Thank you for the information! It looks like a handy camp knife.

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+1!

Nice work! What is that knife in the second photo?

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I'm a little late to the party, but here's a "Welcome". Grab your self a cup of coffee and enjoy the site!

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Go to the Roll Call thread and scroll down to the finished photos. I thought there were more photos of the build but they may not have transferred over.

Welcome to the fire, by the way! Hope to see more action on this site like it USED to be....

Wow!

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Gorgeous as usual!

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The bottom photo looks like it has a radiused shelf with the high point at the middle; I would move the rest and strike plate forward to that point. As long as the strike plate is high enough to protect the riser from the fletching it should be good enough. I tend to make mine taller and longer, jus...

I'll have to watch that later. I'm thinking of making my own strings also.

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You can also get your deer tag & go after the little blacktail deer. Just remember, a forked horn may be 4 years old. Not all of them carry large racks at an "advanced" age! Bring rain gear and good rubber boots, knee highs are best, and Xtratuffs are what the locals all wear.

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As an ex-Alaskan, I would suggest to look at going for a black bear. Maybe not quite the thrill of shooting a brownie but you don't need a guide; you can put together a DYI hunt on Prince of Wales Island and only pay the out-of-state tags for a bear and deer if you want one. Spring bear you have to ...

Get a spine kit from 3 Rivers for the arrows you want to shoot, with some below and some above the 40 lb. they will give you 2 arrows in each weight of spine in 5 # increments. So maybe 30-35, 35-40, 40-45, 45-50. Of course you might end up like me, where it doesn't seem to matter and I use them all...

I'm a bit late to the party, but the same to you and I hope it was a good one with an enjoyable New Year's celebration to boot!

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And welcome from this end of the world also!

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I've used various pieces of flint, also some chert. Even the flint which came with the steel wouldn't spark. And I bought it about 30 years ago, so it's too late to complain!

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Now that's slick! I may have to copy that for when I wear suspenders instead of my belt.

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I need to get some skill with flint & steel, although the steel I have won't spark worth a darn. My fires have always been made with matches...

So, the "paddle" goes inside your waist band? I've been trying to figure a way to carry my Case Trapper without a belt.

Interesting use of broadheads!

Sounds good, what temperature did you dry it at?

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That's beautiful, as usual! I wish I could do that well. I recently made a patchbox for the Deer Creek rifle and the inletting went terribly wrong. It is fairly well masked with colored bedding compound, but not pretty when you look close!

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Yeppers, and thank you for the heads up about it. Excitement knows no bounds!

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Tuesday was beautiful weather, with a forecast of "icky" to come so the dogs and I went off for a hike while we could.

Excellent! I admire your craftsmanship. I'm (slowly) putting together a canoe but that is on hold right now because all the space in my small shop is taken over by the gardening and yard equipment. Besides, there is no heat in there and we have been having Winter weather here lately, off and on. :lol:

That's great, Aeronut! I'm looking forward to seeing the next installment!

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Yeah, once the others discovered Facebook, they were gone within a month. There are some of us who are hanging on but I think even we are fading out of the picture. Here is the link on how to post pictures. I think it's about the same procedure as most other sites have. http://www.tradrag.com/forum/...

You know, it ain't real without we see some photos! A new Black Hunter bow? I'll have to do a search for that; never heard of one before, although that's no surprise! :roll: Okay, a search brought this up: http://www.twigarchery.com/big-rock-black-hunter-longbow/ Is that the bow you have? Looks good...

Looks like some good eating! Watch out for pellets, though!

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Yep, even our fearless leader hasn't been on. Pretty sad, really. But on the bright side, at least we know some of us are still here And some are making pretty spiffy trailers, too!

Haven't done much so far this year. Replaced a bunch of 1" blinds with 2" around the house until I ran out. Lots of fiddling around to begin with, but by the time I was on number 4 it went easier; strange how that works out! I hope to get out in the woods tomorrow. Today was the last of a four day M...