How to make a "Ray Madden" Blowgun
A lot of people seem to be interested in blowguns, so I thought I would post a quick "How to" for making a great one, a style which was taught to me by Ray Madden, primitive skillster extraordinare....
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Actually mine above is 8'. Just for clarification.
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Thanks for the tutorial! I made one a while back out of steel electrical conduit as none of my hardware stores carried aluminum...actually they seemed surprised at me asking for it? I made a...
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Ray showed me that no tube is straight. You want to look down the tube and rotate it to see what it looks like. It'll probably have a slight bow to it. Orient it so the belly of the bow is down. This...
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Sure are a lot of us who have learned a lot of things from Ray (in my case, mostly atlatls and slings). Fifteen minutes with the guy and you're well on your way to an education.
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Yeah he knows his stuff! I try and catch his programs on t.v. whenever I can. I was watching "Ray Mears Northern Wilderness" last week and I have to say one bad thing about him...he sort of had a...
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Hey Luke they are talking about ray madden not ray mears, just to clarify.Mike
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Ray showed me how to make an atlatl about 15 years ago at Pawhuska OK. He showed me the basket maker type that has the spur carved into the wood. He said all other types will eventually break the spur...
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