My newest addiction Thanks trashwood

[crashcastle]

I met a real nice guy through my buddy wingnut named rusty well long story we helped him move and he saw fit to give me a wonderful osage stave with nice thick rings even a wood idiot could see and follow that thing sat at wingnuts for about six months with me trying to muster up the gumshin to try it with some quick teaching from mike and jason i learned how to chase a ring this weekend at work i gave it a shot by myself (might not be safe )and it worked i didnt gouge any or cut off to many knot. so im on to the next step but i really have to say thank you to rusty mike and jason for getting me started on my newest addiction

[AZStickman]

 You're starting out with the best..... Looking forward to seeing pics of your bows...... Terry

[Huntrdfk]

Be careful, once you start you will find it is hard to stop.......    


David

[crashcastle]

well you would see pics of the back if i was smart enough to post and you are right stickman i think that those guys could build a bow out of anything . David i think its already to late for me go back while you still can i am thinking about all the different bows im gonna build
then jason hits me with a riser blank and reminds me to walk before i crawl or something like that but i learn well while im dodging

[wingnut]

Jason,

Sent the pics to me or bring your camera over and we can down load the chip.  It's easy to post pics once you get the hang of it.

Mike

[Tom Leemans]

and so it begins.....

[John Scifres]

let's see not enouh punctuation all lower case yep he learned from rutsy  not enouf mispellins tho

[Chad Sivertsen]

John that is funny.


Jason, You are fortunate to have skilled mentors to help you get started. Creating functional bows from a chunk of wood is special.

[crashcastle]

Ill try to work on casing and spellins ifin it will make me build bows like these guys. And tomorrow ill get to mikes for picture day ,but i got the itch bad im even thinking of going out and cutting down a freaking tree just to see some rings .

[BamBooBender]

And so it starts, a few shavings at first, then later you're coveting your neighbors trees.    

Have fun with your new addiction bud, there's no cure (And I hope there never is).

[crashcastle]

well today with a lot of learnin from jasonand mike we got it taken down to rough size and we have the grain followed on the sides of one limb tomorrow i hope to get it on the other side and maybe do some rasping on the belly

[Van/TX]

Rusty??  That Boy don't know nothin' about makin' bows from Osage    ...Van
 
 

[crashcastle]

onw of the nicest guys ive met offered to let me borrow one of his bows and i hadent known him that long at all but so far all i have met or talked to on this site have been real nice guy