Archery Clan

I'm hoping to start a monthly meeting for people that want to work on their arrow making, bow making, flint knapping and archery gear. We already go to one in Pasadena every month, but I thought we'd get a lot more done and stay focused if we had one two weeks after the other one. I wanted something in Orange County CA so I wouldn't have to drive all the way to Pasadena. It will probably be at El Dorado Park, though I'd prefer Mile Square Park because they don't have the $5 parking fee. Well, they do, but they have free street parking. There is no street parking at El Dorado. But most of the people who said they might come live closer to Long Beach, so I may get outvoted.
If Sig comes we can work on gourd art and spoon carving too. But he works in the medical field so his schedule is all over the place. He gave me a spoon carving tool and I can't wait to get some green wood to try it out on.

Also I hope David will come. He lives in Laguna Beach, so either location is closer for him that Pasadena. Of couse if you are reading this and live near Anaheim and think you want to learn these skills, leave me a comment so I can make sure you know when the meetings are.

Making arrows

Our monthly Paleoplanet meeting got shifted to this Sunday because of conflicting events on the range. I had hoped to have some things finished to show to people this weekend, but the furniture rearranging, house cleaning, box sorting nightmare is taking much longer than I thought it would. I did get some new arrows started. They are painted and I added the cresting. Hopefully I'll get the finish put on them tomorrow so I can let it dry a day. There are six arrows and each one is different. So it's going to be both fun and challenging to pick out the feather colors.

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The week sure went by quick. I had a lot more planned but didn't have the energy to do it. My hands are still sore from woodcarving, and so I've had to lay off the knitting and crocheting. I'm looking forward to the weekend. My daughter may visit. We'll see.

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Conejo Valley 3D Shoot

Just last Sunday we went to the Canejo 3D Shoot at Tapo Campground. Here are some photos.

Paleo Pasedena Oct 2007

The Pasedena gatherings are still going strong.

pottery

We just did our first campfire pit firing out in the desert near Aberdeen, CA. About half the pieces blew up. The sturdy more primitive pieces and the beads I made fared the best.

Green Man Archery

This is one of the build-along sites I helped put together. http://www.geocities.com/greenmanarchery/
It tells things like how to make arrows and has lots of photos on bowmaking.

Roadblocks

I've started one long bow, and got the handle all shaped and everything, but when I went to tiller it the handle came flying off. The consensus was that it was clamped too tightly after gluing, squishing too much of the glue out. So that is a road block I have yet to overcome, but as I put 'making a longbow' on my to do list on 43things.com, I'm going to have to hang in there until I finish one.

Sunhat

I had a great time.

Pasedena Workshop Today

Paleo

A place to explore the way our ancestors did things particularly focusing on archery, flintknapping, atlats, stone tools and survival skills.