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The Gopher
thought i'd better trim some branches and at the same time i was able to round up some forks. these are all ash.
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NaturalFork
Very cool!
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Dayhiker
I am insanely jealous!!! My favorite wood and it's plentiful in this region but I have yet to find a decent ash fork.
And there you stand with seven of them.

That one on the right end in the top row looks like it's ready to strap some bands on as is.
Happy carving, Gopher! And be sure to show us the results.
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harpersgrace
Great looking set of forks, have fun....
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Chepo69
Me gusta la segunda y la cuarta, tienen muy buena geometría. (2 y 4)

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G
i spend days to find a good wood for slingshot,
and you have 7 woods in good shapes
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Nice set of forks. My favorite is the one all the way on the left. When it's done the prominent knot will be a real catchy focal point. They're all good and I love the making something nice from what would be discarded otherwise.
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Performance Catapults
I have two enormous honey locust trees in my front yard. Every spring and summer, mother nature brings down a few nice size branches. I have some forks drying now. Nice assortment you have there.
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The Gopher
The park next to my house has a big honey locust, and i'm waiting for a branch to come down one of these days but it hasn't happened yet, that is a beautiful wood.

The one on the top row to the left (looks like it has a short handle section) will be interesting. it looks short because it is actually curved towards the camera, the design posibilities of that one will be fun since i could make a natural where my wrist could be almost straight while shooting.

The little one on the right will be my boys first slingshot.

I've sealed all the cuts and now i'll just let them dry for a while.
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Chepo69
The Gopher said:
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The one on the top row to the left (looks like it has a short handle section) will be interesting. it looks short because it is actually curved towards the camera, the design posibilities of that one will be fun since i could make a natural where my wrist could be almost straight while shooting.

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Exactly! curvature that provides excellent ergonomic features, expect to see the result after work.

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Seventh_He4ven
Nice! I've just made an ash natural. Lovin it mostly. Have fun getting the bark off =P
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The Gopher
I've debarked entire hophornmeam, osage, hickory, and ash logs for bow building, a little 'ol slingshot don't scare me!
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Dayhiker
jmplsnt said:
Nice set of forks. My favorite is the one all the way on the left. When it's done the prominent knot will be a real catchy focal point. They're all good and I love the making something nice from what would be discarded otherwise.
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Jump, if we used nothing but our pocket knives and some sandpaper, all I can see is blisters on my hands when I look at that one, ha ha!
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The Gopher
I agree dayhiker, that curved one will see power tools, but every now and then i'll make a few "whittled" slingshots that only see a pocket knife. whittling is another pasttime of mine and i just got a Boker Congress Carver
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A+ Slingshots
Those look real promising!!! I love natural forks!!!
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NightKnight
Those should turn out good!
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Dayhiker
The Gopher said:
I agree dayhiker, that curved one will see power tools, but every now and then i'll make a few "whittled" slingshots that only see a pocket knife. whittling is another pasttime of mine and i just got a Boker Congress Carver
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How do you like that knife? I just looked it up and it looks pretty handy. I use Swedish Moras, pocket knives, and a few I make myself from files and saw blades.
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The Gopher
our carving knives sound similar. i use a swedish mora, a basic Buck-canoe style pocket knife, a detail knife that i made from a scrap of high carbon steel...and the Boker. The boker is really nice in my opinion, the four blades give a useful variety in a small package, fits nice in a pocket and is really good steel. by far the most expensive carving knife i have, but i'm glad i got it.
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The Gopher
finished more trimming. 31 in total. all ash but two honey locust.
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Dayhiker
So you're all set for something to do this winter, huh?
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