Date: May 23, 2009
Location: JMB, Masardis, Maine
Most of the day was spent carving my longbow. A lot of material needed to come off to create the proper taper. The carving process is just a matter of sitting down and getting it done (like many things I suppose). We also covered a couple new things. We made ashcakes, which were surprisingly good. We also got an introduction to hand drill friction fire (mullen drill)
Accomplishments and Observations:
1) carved taper into longbow
2) made ashcakes
3) learned basics of handdrill (floating)
Initial Reflections:
Hand drill is neat but I am still a ways off getting a coal. I will just need practice applying consistent pressure.
