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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 7, 2016 18:58:35 GMT -5
I hope he takes the comparison in the spirit it was intended. Not poking fun at him about his hairstyle. Again, he is a really great knapper! I totally understand about the "costume" and showmanship. It helps sell him and his skilz.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 18:59:00 GMT -5
No offense intended.dudes got mad skills.so impressed that I purchased one of his jig kits
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Post by jamesp on Mar 7, 2016 19:04:05 GMT -5
No offense taken. He is 100% Alabama nut and half crazy. Life of the party that one.
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Post by snuffy on Mar 7, 2016 19:15:52 GMT -5
In Texas we call the wood Bodark. Bois De Arc,French means wood of the bow. Speaking of using it for fence posts,ever try driving a staple in one that's been used for years?
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Post by jamesp on Mar 7, 2016 19:32:07 GMT -5
In Texas we call the wood Bodark. Bois De Arc,French means wood of the bow. Speaking of using it for fence posts,ever try driving a staple in one that's been used for years? snuffy It and Black Locust. Must dull chain saw blades. Must use Mohs scale on that wood. Bodark = Bois De Arc ? Benoit pronounced in French is NOT the same as us southern folks pronounce it. A French Canadian I used to deal with, Benoit Ether. You should hear the French pronounce that one. Man did I butcher that one. |
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Post by Pat on Mar 7, 2016 21:01:54 GMT -5
Stan is a showman and has knap-ins all around the SE US. Hair is giddy-up and the deer skin attire is part of the show. He is a character and well respected in the knapping circles. thanks for mentioning that. It all works together. @arrowheadave a quiver makes more sense than a tail! Thanks. He has tremendous skill; I've never seen anything knapped like that. A work of art. |
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Post by snowmom on Mar 12, 2016 7:22:04 GMT -5
I can add a bit about osage orange. It was sold at some point before barbed wire as an ideal hedge fence material, and it is.... but it takes forever to grow. somebody made a fortune selling osage orange to English and european farmers who wanted to keep cattle and livestock confined and protect their homesteads the way the did in the old country.... from their native habitat they were spread all over KY, IL, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas and Missouri. It is a beautiful plant with glossy leaves and huge ornamental fruit which some people claim has insect repellent properties. They are getting fewer in number as modern farming roots out hedgerows for another row or 2 of crop. When suburbs go up, those messy fruits are not appreciated. They burn super hot like the densest coal, and are sought after as fire wood by some. You need the right tools to work with it. Very difficult to cut at any point, almost impossible when dry and seasoned. Where i used to live in Illinois, the farmers would bulldoze them, leave them for a year or 2 and then burn them. Too hard on chainsaws and the like. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/osage-oranges-take-a-bough-105043145/?no-ist |
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Post by Intheswamp on Mar 12, 2016 7:53:11 GMT -5
It is interesting, but I don't see any (probably are some somewhere, though) past a few miles south of Montgomery, Alabama. They are seen several places around Montgomery. If you turn north onto Narrow Lane Road (beside Baptist South Hospital) a couple of miles up the street on the right is the Montgomery Country Club...the west side of the country club fronts Narrow Lane Road...that side of the street is lined with osage orange trees...I figure once the CC can convince the City of Montgomery to cut them down those trees are gone...they've been there was decades. Snowmom is right on about the "fruit" being rather messy, but I had no idea about its bug repellent properties. Also, the trees can be thorny...can penetrate tractor tires fairly easily. It is a *very* long burning wood...probably one of the best btu/heat producers...but have a good chainsaw, chains, and files ready. I recall on a wood heating forum it being mentioned that hedge/osage-orange/mock-orange might possibly contain silica of a sort...I'm not even sure if that's possible. It can create borders thick enough to contain livestock. The loss of hedgerows is an ecological calamity. It used to be that fence rows/hedgerows were weedy and brushy, home to a long list of birds, mammals, insects, and forage for even a longer list of critters. With the scorched earth policy of sanitizing these "field separators" these homes and food sources have been wiped from the earth. Round-Up/glyphosate (thank you Monsanto  ) has impacted macro-wildlife in this country in a big way. <SNIP>I had to stop writing when I started griping about the government agencies getting into the scorched-earth use of saws and herbicides..... sorry for the rabbit trail......... Anyhow, that is indeed some great knapping skills *and* hunting skills!!!!! |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 12, 2016 10:33:31 GMT -5
I can add a bit about osage orange. It was sold at some point before barbed wire as an ideal hedge fence material, and it is.... but it takes forever to grow. somebody made a fortune selling osage orange to English and european farmers who wanted to keep cattle and livestock confined and protect their homesteads the way the did in the old country.... from their native habitat they were spread all over KY, IL, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas and Missouri. It is a beautiful plant with glossy leaves and huge ornamental fruit which some people claim has insect repellent properties. They are getting fewer in number as modern farming roots out hedgerows for another row or 2 of crop. When suburbs go up, those messy fruits are not appreciated. They burn super hot like the densest coal, and are sought after as fire wood by some. You need the right tools to work with it. Very difficult to cut at any point, almost impossible when dry and seasoned. Where i used to live in Illinois, the farmers would bulldoze them, leave them for a year or 2 and then burn them. Too hard on chainsaws and the like. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/osage-oranges-take-a-bough-105043145/?no-istThe fiberglass tree Deb. Interesting history. Rated at 50 years as a fence post in termite country. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 15, 2016 10:32:39 GMT -5
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Post by geezer on Apr 15, 2016 12:32:02 GMT -5
Just posted a notice in "board issues" . Same person also posted in the "free templates" thread.
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Post by radio on Apr 15, 2016 19:19:47 GMT -5
and what is with the tail tossed over the shoulder? Looks to be deer hide tanned with the hair on and used as a strap for a primitive style quiver for his arrows |
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 15, 2016 20:26:12 GMT -5
SPAM!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by jamesp on Apr 17, 2016 2:44:36 GMT -5
Potted meat !!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by jamesp on Apr 17, 2016 2:44:55 GMT -5
Vienna Sausage !!!!!!!
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Post by jamesp on Apr 17, 2016 2:45:25 GMT -5
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Post by krazydiamond on Apr 20, 2016 15:47:02 GMT -5
deleted it, thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2016 20:14:32 GMT -5
It's called terrine. Not beefjello.
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Post by napoleonrags on Apr 20, 2016 21:23:51 GMT -5
Seems to be quite a bit of Osage Orange trees in Oklahoma. I remember it as a kid and its large warty fruit. There is a wonderful short story by William Stafford of the same name. Short read. Metaphoric.
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Post by orrum on Apr 20, 2016 23:47:46 GMT -5
Head cheese or souse!!!!
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