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Here’s a neat piece of archeology I don’t think most here will be familiar with. It portrays a beast warrior like those seen in the Torslunda plates, gutenstein scabbard and a fragment from obrigheim. This pressblech is dated to the 6th-7th century and is from Cambridgeshire.
Paul the deacons history of the Lombards mentions warriors who dress as dogs and consume human blood.

Alum tanned bison. One of the best I’ve done over the last 7 years and out of probably 50 or so bison. I charge $1,200 to flesh and tan a bull and do this for a living.

I posted a couple pics of this bow a few months ago before it was completely finished. It’s my first successful bow and first attempt as an adult. It’s 43.25” ntn and 80lbs draw weight at 20.5”
Sinew backed Osage orange with a prarie rattler skin and brain tanned mule deer handle I tanned. The sinew is elk leg sinew. It had a lot of twist before removing with dry heat and even after it still has considerable twist to the limbs but it functions fine. I’ve shot it several thousand times at least.
I shot it through a chrono before I had a fast flight string, only a nylon one and drew it only 19” with a 565 grain arrow and it shot 151 fps.
Btw I tillered it without ever being on a tillering stick or tree. Just looked at pictures and videos of it being drawn on my phone and went from there.