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		<title>Knot Heads World Wide and General Whipmaking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stormdrane just posted a link to my blog in a thread on Knot Heads World Wide asking about whipmaking details (still waiting for my account to be activated). I know I don't have too much in the way of specific construction information about my projects, but I would be happy to answer any questions. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/08/28/knot-heads-world-wide-and-general-whipmaking/</link>
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		<title>Whip #65</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Had a whole day to work on this. Quite a rare event! Whip #65, 6' bullwhip, 10"x 1/8" fiberglass handle, BB and ball chain core, 8 plait belly with 14 plait overlay in a dark blue with a lighter blue accent stripe and white interweaving for the knots. The core was made at the same [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/08/24/whip-65/</link>
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		<title>Whip #64</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally had a chance to complete a project. With all the stuff going on this past few weeks I haven't had time to do much. But I have a breather for a couple of weeks so I should be getting some more whips done and I need to make a couple of sticks as well. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/08/21/whip-64/</link>
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		<title>Hickory Sticks (The Fighting Irish Kind)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Haven't had a ton of time to finish projects, although I did find time to make a couple of Irish sticks. 38" long made of hickory. The one on the right is my current practice stick, thin and light, but tough enough to bang with.]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/07/27/hickory-sticks-the-fighting-irish-kind/</link>
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		<title>Bow #3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Partially successful. Made out of a 6' 1x4 maple board with a pyramid shape to the limbs and some scrap hickory glued on for the handle riser. I made the handle section slightly too long but it seems to be working well enough. The hickory adds a lot of necessary stiffening through the middle. Originally [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/07/10/bow-3/</link>
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		<title>Whip #63</title>
		<description><![CDATA[4' snake whip, BB and ball chain core with some lead tape for additional heft, 8 plait belly, 12 plait overlay, requested colours black, dark blue and red. It's a bit hard to distinguish the blue from the black but the overall impression, at least to me, is that it looks like a nasty bruise. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/07/04/whip-63/</link>
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		<title>Bloodwood &#8211; FAIL!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not sure exactly why, but my bloodwood cudgel cracked while I was practicing with it today. I surmise that there was an inherent weakness in the wood grain and while I was whacking at a free swinging padded post  I managed to hit against a corner of that post. I was mildly upset about this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/07/04/bloodwood-fail/</link>
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		<title>Sticks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the early failure of the day's bow project I spent some time hand shaping some sticks with my spokeshave. First up was a hickory Irish stick. It wasn't too bad to work with the shave but it seemed to be more sensitive to grain direction than my previous experience with red oak.  Made this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/07/01/sticks/</link>
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		<title>Bow #2 &#8211; FAIL!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doh! Snapped as I was flexing it during tillering. So close. Should have backed it. At least I didn't spend a ton of time on it. And I did make a tillering stick last night so I can use that in future. I think I'll just work on an Irish stick for the rest of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/07/01/bow-2-fail/</link>
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		<title>Shark Tooth Weapons of Ancient Hawai&#8217;i</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of the material of the book Warrior Arts and Weapons of Ancient Hawai'i is available on Google Books, including the chapter on the construction of shark tooth weapons. There was a recent episode of Deadliest Warrior that demonstrated a recreation of an Aztec war club made of wood embedded with obsidian that functions much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/06/28/shark-tooth-weapons-of-ancient-hawaii/</link>
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		<title>Whip #61 &amp; #62</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unmatched pair (but close) of 5' bullwhips, 10" steel handle, BB and ball chain core, no spiral wrap layer, 8 plait belly, 12 plait overlay in coral snake colours with solid black knobs. Slight pattern difference between the two with #61 having red-yellow-red striping and #62 having red-red-yellow.]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/06/28/whip-61-62/</link>
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		<title>Home Made Arrows 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So my cheap and expedient arrows seemed to do the trick and everyone was surprised at how easy and effective the duct tape fletchings were. Made 6 arrows in the morning before class, even managed to put a coat of tung oil on them, and even managed to put one together while I was at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/06/26/home-made-arrows-2/</link>
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		<title>Home Made Arrows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found place that sells cheap target points and plastic nocks for roughly $0.20 each and bought a small handful of each. Then I bought some poplar dowels and some duct tape in red and black at Lowes. When I got home I picked out one of the dowels and tried to straighten it. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/06/23/home-made-arrows/</link>
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		<title>Bowmaking 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well I know that my tillering is off by about 1/2" but this is one of those situations where I'm happy enough to leave things where they are so I can finish and start playing. I'll know better what to do for the next one. Used my palm sander on it this morning with progressive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/06/20/bowmaking-3/</link>
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		<title>Irish Stick Making 2 &#8211; Real Hardwoods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Picked up a cheap bandsaw and some scraps of various hardwoods to mess around with. I wanted to see how my drawknife and spokeshave handled much harder woods than red oak or white maple. Today I made a short stick out of purpleheart and a longer but thinner stick out of hickory. I started one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fullcontactgeek.com/wordpress/2010/06/13/irish-stick-making-2-real-hardwoods/</link>
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