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Discussion in 'Homemade Slingshots' started by honorary pie, Oct 12, 2020.

By honorary pie on Oct 12, 2020 at 5:04 PM
  1. honorary pie

    honorary pie Veteran Member

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    So I made a very fruitful trade with Stixshooter, and I've been trying to streamline my photos from various apps and clouds and junk. It turns out I'm not a technologically inclined as I thought, and now I have no idea where half my stuff is. Anyway, I received a very cool personalized Beech Natty which has been through three bandsets, caught me a bunny and even got too much paint on it from being in my pocket at work. I haven't shot the Yew pfs he included, or the chalice, but I'll have them out soon.

    The ones I gave him are a box elder natural on which there isn't much to say, and an Ash fork that was ravaged by Ash borers before the tree came down . I didn't wanna carve through all the whirly lines and tracks, so I lightly sanded and sealed the shooter, completely dunked it in white Semi-gloss paint and when it was dried I wet sanded it all back until the wood grain was exposed again, and finished it..
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    Also, here are the ones he sent me,,, I kinda forgot about the fourth one, maybe he @StixShooter can remind me what kind of wood it is,,, and perhaps why the knot figuring looks suspiciously like myself.. IMG_20200823_204027154_HDR.jpg IMG_20200823_203003559.jpg IMG_20200823_203116522.jpg
     
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Discussion in 'Homemade Slingshots' started by honorary pie, Oct 12, 2020.

    1. bottlecap

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      Awesome post! Great haul for both of you. Love that effect you got with the paint. Boom.

      Tim
       
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      Those are awesome![emoji106] I'm with bottlecap the paint effect is cool. It might get borrowed[emoji16]

      Sent from my LG-TP260 using Tapatalk
       
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    3. StixShooter

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      Thanks for posting the pics! Definitely loving them both, and the ash fork Is some cool out of the box thinking. It’s the ‘mummy’ of slingshots: living again from the dead! The little box elder one is a gem: small, beautiful and perfect!

      As for the other two slings: the one with the walnut cap came from a bush at my father in law’s place. I don’t know what it was, but the wood seemed strong and had a cool pattern in it. Sorry I can’t help much more than that. The PFS came from @william wallace and is yew. I just figured that a little exotic wood would complete the package. Glad you like them, and thanks so much for agreeing to trade!
       
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    4. Bishop

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      Hey pie ate you catching any snook and good trade.
       
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      Amazing looking frames. Great ideas on all the techniques. Good stuff!!!!
       
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      Nice frames slingmails always hood Are you still shooting frameless these days? If so you must be getting really good at it
       
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    7. Bone

      Bone Veteran Member Staff Member Moderator Admin

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      Excellent trade! I like the worm whole one the best. Different and cool looking. Before reading the post I scrolled down to look at the pictures and thought the same as you, that grain area looked like you. That's a keeper for sure.
       
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    8. Devils son in law

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      Very cool trade, boys!!!
       
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    9. honorary pie

      honorary pie Veteran Member

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      I've tried a few times over weeks to post a proper build-along, so I think it's time to properly re-learn to use the PC.. THANK YOU for offering the trade in the first place, I'm stoked as heck to band up the capped one tomorrow, maybe I'll even get a video up. I did one the moment I banded the Pi, but I hadn't shot much for months, and it showed..

      did the pepper plants survive? I just cloned all of them and they're in a mini-greenhouse with my fingers crossed ..
       
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      Thank you sir, it was great trade. Stix is a cool dudebof leaves we should all aspire to .. I think Snook might be something different around these parts, but either way I don't catch any.
       
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      Oh yeah, I mainly shoot frameless for convenience, but experience is teaching me I'm a better, more consistent shooter with a frame. I just don't like getting them painty at work..
       
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    12. Peter Recuas

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      They are all beautiful but that box elder is a unique thing, I really liked it :)
       
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    13. Humwild

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      Good trade
       
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    14. StixShooter

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      alas they did not... I watered them but the cuttings didn’t seem to catch. But I did save the seeds of one of the Apache peppers, which I plan to plant in the spring!
       
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