I have a 5 foot limb of mtn ash thats been drying for the last 7 years I keep saying I will get to it but its still sitting their waiting I know it will make a great bow I see that bow every time I look at that bit of ash sitting in my shed...
I am impressed.. Please show us more of your works and I would like to see what it looks like after you have fired it too.. I so want to make pottery but I have not found clay yet maybe I am not looking hard enough though...
Nice stuff way better than just hot water.. Pineapple weed is another fav here.. I am always looking for new plants to try for flavoring my water Nomad1.....I will soon....May, June...have Pineapple weed coming up around where I park my car. Some of it can get 6 inches tall or more. Lots of it c...
OK this is great info I am getting a couple of bear skins from someone next spring I will add degreasing to the list of todo for the bear hides now. I want to make a jacket out of them mainly for a test run and if that works I want to see about getting some buffalo hides for a jacket.
Also look into -=Ear Candling=- also called ear coning or thermal-auricular therapy Procedure [img=220x293]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Ear_candling-self_applied.jpg/220px-Ear_candling-self_applied.jpg[/img] Attempting the procedure. One end of a cylinder or cone of w...
All I can come up with is boiling it to get the grease out but that may also dissolve the sinew but then you would have glue for what sinew you did degrease....
I left the bark on as i have had lots of trouble in the past taking it off right away and things drying to fast and very bad cracking I was even contemplating waxing the ends to help stop cracking but did not do that on this one so will see what it turns out when I get to it if its cracked bad I wil...
Impressive! I have a 4" birch stave straight and clear that's been drying out now for 3 years may get around making it next year. So many projects so little time.
I guess you have tried a few drops of olive oil over a few days. what did work for my dad as a kid was camomile tea a few drops a day for how long I dont remember but it really helped him.
I have used campfires for years to do my blacksmithing stuff I don't do it often but the point is I can when I want to I mainly just make knives for myself first fire I put in metal to soften it take it out the next day file or grind then make another fire and wait till the metal is red or yellowish...
it may have been one of the ways but I also think that they went the coastal route both east and west of the continent long before the corridor opened up.
