What are you working on now?

[BEAVERMAN]

This sections been a little quiet lately, just stirring the pot, what's everyone working on this winter?, let's see some pics boys and girls.

[rollingb]

Currently,....
3 Knife sheaths.
1 Beaver tail and buffalo hide shooting bag.
5 buffalo powder horns.

 

[Spotted Bull]

No pics yet, but a couple of bags, one a nice double bag with a cross cutout on the flap, and a couple of sheaths and a knife.

[Hank in WV]

A .50 Bucks Co rifle, 44" Colrain barrel. Still can't figure out pics. Sorry.

[greyhunter]

Turkey wing bone calls, 2 knife 1 tomahawk sheath. Tuning a .45 cal I got from Fletcher. Need to make some plains style mocs too.  

[shootrj2003]

A horn and strap and a bag and strap for my brother in Utah,and my Lyman 's new stock is waiting to be inletted and finishedx

[Spotted Bull]

oh... I made some mocs too!

[Fletcher]

I think I have about 50 bows and over 1000 arrows ready for Monroe and other
trade shows and Rondys.  I am also doing medieval events with archery shoots at SCA
affairs mostly in Idaho and Montana.

[Fletcher]

OBTW I have not shot that kid rifle I traded with Greyhunter and hope to get a couple
more going since I sold the TC Renegade.  Hope to do that after Monroe.  Also have
been trying to get in some ice fishing but the Global Warming is killing us here in NW
Montana - weather has been more like April than February.

[Cannonball]

I've made a leather ball bag, canvas shooter's bag, canvas gun case, 2 leather pucker pouches (large and small), modified my medieval boots to be mocs, a pair of wool leggings and I want to learn scrimshaw.

[rickevans]

Making a few things to share on  a table with Pathfinder for the Lapeer Contemporary Muzzleloading Arms and Accouterments show. Getting my Jackie Brown barn gun ready for the trade gun round robin.

[Riley/MN]

Redoin the TMA sign I had made last year. It needed some color... Need to put a finish on it, but I think Mama would frown on me spraying spar varnish in the livin room....

[prairie dog]

Well, I have a few projects on hold at the moment.  

There are all the parts for a CVA Hawken 54 cal. flint rifle ready to be screwed onto a new piece of wood that still needs to be whittled, two knife blades wanting handles, my sons 1860 Colt waiting to be polished and slicked up, a set of sights that need to be polished, finished, and installed, and a new North West Chief's gun on order.  I need to get flints, wads, cards, shot, balls, and all the accouterments together for the Cheif's gun and a bag and horn for it.

I purchased 1,000 lbs of coal for the forage.  I need to get some metal and write up my list of items to forge and get busy with that.

I need to get the fliers printed up for the 2014 Frozen Foot Rendezvous, I need to turn in the art work for the medallions and get that order going.  I did purchase another 3-D archery target for the rendezvous and I have some new metal targets in the works for the shooting match.  

I need to finish staining my wooden fence, get my 1967 Mustang out of the garage and down to the mechanic,  and my wife wants me to make some vacation plans for spring break.

But I'm not going to do any of that until I get this sinus/ear infection cleared up.  On my second round of antibiotics now and still suffering with it.

[Riley/MN]

Dang PD - Prayin for your healin!

[Uncle Russ]

I am STILL working on a beautiful Osage / Bamboo backed Bow from Rick Evans.

I have been at it for a while, but this work has been a total off, and then on, hit & miss affair, for several months now, what with the Bride in the Hospital for a week, then in Ortho Rehab for three more weeks, then she gets home and falls, of all things!
Back into surgery for the second time on early Friday morning,  8 Feb,  got her back home on Sunday and I pulled her pass, no liberty at all....bathroom and shower privileges only, until at least one week has gone by from the 10th of Feb. Then we'll talk about going outside and walking.....maybe!

Anyway, I have built my Tiller Tree with white peg-board backing, and I have hours & hours of gentle scraping behind me.
No sandpaper, yet. Dean Torges says use the scraper as long as possible and "finish" with sandpaper, and that is what I'm trying hard to do....no wonder these bows are so darn expensive to buy, it takes forever to build one.
I will eventually use a Fish Scale on a pulley for my weight pull gauge. My goal is 55# @ 28" I want a nice "D" and not a "C" and I still have a looong way to go for that, and that's where my Tiller Tree will shine.
I just simply don't have the time needed right this moment, and haven't had for awhile but, God willing, that will change before too much longer.

I suspect I need a stool, or something, to get up a little higher so I can get the whole bow in the picture???
Or, I could learn the new camera I got for Christmas a little better...which would likely be the best, dontcha think?

On the side picture you can see a little bit of the beautiful Osage Orange color.
Laying on it's belly, you can see the Bamboo backing.
I'll have to get a picture of my Tree....and I gotta gets Rick's approval on my progress, so there will be some more pictures.

Uncle Russ...