It followed me home (Part 2)

Thanks for the information on the bow.

That's not my dog. Although I did make friends with him today while I was at his house.
 
Cool bow! Fits right in with this forum I would say....a good book about Archers in war is Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell great read.



I will look for it through library loan.:thumbup:


After the steel bow experiment somone gave solid aluminum a go. Pretty sure they were superior in all respects to steel bows.... until they broke.


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A YEMAN hadde he and servantz namo
At that tyme, for hym liste ride soo;
And he was clad in cote and hood of grene.
A sheef of pecok arwes, bright and kene
Under his belt he bar ful thriftily,
(Wel koude he dresse his takel yemanly:
Hise arwes drouped noght with fetheres lowe)
And in his hand he baar a myghty bowe.
A not heed hadde he, with a broun visage,
Of woodecraft wel koude he al the usage.
Upon his arm he baar a gay bracer,
And by his syde a swerd and a bokeler,
And on that oother syde a gay daggere
Harneised wel and sharpe as point of spere.
A Cristopher on his brest of silver sheene.
An horn he bar, the bawdryk was of grene;
A forster was he, soothly, as I gesse.
 
The aluminum bows are very dangerous to shoot.

How so? My limited experience with aluminum is it becomes work-hardened much like cartridge brass and increasingly becomes brittle. On a bow this would be bad news but you'd think whoever decided to make things such as this would have destructive field tested various aluminum alloys etc before going forward.
 
From what I've read the old aluminum limb bows get brittle and break. I don't know if the manufacturer planned on them being used 70 years later.
 
Picked this head up for the hefty some $1 sawbuck. Any ideas on makers? I can see THE? Maybe the Collins company? As usual any help will greatly astound me!
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update on that no-name plane in my picture from a couple weeks ago, it looks like an un-marked or knock-off stanley number 3. im gonna go with knockoff because the parts aren't brass, just brass plated and the handle isn't as rounded.
 
Looks like JB found a nice house axe. I know Fulton used that color scheme. What ever make it is its a real nice one.
 
That small handled axe is a looker. What is that? Length?

It's a Vaughan SuperSteel. It's a boy's axe sized head on a 19" handle. The head is 6.5" long with a 4" edge. Compared to a boy's axe head, it is the same size but the eye is slightly smaller.
 
You guys de-activated my impulse control.

Picked up this True Temper (no other markings found yet) for $10 at an antique shop. I don't think it's THAT old, given the eye ribs and lack of other markings. Haft needs replacing, and there's plenty of donor hardware... 10lb cat for scale.

This afternoon I stopped by the big flea market on the way home, and did NOT buy several axes. Or vises. Or pans. Or a million other things. But will likely go back...

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You guys de-activated my impulse control.

Picked up this True Temper (no other markings found yet) for $10 at an antique shop. I don't think it's THAT old, given the eye ribs and lack of other markings. Haft needs replacing, and there's plenty of donor hardware... 10lb cat for scale.

This afternoon I stopped by the big flea market on the way home, and did NOT buy several axes. Or vises. Or pans. Or a million other things. But will likely go back...

That's a good buy. Where in NE are you?
 
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