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in reply to: Improved Shooting Glove #49480
I’ve always used a split cowhide tab (home made), but I got some pig skin at a yard sale for $.50. Going to try to make a finger guard with it. Pig skin is VERY thin and VERY tough. Thus it will feel like no glove, not tear up my fingers, and last longer than the split cow hide. Or, at least, that is the theory. Now, how many will I have to make to get it right?
in reply to: lineman belts prussic knots and tethers #49473No asphalt. I was a slater. Slate roofs only. The rope (with perhaps a little slate dust) wore out the ropeman. I was using it all day, every day, it didn’t rain the entire summer. Constantly moving up and down the rope. Nine hunting seasons is about the same wear as a week.
in reply to: A day in the woods…At last! #49352Actually some fly fishing bums, are kinda proud to have a rod that is worth more than their ride.
Good to hear from you again, and to know you are safe, and well.
in reply to: The "Form" Thread #43760Tried the form/video thing with fly fishing a decade ago. We decided we were too old to change, and were doing fine with our terrible form. Not so sure this is a function of age, but more like decades of repetition. Every time we tried to change, everything went south. The consensus was that by the time we were able to cast good with good form, we would be dead.
On the other hand…
If I do not jam my thumb knuckle into that soft spot under my cheek bone, the results are unpredictable. Close doesn’t count.
It helps to take 3 deep breaths prior to drawing, and inhale as you draw. The three breaths calm you and help with focus. Inhaling when you draw is like inhaling as you lift any weight. Muscles don’t work without oxygen. After a while, and it becomes automatic.
The most important thing for me is focus. When I am focused it is like looking down a pipe at the target. Everything else is out of focus. No rational thought, couldn’t tell you if I had a good release, don’t hear or see anything, etc., just me and the target. That is when I get a bulls eye. At most it happens about one third of the time, but it IS getting better.
in reply to: We may be experiencing some turbulence… #41551R2 What kind of penetration do you get when you hit the travel trailer? And what did SHE say when she saw the arrow sticking out of HER travel trailer?
I experimented. Trimmed the fletches by about 2/16″ (3/4 to a shade over 1/2). Had to wait for a little wind, but think it reduced the butt wiggle by about a half. So, I guess the rule is the less butt the less wiggle. Always knew small butts jiggle less, didn’t know about the wiggle.
in reply to: lineman belts prussic knots and tethers #41525Love that ropeman. used them for years working on slate roofs. ALL of the other ascenders were too bulky and/or too hard to move. Used prussic too, almost as good. If you use a prussic enough, you get so you can move them with one hand, but you have to use it constantly for weeks. All of the time I was up there I wore a climbing belt from a backpacking store, I liked Black Diamond. They have sizes/models for everyone. For ropes I used 9mm/DYNAMIC/DRY climbing ropes. Dynamic means if they catch you in a free fall they will stretch enough so they don’t break your back. If I am going to break my back, I would rather be on the ground than hanging from a rope. If the rope is used to PREVENT a fall it doesn’t matter, but why take a chance. Think about how embarrassed you would feel hanging from a rope with a broken back. How would they get you down? Yeah, I know, in THE GOOD THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, Clint Eastwood kept shooting the rope they were using to hang his buddy, but your buddies are NOT that accurate. Dry means they don’t soak up moisture and freeze. Most climbing shops (not the chain stores) will cut you a short piece – you don’t need 120 feet. The ropeman would last about a half a summer, before the ridges would wear out, and they would start to slip, and I replaced the climbing belt/ropes about once a year. Just to let you know.
in reply to: Bow update #34999Neat solution, even looks good. I’ll remember it and may use it some day. My problem is different. The riser is separating from the bow. I didn’t glue it up right, and it took a while to show. Don’t think I can get it apart to try again. If I heat it up enough to loosen the epoxy, I’ll damage the wood.
BUILDING THE BOW is the name of the thread, you have to search for it.
Bow is red oak, with fiberglass cloth on the back side. Not the way you are supposed to do it, but the oak was cheap, and I had the fiberglass. Went thru a lot of trial and error to get it right. Probably would have been cheaper (and a LOT less time) to buy a bow. Unfortunately, I am small, with short arms. 22″ draw. Even with a 60# bow, I would be drawing less than 40#, and that is so much less than the draw the bow was designed for the arrow would be slow.
in reply to: Drinking water #34986Not so sure it is all us. Back in the 60s and 70s we didn’t have so many large animals out there. Bear, moose, turkeys, and deer have repopulated our forests (at least here in new England). I’m thinking a lot od the chit in the water is from the animals that have been reintroduced.
Bears DO shit in the woods, you know.
in reply to: Is your traditional bow "Cute"? #32800Just as “cute” as a 1970 VW.
in reply to: Field packs, loads etc #31814So the shemagh is like the towel in THE HITCHIKERS GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE, right?
Stay safe, mate.
in reply to: Bow update #30751Actually I spoke too soon. There is a crack between the riser and the bow. Tried to put glue in there and clamp it together, but it didn’t work. The next “try” is to put a stove bolt and nut on it. Tacky, huh. May get the award for the ugliest bow.
Right now I’m in Salt Lake visiting the other 4 grandchildren. When I get home I’m starting another bow. Over the last year I’m come up with more design changes than I can count. With my luck (or skill?) one of them will go wrong and ruin the bow. Or a combination of 2 (or more) will cause it’s demise. On the other hand if I try to incorporate one change at a time, I won’t live long enough to finish.
Actually I should have said the seed has not germinated…yet. Patience.
in reply to: Riser shelf design question #30719WOW!!! Another question I wasn’t smart enough to ask!!
in reply to: Primitive archery #30704Doesn’t do me much good…no lions here in Yankee Land.:cry:
in reply to: We may be experiencing some turbulence… #29780THANK YOU!!! I’ve been trying to figure out why I have occasional “butt wiggle” after reading this thread, I think it is just the wind trying to pull the arrow out while the head holds it true. 😀
in reply to: New bow to show off! #29766I’m jealous. Am I the only one here that shoots a ugly bow?
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