC,
here is my adress so you can check on shipping costs.
5319 Delta Dr
Winston Salem, NC 27104
Let me know what I can do to help the process,
Brian Gillispie
Woody,
That's a neat looking old horse. Wish I was close enough to come and get it, and get a knapping lesson or 3 while I was down there.
I'm sure someone close to you will appreciate it.
Brian, I definitely want someone like you to have it, but I don't see how it could be mailed. It's 5' long and easily weighs 80 pounds, probably a good bit more. The best thing is for somebody to pick it up or meet at a shoot or knap-in sometime.
Shawnee, you're a good ways north (or I'm a good ways south). GGG Are you going to the Niblett's Bluff knap-in (SW Louisiana) in early Nov? I could bring it to you there.
I would be intrested if you still have it. I live in Lexington, TX about 2 hrs from you. Ive been building some board bows but would like to try building some from staves. Just let me know.
Thanks,
Woody, I probably won't make any knap-ins that far away, as much as I would like to. I haven't really had a chance to go to any of the big one's. I've been to a couple of smaller ones here in OK, plus OJAM and MOJAM.
I'm really going to try and make a couple more next spring, if at all possible. I sure would like to meet you at one sometime, and watch a true master at work. Your stuff is absolutely amazing.
Not that you want to do it but I had a shavehorse of that size shipped to me once. It looked like a coffin coming in. The mailman was not happy :)
I wish I was closer. I lost mine in a move and miss it at times.
Woody, I'll be delighted to pick it up from you, at Baltimore , this past Spring - before you haul it all the way off to Texas!!! :goldtooth:
Oh, well - guess I'm still gonna have to break down and make my own :p
Thanks for the interest everybody -- another guy in San Antonio p.m.'d me a few minutes after my last post on here. Looks like it's found a good home.
I wish I had a hundred of them to give away with the time to personally deliver each one of them. :wavey: Bernie, I'd make you ride shotgun the whole way. Wouldn't that be a good trip?!? :notworthy: