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	<description>Adventures in Nylon Braiding and Assorted Craziness</description>
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		<title>DIY Gravity Based Water Filtration System</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2012/03/25/diy-gravity-based-water-filtration-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still no time to be making things as I would like, but I came across the Berkey water filter last night from a friend's posting of this youtube video: I've been concerned about fluoride for some time. Last Christmas season I bought an inexpensive counter-top water filter which hooks up to the tap in our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Years Board Gaming</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2012/01/02/new-years-board-gaming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year everyone! Survived another year. Not much happening on the making-stuff front. Still busy with school and teaching. However, I did manage to sneak in a bit of board gaming geekiness into my holiday. Played some Settlers of Catan, Alien Frontiers, and finally got to play Nexus Ops for the first time. My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whips #72 and #73</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2011/08/07/whips-72-and-73/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, finally, last week I had some free time to catch up on my commissions and I just finished the knot work late last night. I'm actually pretty happy with both of these, especially in comparison with the previous failure. 6' bulls made as a matching pair but going to two different individuals, 14" fiberglass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whip #71</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2011/08/07/whip-71/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I was in school April or May, I was commissioned to make a whip for a martial arts instructor in the US. I eventually had some time to proceed in late may so I thought it would be a good time to try working with my spool of Dacron that I picked up last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wet Folded Leather Masks</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2011/08/07/wet-folded-leather-masks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About two months ago I went to a one day workshop about making leather masks. I figured it would be a nice intro for me into the world of leather crafting. The guy who taught it is actually well known in the film industry for his leather work. It turned out to be a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whoa, is it August Already?</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2011/08/04/whoa-is-it-august-already/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apologies to all who visit my site. As I mention in my last post, I am in school right now and I have had less time for projects than I used to. Not that I haven't done any projects, but they were small and I didn't take the extra time to document them. I expect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whip #70</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pretty busy the past couple of months. Only managed one whip build amongst all my other projects and the other demands of life. So I close out the year with whip #70, which is an 8' bull requested by a client. I used all of the fundamental techniques I had worked on with the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whip #68 &amp; #69</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/11/01/whip-68-69/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After making the Kelly style whip, I wanted to incorporate some of the essential construction methods I learned with a few other ideas I had simmering on the backburner. I made whip #68 (pictured on the right, black with red) a couple of weeks ago, just after completing the cow whip. 7' with a 9" [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle Sticks</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/10/31/battle-sticks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So my 5 year old likes to play fight, or "battle" as he calls it. Usually it involves me or his mom getting whacked with a toy sword or something. To tide him over before going out trick or treating, I figured I'd make a couple of training sticks out of pvc pipe and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Bevy of Blanks</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/10/22/a-bevy-of-blanks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weather was still good so I decided to cut a bunch of stick blanks. 4 ash wood, 2 yellowheart, and 2 Indonesian kayu. Slowly building up the armory.]]></description>
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		<title>Whip #67 &#8211; Kelly Style Cow Whip</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/10/11/whip-67-kelly-style-cow-whip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like making cow whips and snakes. Generally, they are fairly quick and easy to make. This one is whip #67 and I cobbled it together late last night and early this morning. The handle I already had. I purchased it earlier this year from a fellow whipmaker as I don't have a lathe. It's [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yellowheart Sticks</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/10/09/yellowheart-sticks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning I bought some short hardwood boards, including a piece of yellowheart. I was quite anxious to work with the yellowheart and the weather today was perfect for working outside. I figured there may not be too many more days I can take advantage of before winter, so I spent this morning shaping two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lead Headed Training Club</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/09/27/lead-headed-training-club/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had one last scrap piece of hickory left over from the original board I purchased a few months ago. It was 32" long, which was too short for a full walking stick, but I was inspired today after looking at other people's knot work to just make myself a light club with a lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birch Sticks</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/09/18/birch-sticks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine had some pieces of birch he was saving for bow making and he decided he wanted to use one for some sticks instead. The piece I used had lost a big chunk along about a quarter of one end but I managed to get two 38" walking sticks and two 28" [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whip #66</title>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/09/11/whip-66/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 05:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FCG</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/?p=262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just under 8' bull whip, 10" handle, BB core, 8 and 12 plait bellies with a 16 plait overlay. This whip was made slightly over spec. A 7' single belly bull was requested, however I had a two belly core already made that I was saving to make an 8'-9' bull for myself. The person [...]]]></description>
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