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I've just spent 3hrs of hard labor on the stave, it's taking shape well and bends at around 80-90 lbs (tested using a weight machine and my bow stringer) and i think ima just keep it at that.

It...

ima get to work at it tomorrow, need to get some pics up for u guys, this isnt going to be anything special as all i am using to craft it (from a branch straight from a tree, unsplit) is a pocket...

sec, ill go move it, i'd say its about 1.5-3cm diameter throughout.

How would i go about splitting this branch? right now i have to drying by the fire, it this good or bad to do before tillering/splitting?

I cut it straight from the tree, so yeh it's a branch =].

Ok well now that i've actually measured the piece of wood it's actually close to 48in long, i guess it just looked shorter cause it kinda bulky, but once i get into the knife work on it, it should...

I don't really know the types of trees i have growing around my property.

Just now though, I've started at a knife (from a old fishing knife) just changing the shape a bit sharpening it and adding...

I'm going to make my own knife, then perhaps try and use it to make my own bow, but the wood around my area doesnt seem like it'd make a very powerful bow, so if that doesnt work i might just have to...

Canid, would you be able to give me a idea on what the type of bows you make are like?

What wood would you be using for a bow for me etc.

maybe some pics of ones you've done earlier.

Amazing. All i can say =].

Well... this thread doesnt seem to be getting anywhere, i guess i'll use an Aussie forums for this kind of stuff, and just look at this for traps/making stuff info and whatnot =].

Thanks anyway.

Hello, I've been looking through a lot of the homemade bow/knife threads and they look soooo good.

I myself don't really have the tools to make either a metal or wood project but am really...

I've just started a new thread for the Aussie people on these forums, the link's in my sig, but i'll also add it here for you.
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So I'm starting this topic because I'm from Australia and am wondering how many others on the forums are from Aussie and this would be a great place to provide/share surviving techniques you use for...

Thanks that sounds like a good idea, i'll perhaps make a thread on it tonight on something like ' Australians wanting to find out more about their culture ' or something =d.

"I noticed that at 16...

Thanks for the warm welcoming guys =].

As soon as I've got some spare time i plan to start practicing dead-fall traps and snares, perhaps setting some around my bushland to see what i could catch....

Good point although not many elders are near me that i know of, and those who are are females who did not hunt but crafted and i guess collected, on second thoughts maybe they'd be helpful,...

Just finished 'Hunger games' which has inspired me towards sites like this.

Hey, i'm new to this site and thought this would be the perfect place to post my first post, not that i normally post in this section of other forums i've been on, but because this seems like a very...