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they don't need much padding so be careful or you will make so thick it does hit the string every time lol. They just to keep the string away from the sensitive skin and the shirt sleeve out of the way. thats good !! meet some folks get some exercise and shooting is very relaxing, takes your mind off everything else.

my is not here anywhere anytime?

that will be an awesome set!!

Welcome to the forum, no better time than this winter to practice neighbor, that's what it takes to get good at tooling Hopefully someday i can say i'm good at it too. I've learned so much here its amazing and really good folks as well from all over the world.

Dang nice. great hunting rigs

Nice work indeed. On everything lol.

that looks really nice!!

tater cakes!! We use our leftover mashed taters oh yea throw some green chili on top o those eggs and man o man!

i have a trigger too for my compound bows. they are so short limbed nowadays using your fingers is impossible so using one is a must. they clip onto a string loop installed on the string above and below the knocking point. That and the 80% let off and sights and arrow rests allows for very accurate shooting of heavier weight bows. even i could robin hood an arrow almost every time i shot a round, 10 bucks down the drain lol. I still love the old recurve the best.

Interesting indeed, We lose so more than we gain sometimes when we look for a better (mousetrap) solution to do what our ancients did. I have heard something similar could be done with the three finger under method i tried it for awhile but by the time i learned it i couldn't get to the point of doing it naturally while hunting. All my archery skills were self taught back when archery wasn't a thing in my area. Most landowners at the time wouldn't let me hunt with a bow because they didn't think it would kill a deer lol. I was one of a handful of people in the county that shot or hunted with a bow, due to that i had to learn to make my arrows and strings. Would have loved to talk to a pro.

It was also used in eastern/ asian cultures https://archeryhistorian.com/archery-thumb-rings/

another way to pull the string, it was done by hooking the string under the arrow with your thumb only then kind of holding your thumb tip with your first finger. Kind of like shooting a marble if you've ever done that. The Romans for one used that method and used a ring to hold the pressure off of the skin hence a thumb ring. i would love to own a real English yew longbow.

traditional English longbows dont have a rest as Fred said, the left or right problem is taken care of by holding the bow at an angle so the arrow is cast up instead of left or right. Even bows with a rest will shoot left or right because the arrow is still off center a bit if held straight up. I am left eye dominant so i shoot left but i'm right handed. Learned to shoot with a right handed recurve bow but when i bought my first compound it was a lefty I found i was much more accurate left but can shoot either. Always wanted to try a thumb ring i saw yesterday they make some out of leather i may just make one.

lol an american made one does i have one it was made by PSE 50#

I'll bet she isn't liking borrowing an archery glove they need to fit really well or your shooting just isnt on. If making a glove be sure to get the seams on top of her shooting fingers or they will pinch and make it so she can tie it or tighten it some way around her wrist. I shot recurve probably 30 years and i finally settled on a regular old medium weight leather work glove with the string tightener at the wrist, i would go to the store and try on gloves till i found a good tight fit with the proper length on all three fingers. Length from the wrist tie and the finger tips is important if to long the glove doesn't feel right and will slip during the shot. I also shot with a tab for awhile and used very light driving glove under it again tight and every finger the right length.

All is well fall is coming on now today was the first frost. We were given two pronghorn Antelope the other day they are delicious critters when taken care of properly. Taste like a goats butt if not lol. It wont be long now till snow flys here and our Elk hunting season will start in October. I have to get to work on my hunting truck and winterizing my house again. We have no real fall or spring it usually jumps from hotter than heck to freezing within a couple of weeks it seems. Thats a whole lot of yellow i'll bet its awesome at sunrise. i love sweet and sour one of my favorites is S&S Sage Grouse Its a local wild bird here that we also hunt.

we call them Beer koozies over here.

A guy finds his look within himself, his knowledge is all he has to work with, the older a person gets and the more knowledge he collects adds up and in time his look pops right out. As tug suggested google searches I will go a step further and also add history books. If sheaths are your passion then learn all you can about them, their history is thousands of years in the making covering every conceivable society and culture and in every shape of weaponry imaginable with every type of leather imaginable. For example your sheaths and knives are very Scandinavian in design and appearance to me. You will then be able to realize a sheath style for a typical knife shape. You can then be able to further enhance that design to your liking. Then as you make what you like to make the way you want to make it, it will be your look.

See now that is what i worry about. But! lol I gots me some tools, i can make em outa bout anythin fer a little bit o nuthin.

LOL oh i tie it right but when you tie 500 lbs of elk on one end and a 3/4 ton truck on other, drag it through 1000 feet of sage brush and service berry shrub up a canyon wall it gets tight believe me. That's why i use it lol its the easiest to get undone. My brothers and hunting partners all use knots they don't even have a name for sometimes I don't let them tie my rope anymore. i learned most of my knots working on drill rigs back in the 70s and 80s its amazing how much much technology they used from sailing ships

ok and...... ? macon and zeebee have some expensive stuff 2 squares for 95 bucks what makes them worth that much they are just aluminum squares.

that is looking good! Your light source probably, different lights throw a different color spectrum so they make photos appear different. My favorite knot is the Bowline i use it a lot when dragging critters out of canyons lol but sometimes they get to tight to get loose without one of those spikes. i use a screw driver lol i really should make one i have about a thousand feet of rope in various lengths and sometimes i use it all.

great first try its useable. i agree with Dwight on tooling and wet forming, I think we all try it at one time or another and that's how we learn. On a small sheath such as this no wet forming should be needed. And if you own a belt sander you can really make a nice straight edge after sewing it up. i need one of those knives, i use alot of rope sometimes hunting.

awesome as always!! that contrasting background sure makes your theme pop. then the blue reminds me of the sky.

friggin nice work friend!!!!