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VOTING POWER100.00%
DOWNVOTE POWER100.00%
RESOURCE CREDITS100.00%
REPUTATION PROGRESS0.00%
Net Worth
0.057USD
STEEM
0.000STEEM
SBD
0.096SBD
Effective Power
5.001SP
├── Own SP
0.173SP
└── Incoming Deleg
+4.828SP

Detailed Balance

STEEM
balance
0.000STEEM
market_balance
0.000STEEM
savings_balance
0.000STEEM
reward_steem_balance
0.000STEEM
STEEM POWER
Own SP
0.173SP
Delegated Out
0.000SP
Delegation In
4.828SP
Effective Power
5.001SP
Reward SP (pending)
0.000SP
SBD
sbd_balance
0.096SBD
sbd_conversions
0.000SBD
sbd_market_balance
0.000SBD
savings_sbd_balance
0.000SBD
reward_sbd_balance
0.000SBD
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Account Info

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id783294
rank530,978
reputation932091552
created2018-03-02T12:03:57
recovery_accountsteem
proxyNone
post_count6
comment_count0
lifetime_vote_count0
witnesses_voted_for0
last_post2018-03-06T01:08:18
last_root_post2018-03-06T00:39:45
last_vote_time2018-03-06T01:07:30
proxied_vsf_votes0, 0, 0, 0
can_vote1
voting_power0
delayed_votes0
balance0.000 STEEM
savings_balance0.000 STEEM
sbd_balance0.096 SBD
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vesting_shares281.881524 VESTS
delegated_vesting_shares0.000000 VESTS
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reward_vesting_balance0.000000 VESTS
vesting_balance0.000 STEEM
vesting_withdraw_rate0.000000 VESTS
next_vesting_withdrawal1969-12-31T23:59:59
withdrawn0
to_withdraw0
withdraw_routes0
savings_withdraw_requests0
last_account_recovery1970-01-01T00:00:00
reset_accountnull
last_owner_update1970-01-01T00:00:00
last_account_update2018-03-24T21:02:33
minedNo
sbd_seconds0
sbd_last_interest_payment1970-01-01T00:00:00
savings_sbd_last_interest_payment1970-01-01T00:00:00
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Withdraw Routes

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From Date
To Date
steemdelegated 4.828 SP to @solomon-king
2026/05/18 06:43:06
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares7861.778282 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #106151173/Trx 2754319e908657f98b0d932f4452c1afc93bb539
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steemdelegated 3.162 SP to @solomon-king
2026/05/13 06:09:24
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares5149.567877 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #106007216/Trx 2cace69ede1c87c88fcb4f1fd9a1e53cdc8744e1
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steemdelegated 4.836 SP to @solomon-king
2026/04/26 05:54:18
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares7874.294038 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #105518646/Trx 103c146f3792c04916e1286a510c6d03959bc58a
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steemdelegated 3.188 SP to @solomon-king
2026/01/24 01:13:27
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares5191.114696 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #102872681/Trx 0a13f5f662b5b99b3ff54989e57bafdd4c8c4dbd
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steemdelegated 3.289 SP to @solomon-king
2024/12/17 20:23:12
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares5355.333893 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #91318891/Trx cd49e708204c39b30a39f5e8c9a1d9ab9cd82206
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steemdelegated 3.393 SP to @solomon-king
2023/11/14 12:03:45
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares5524.467425 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #79873024/Trx 64e28b4bf654781875b0a16325d7af357129be5e
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steemdelegated 5.196 SP to @solomon-king
2023/09/22 10:54:51
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares8461.376211 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #78363492/Trx 287e7497d76bd8655f26aa72d44525a92c9ed3a6
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steemdelegated 5.333 SP to @solomon-king
2022/11/03 18:18:24
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares8683.427649 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #69121148/Trx 777e59c15d500587b8fec9f3648ea934ceca3946
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steemdelegated 5.468 SP to @solomon-king
2022/01/17 23:27:39
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares8903.535250 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #60824345/Trx 4c9a5e0cba2cd780f69ac17aa74af83245aa7646
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steemdelegated 5.581 SP to @solomon-king
2021/06/14 06:37:18
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares9087.729538 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #54614643/Trx 65d1899357c0547ac0ebfd5333d6ba96fe3d03be
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steemdelegated 5.696 SP to @solomon-king
2020/12/11 16:49:06
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares9275.151512 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #49361891/Trx bdebaa5e9adb2e4d7b3a2fd3ca7230cb3d8eb3a4
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steemdelegated 1.175 SP to @solomon-king
2020/12/06 10:24:30
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares1912.543513 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #49213405/Trx 4d07035c5c5869932b59adc1ce5ead34775ee07a
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steemdelegated 5.700 SP to @solomon-king
2020/12/05 20:26:57
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares9281.359366 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #49196978/Trx 407ed45b2117ab218d67a0dc989263ff78f21f2f
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  "op": [
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steemdelegated 1.179 SP to @solomon-king
2020/11/03 03:25:57
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares1920.017158 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #48271686/Trx f8536ec19e0aee47e46cc2d02b74969f0cad065e
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steemdelegated 5.824 SP to @solomon-king
2020/05/09 11:28:09
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares9484.164725 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #43223743/Trx cb7200ef49e8c6cfc6f5dd4cffde32cc20d70894
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steemdelegated 1.200 SP to @solomon-king
2020/05/08 15:55:33
delegatorsteem
delegateesolomon-king
vesting shares1953.311140 VESTS
Transaction InfoBlock #43200850/Trx d1c370134e4de912bc3f23c9e791acd867992101
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2020/03/05 11:38:57
parent authorsolomon-king
parent permlinkgetting-crafty-survival-bow
authorsteemitboard
permlinksteemitboard-notify-solomon-king-20200305t113857000z
title
bodyCongratulations @solomon-king! You received a personal award! <table><tr><td>https://steemitimages.com/70x70/http://steemitboard.com/@solomon-king/birthday2.png</td><td>Happy Birthday! - You are on the Steem blockchain for 2 years!</td></tr></table> <sub>_You can view [your badges on your Steem Board](https://steemitboard.com/@solomon-king) and compare to others on the [Steem Ranking](https://steemitboard.com/ranking/index.php?name=solomon-king)_</sub> **Do not miss the last post from @steemitboard:** <table><tr><td><a href="https://steemit.com/steemitboard/@steemitboard/use-your-witness-votes-and-get-the-community-badge"><img src="https://steemitimages.com/64x128/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTugCUsoXX762vg1CuHRrpnPbfnjPogp8iCGv7F2kSVuj/image.png"></a></td><td><a href="https://steemit.com/steemitboard/@steemitboard/use-your-witness-votes-and-get-the-community-badge">Use your witness votes and get the Community Badge</a></td></tr></table> ###### [Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=steemitboard&approve=1) to get one more award and increased upvotes!
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      "author": "steemitboard",
      "permlink": "steemitboard-notify-solomon-king-20200305t113857000z",
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2018/03/06 01:28:57
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bodyHi and welcome to my ongoing project of creating a functional survival bow from start to finish with no power tools, just blood, sweat, tears and a few splinters! I'd like to first mention that I am a fully trained Arborist and also study Arboriculture as a labour of love and with that preface, I know how to responsibly and safely handle woodworking equipment and caring for our tree friends, but also removal thereof and felling techniques. I don't recommend doing this without supervision of a specialist, prior research and pure grit or in the unfortunate circumstances of a SHTF, dire straights occurrence. Trees are living things and a certain amount of respect and caution should be considered at all times when working with living things... With that being said, i'd like you join me on my journey and hopefully you can take something useful from this! I hope to complete this post with the finished product within 2 weeks, which is about the length of time a healthy human can go without food. I may even craft some arrows towards the end of the project. I've started to set myself projects for myself throughout the year working with my favourite medium. WOOD! In this case, I had the fantastic idea of crafting a "survival bow" with basic tools you might have to hand if you're a bit of a "prepper" like myself. A survival bow is basically a hunting/self defence weapon which you would be able to craft with minimal tools and energy expenditure, in a situation where you need to gather your own food, hides etc, whilst in the field. What better time to start this project than in the middle of Storm Emma and the so called Beast from the East here, in North-East England? There's no better time.. <img src='https://i.imgur.com/lhIXgjU.jpg' /> <img src='https://i.imgur.com/ZD1Hk3P.jpg' /> So with that, I set out into my woodland equipped with only hardy boots, warm functional clothing and my trusty hickory hatchet and woodworking saw in search of a suitable specimen! I was looking out for a Beech or Ash sapling, no more than 10 years old (you can usually tell by the species you're scouting for and it's corresponding diameter), one which was growing fairly straight and well out of the way, maybe in an area where my responsible harvesting would allow other wildlife to grow through in a few weeks when Spring is in full bloom. <img src='https://i.imgur.com/1uefuWb.jpg' /> I came across a strapping young Ash tree and set about clearing a felling space. Once i'd carefully cut a 45 degree cut at 3" above the base with my hatchet, I applied some pressure from the opposing side to give me some leeway to apply the final horizontal cut with my saw. This illustration below should point out the method quite clearly. <img src='https://i.imgur.com/Y5UyxJM.jpg' /> Timber! I always like to make use of all I take from nature, and cut the sapling into 2x 50" staffs which would be enough for 4 bows. The remainder of the branch limbs I processed into scrub and placed near fox holes and windy runs to act as some form of shelter for smaller animals during the storm. Now, I always have a certain amount of guilt after removing a growing tree from the Earth and make sure no-one can tell i've been there by applying aftercare to the removal site. I sheared some bark from the staffs and lashed the stump tightly to form a sort of bandage to protect from root damage from the severe weather and other forms of tree rot. This gives the tree chance to regrow or shut off it's nutrient and water uptake to that particular limb and redirect it towards another part of itself to grow back once more. This is called Epicormic growth. Now all was said and done and nothing but the keenest of eyes would ever tell i'd been there, I headed back home through the harsh weather to make some noodles and a cup of tea to warm up before the process of bark removal! <img src='https://i.imgur.com/oww3omS.jpg' /> Now some die-hard crafters will play hell here, I removed the bark with a jack knife, which although isn't ideal for this job, is all I had to hand until the delayed delivery (due to the weather) of my new Morakniv Carbon Steel Bushcrafting knife. Here is the knife and the bark stripping process below along with my new knife which arrive this morning! <img src='https://i.imgur.com/mHwHod8.jpg' /> <img src='https://i.imgur.com/0G5waUw.jpg' /> The Mora makes light work of the Ash bark outer and inner.. But as you can see the blade here of my jack knife I was using, needs some care and maintenance.. <img src='https://i.imgur.com/9uUNR4N.jpg' /> Because of it's blade profile, it's not best suited for woodwork, it's primary function is for skinning animals and meat, not for stripping wood. However it's my trusty knife passed on from my Grandfather and I found it to work just fine, as ever! The piff, which is just under the bark I removed with a hand potato peeler, carefully as to not make any possible breaks in the heartwood where lifting could occur come tillering of the bow! Below are the tools I have used or plan on using for this project so far, maybe there will be new additions, i'll make sure to list them. <img src='https://i.imgur.com/FupNdFl.jpg' /> Now I left one staff barked, i'm not sure what i'm going to do with it yet, but currently have it seasoning, which is a process of drying wood limbs out through natural changes in the weather under shelter. For best results, you should seasons wood for 1 year per inch in diameter. As we are crafting a survival bow, and time is theoretically of the essence, this half of the sapling that i'd stripped, was going to go straight into processing! I left it to dry in the basement overnight and at least half of it's weight in water had evaporated come morning, so I stuck the kettle on and began to make initial battened entry cuts into the end of the staff with my knife and a rubber mallet (you could just use a 3" across piece of wood) until I could get my hatchet head into the split and continued carefully with that. <img src='https://i.imgur.com/S5Rb5T6.jpg' /> <img src='https://i.imgur.com/nwNkqgg.jpg' /> A perfect split! Now I measured up 47", marked the midway and 3" either side of that for the grip and the excess point with a marker pen and sawed off the excess. <img src='https://i.imgur.com/rLjp4oA.jpg' /> I was then left with a split staff, stripped of bark and piff and the length of what I want the finished product to be at. Good stuff! <img src='https://i.imgur.com/59ryNmq.jpg' /> Now come the arduous, but most satisfying part of the process, the shaping of the bow by way of shaving away reliefs to a taper at each end. You can easily get carried away, remember with wood, you can only take away, you can't replace, so checking often the progress you're making is a good idea. You want it to taper off but also be flat, only relieve wood from the front side of the bow staff, that's the side that'll be facing you when you draw. I used a potato peeler and my Mora sheath knife and got something resembling what I wanted on the one side. <img src='https://i.imgur.com/6hMuA5C.jpg' /> <img src='https://i.imgur.com/hGv6VBB.jpg' /> Yet more shaping... :D <img src='https://i.imgur.com/41ExTDg.jpg' /> <img src='https://i.imgur.com/rbR3rBm.jpg' /> Both sides now looking good but only one side was showing flex and this is currently where i'm up to, i'll be updating daily with updates so check back and feel free to ask me anything, thanks for checking my post out, I appreciate it a lot!! <img src='https://i.imgur.com/TPnMhQ9.jpg' /> 06/03/18
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bodyHi and welcome to my ongoing project of creating a functional survival bow from start to finish with no power tools, just blood, sweat, tears and a few splinters! I'd like to first mention that I am a fully trained Arborist and also study Arboriculture as a labour of love and with that preface, I know how to responsibly and safely handle woodworking equipment and caring for our tree friends, but also removal thereof and felling techniques. I don't recommend doing this without supervision of a specialist, prior research and pure grit or in the unfortunate circumstances of a SHTF, dire straights occurrence. Trees are living things and a certain amount of respect and caution should be considered at all times when working with living things... With that being said, i'd like you join me on my journey and hopefully you can take something useful from this! I hope to complete this post with the finished product within 2 weeks, which is about the length of time a healthy human can go without food. I may even craft some arrows towards the end of the project. I've started to set myself projects for myself throughout the year working with my favourite medium. WOOD! In this case, I had the fantastic idea of crafting a "survival bow" with basic tools you might have to hand if you're a bit of a "prepper" like myself. A survival bow is basically a hunting/self defence weapon which you would be able to craft with minimal tools and energy expenditure, in a situation where you need to gather your own food, hides etc, whilst in the field. What better time to start this project than in the middle of Storm Emma and the so called Beast from the East here, in North-East England? 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Now all was said and done and nothing but the keenest of eyes would ever tell i'd been there, I headed back home through the harsh weather to make some noodles and a cup of tea to warm up before the process of bark removal! <img src='https://i.imgur.com/oww3omS.jpg' /> Now some die-hard crafters will play hell here, I removed the bark with a jack knife, which although isn't ideal for this job, is all I had to hand until the delayed delivery (due to the weather) of my new Morakniv Carbon Steel Bushcrafting knife. Here is the knife and the bark stripping process below along with my new knife which arrive this morning! <img src='https://i.imgur.com/mHwHod8.jpg' /> <img src='https://i.imgur.com/0G5waUw.jpg' /> The Mora makes light work of the Ash bark outer and inner.. 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2018/03/02 13:55:24
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2018/03/02 13:48:18
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2018/03/02 12:49:42
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Account Metadata

POSTING JSON METADATA
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JSON METADATA
profile{"profile_image":"https://s14.postimg.org/492txyrtd/Photo_on_04-05-2017_at_16.16.jpg","location":"UK"}
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Auth Keys

Owner
Single Signature
Public Keys
STM5tkucsDPHttK48VCvXTBfFVQvQT3ecLRQUiSVYZVQUwSp2WpPx1/1
Active
Single Signature
Public Keys
STM7vDe8noAuo9b78yypm9t7r8eBvy2cGWBt4Dbsbrtexh6wAwoPm1/1
Posting
Single Signature
Public Keys
STM6EqWCzPXTXA6UCdBeVwwrZS12nB1uXJqSM8yMbcot1zt2XJPXi1/1
Memo
STM84cFdfsan49eFd8kJhyqvExaRU66hYTi38aZiZMQ5nw4iCrbiH
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        1
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    ]
  },
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    "key_auths": [
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}

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