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ARTURO LONGORIA

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

A Quiet Night, A Rod & Reel, and a couple of Unconventional Fillet Knives

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When it comes to saltwater bay fishing I prefer the night.  Last night I fished the early morning hours in near silence save the occ...
Saturday, May 26, 2012

French Bush Hat

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Back in the mid-1980s a catalog arrived from a mail order firm calling itself “Banana Republic.”  After a few pages perusing the bookl...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Pre-Clovis Bone Points and Theories on the Earliest Settlements in the Americas

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The earliest migrations into the Americas have been estimated at about 10,000 years ago.   That hypothesis, however, is being revised furt...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Crooked Knife Blade Shapes

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Woodcarvers sometimes ask me to leave a little more steel on the crooked knives I make for them so they can customize the blade bevels.   ...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Chaotic Climate

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We have had some strange weather as of late.   A nearby city called McAllen (part of a sprawling, congested and otherwise colorless metrop...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Making Bone Arrow Points with Hand Tools

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I imagine a number of you have made bone arrow points using stone tools.   That’s an interesting exercise and I have enjoyed going primiti...
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

The Walking Stick

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I’m not a frequent user of walking sticks.  Others around me use them so I make them sticks and now and then I use them too.  These ...
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