[smitty]

I found a hickory tree up rooted by a recent tornado in Oklahoma while on vacation and cut a few forks from it. I went out to the shop today and made this one. Thanks to some rubber from Baumstamm, I was able to rig it with Theraband gold. So thank you very much Baumstamm. It's tied off with six inches from knot to knot.

 

[bunnybuster]

Nice looking fork.
I love naturals, and hickory is a favorite of mine.
Good job
Tom

 

[pelleteer]

Perfect size and shape, Smit.

You guys who live in areas where there are lots of trees have it made (in the shade, I might add).

 

[Performance Catapults]

Great shape...I never find straight naturals.

 

[Skit Slunga]

Great shape...I never find straight naturals.

Very nice v-fork Smitty!
I'm in one of those "tree zones" ...finding "the one" perfect fork is still all but elusive. May have to hike further into the forest

 

[Dayhiker]

Nice fork, Smitty. And hickory is pretty unbreakable, too.

 

[Chepo69]

That Smitty luck, first time that I see a natural fork of walnut. you had left splendid.


Chepo

 

[ZDP-189]

Beautiful!

 

[Martin]

Thats a very nice looking natural just about perfect.
Martin

 

[smitty]

Thank you so much guys, I was wondering if I might have overworked it a bit. It feels pretty good when I shoot it.

 

[baumstamm]

nice one, hope my rubber isn´t to long?

 

[huey224]

Do you sand it flat like a boardcut?

 

[smitty]

nice one, hope my rubber isn´t to long?

Rubber was fine, I just rigged it to shoot like a bat out of ****. I think the ammo hits the target before I let go of the pouch ! Your pouches are fantastic too ! I also love the slingshots you sent to me when we traded. They show a lot of thought in the design. I'm gonna copy the black one here soon. I call it my ninja slingshot.

 

[smitty]

Do you sand it flat like a boardcut?

I have a power planer, so the first thing I did was plane down both sides till flat, then I used my scrollsaw to cut the shape out of the natural fork. I know...I should have used just my pocket knife, but I am spoiled.

 

[A+ Slingshots]

Being Hickory it should last forever!!!! Nice Job!!!

 

[smitty]

Thanks Pallan. I wanted to get a truck load of those hickory tree forks, but they had the bulldozers out pushing it all away. I had to hurry because we didn't have time and all I had was my leatherman saw. A good saw, but a little short on the length.

 

[Gote Rider]

That silngshot looks good. I sure would like to pop some rabbits with it.

 

[Frodo]

Very, very, very nice fork. I like the idea to use a natural to make a "boardcut".

My leatherman even got no saw! so be lucky