To the Bone! The primitive Rendezvous 2014

Sockrsblur · September 04, 2014, 06:29:00 PM

David it's certainly up to you but if I had a vote I would go for use it and then display it! Ill help you look for it brother!

Knawbone · September 05, 2014, 09:05:00 PM

Jim, I just might do that. After all, isn;t that why we are having this thread? I can always make another one.

Toecutter · September 06, 2014, 07:32:00 PM

SIMPLY FANTASTIC!!!

Nathan

Izzy · September 06, 2014, 07:57:00 PM

Just plain cool!

Knawbone · September 06, 2014, 08:11:00 PM

Thanks Guy's, this is a lot of fun.Hope I can get everything done for the hunt.

Knawbone · September 07, 2014, 12:45:00 PM

Well I finally finished my first arrow. Just a few pics to show it off. I transitioned the bone antler to the obsidian flakes and raped the shaft back a full one inch as suggested by Pat B. The feathers are Canadian goose sent to me by my cohort and friend Jim Class.(Sockersblur) Thanks again Jim.

Knawbone · September 07, 2014, 12:52:00 PM

Knawbone · September 07, 2014, 12:57:00 PM

Arrow specs. are 30" long and 578 grn. Not sure what the shaft wood is, but the arrow is concentric within 1/16th of an inch. Now if I can get the chance,just maybe I can kill a deer with it.

Sockrsblur · September 07, 2014, 02:35:00 PM

Ha ha... I love it David!!! I think the arrow is beautiful, the black feathers match the black obsidian flakes. Really cool!!!

longrifle · September 07, 2014, 09:56:00 PM

Jim and David just amazing what you guys are doing for our hunt , which by the way is comming up on us very soon.
Just got a funny tingle in my bones this morning and I'm going to try and make a new bow for the hunt. Don't know if I'll have enough time, but we will see. Getting my gear together, can't wait.

Sockrsblur · September 07, 2014, 10:40:00 PM

Take pictures Gerald

Knawbone · September 07, 2014, 10:56:00 PM

Gerald, good for you bro. Hop in the waters warm. Pics,pics,pics.

Lone Ranger · September 08, 2014, 10:02:00 AM

AWESOME thread. really really great reading!

L.R.

Sockrsblur · September 08, 2014, 08:49:00 PM

Nothing to new to report, fitting more hunting points to shafts in past days...

Getting better with the pitch glue lines...

halfseminole · September 08, 2014, 10:35:00 PM

I made up a ton of pith, and have a pound or two in the fridge and more to process. You're gonna make me fit bone to my carbons yet. I'll post pictures when I start.

Sockrsblur · September 09, 2014, 12:24:00 AM

Hi Edward, thanks for looking. What is pith?

Lone Ranger · September 09, 2014, 08:43:00 AM

pitch* I think is what he meant- its just missing the "c".

L.R.

halfseminole · September 09, 2014, 11:46:00 AM

Yup. Stupid autocorrect. I've got a ton of pitch, from unprocessed rosin to melted down into cakes to made into some approximation of PPG. I picked up some bone last night to tip my carbons with, we'll see how it goes. I've got some ideas about points I'm working through, but hunting with bone has always been a goal of mine, so I'm gonna do it.

Pat B · September 09, 2014, 12:24:00 PM

halfseminole, you don't need to keep the pitch in the frig. If it is the least bit soft keeping it out in the open will allow the volatile oils to evaporate making it hard and IMO hard pitch is what you want for glue and varnish.

halfseminole · September 09, 2014, 12:27:00 PM

The house doesn't have AC and I was afraid of it melting to things. As the weather cools down it'll move out to let the terpenes evaporate. I cook mine for a while to drive them off as well.