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Originally Posted by Glenhuon
Quote from Timelord
Knife making-- mainly forged blades have my own home smithy complete with homemade gas powered forge and anvil--what a joy it is to behold a forged Damascus blade! Hard work but extremely rewarding.
Home brewing beer.
Bowhunting and Field archery--barebow--that is with no sights just instinctive aiming what a buzz!
Gee, must go with the Archery, I had a mate many years ago who shared the same hobbies, made the best brews and wines I've ever tasted. 
Bill |
Do you make your own strings ? arrows ?
Did that when I was a kid and a teenager. Wasn't impressed with shop bought bow strings and arrows so I borrowed some books and learnt how to make my own. Much better !!!
Much the same as my fishing rods , which are mostly home built . I can get a blank and the runners and a winchmount and sandspike , and do me a rod in under a day , two or three if you include time involved to put a few coats of two pack epoxy on the bindings. I am fancy these days , have a gadget that turns the rod automatically for me - great for getting even and smooth epoxy on the rod.
Works out lots cheaper than shop bought rods, and well you just can't buy the kinds of rods I use unless you get them custom built (costs lots of these $$$$) or you do it yourself (doing it yourself means you can get perfect runner spacing and have the rod built to suit) and it's not as hard to do as looks.