[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: Ancient archey text #62605

“Another demands that the archer walk barefooted when he is picking up his arrows for shooting.

This is in accordance with a tradition ascribed to the Prophet, which regards the course between the

archer and his aim as a strip of Paradise.”

While I don’t hold most of this particular religious drivel in high regard, I thought that this quote was great!!

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: New heavyweight Tuffhead is here #57028

Sitka Spruce. Both lighter and stronger than POS…I mean POC. Hildebrand.

Or, rivercane. Heavy, but built-in FOC and very strong.

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: Who's Hunting the Late Season? #18831

Our whitetail season stays open untill the end of Feb, so I’ll be out hunting untill then, or as long as these last two tags last. I’ll be on public land for the next couple or three weeks, even though it won’t ammount to much, to let the deer around home settle down after our 57 different varieties of gun seasons. After New Year I’ll be mainly on my place. And of course there’s still small game and tailrace trout to chase, but since our deer season is open two and a half more months, why not?

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: Quiver help #18825

http://www.selfbow.com/jackstraditionalarchery/sidestalkers.html

Like this one?

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: Are we forgetting our roots? #11069

Hey, I’d be glad to express some interest, but the finances won’t allow it right now. There might well be a lot of others in similar straights. That’s part of the advantage of going about 80-90% primitive. I’ve got about $30 total invested in my current setup. A bit of B-50 string material and some Ace broadheads, and I can still hunt. Just can’t afford either the historical items or new stuff. It isn’t that some of us aren’t interested or are dismissive of the traition. It’s the finances. 🙁

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: Where do you get your wood? #11065

What are you wanting to try? I have and use hickory, elm, hackberry, ERC, cherry, assorted oaks on my place here in Arkansas. Hackberry and hickory tend to be some of the most forgiving to start off with.

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: howard hill archery #54575

I hunt with a 66″ longbow with no trouble. Stands, brush blings, tight woods. They are pretty maneuverable and tend to hang on brush/briers/limbs/sticks/clothing/gear/etc less than a recurve. At least, it seems that way to me. But, different folks like different things. In cold weather, I use a recurve not for brush clearance, but for brace height clearance since my 5.5″ in brace on a selfbow doesn’t suit too well with lots of sleeves.

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: Reading Sources #45507

The single most helpful volume is certainly Volume 1. Focus on the tillering chapter and the design chapter. Following that, Volume 4 is the next most helpful as far as getting started making functional bows. They both have good simple starter designs and plans detailed. All volumes are excellent and worth having, but 2 and 3 tend to focus more on specific designs and adaptations and whatnot rather than on the construction/tillering of a first or early selfbow.

“Ishi and Elvis” by Jim Hamm is also good. While not actually a “bow making” book, it does offer, as part of the story, some account of working with Osage.

There are lots of others, but I’d say that TBB I and IV are the best starting points.

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: Selfbow doe. #63094

Yeup. Made that one from a cedar that I found cut alongside a trail on my uncle’s place. It had been growing next to another tree and had one side relativly clean and free of knots, twists, etc. Asked him if I could take it to see if there were a bow in it. I owe him some of the meat from the deal, but that’s more than fine by me. It shoots very quiet and hard. I really like it. This was a pass through and didn’t even make the other four deer with her jump. They hung around untill I moved to go get her.

Thanks!

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: Merino wool pants #57116

Man, when you find THAT golden egg/hen’s tooth/pot o’ gold, be sure to let me know. That sounds EXACTLY like what I have not yet been able to locate, esp within any sort of responsible budgetary constraints. There’s gotta be such a thing around though.

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: Mechanical Broadheads #55092

NOPE!! Shouldn’t even be used with compounds for that matter.

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: Deer Hunters…Morning or Evening? #53462

Yes.

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: Now here's something we all truly need #44111

Is this an effing joke? Seriously? I try to not worry too much about what other people do, but good grief.

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: cherry wood and red oak bow? #39057

I’ve not made a lam bow, but cherry is very brash, or tension weak. It is light and snappy and does fine in compression, but you sure wouldn’t want to use it on the back. I’ve backed it with rawhide in selfbows. Not sure how that would compare with lam bows. Good luck and let us know!

[Dan Sweeney]

in reply to: Barta on techno-BS #39050

I’ll be darned. That is pretty good. If I owned a tv I might try to watch his show. That and one more would make two. I doubt that his take will catch on much, but I like it a lot.

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