Book 28. (1 results) Kur of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 35 | 3 | The suitable branch, View more quotes about properly">properly trimmed, is seldom straight. |
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Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 34 | 275 | Why?" "They might be useful," said Cabot, "in fletching arrows". |
| 35 | 1 | Lita Returns to the Cave "Should she not be back by now?" asked Grendel. |
| 35 | 2 | Cabot was working with the missile, or arrow, straightener, a short wooden tool, some eighteen inches in length, with a small, round hole cut in one end. |
| 35 | 3 | The suitable branch, properly trimmed, is seldom straight. |
| 35 | 4 | One holds the straightener by what is, in effect, its handle, and thrusts the branch through the hole. |
| 35 | 5 | Then, by twisting and pressing, over a small fire, one hand on the tool, the other on the shaft, thrust through the hole, the wood, now softened, now pliable, is straightened, and becomes a shaft worthy of its fletching and heading. |
| 35 | 6 | Cabot looked up, from his work, and put aside the branch and straightener. |
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Why?" "They might be useful," said Cabot, "in fletching arrows".
Lita Returns to the Cave "Should she not be back by now?" asked Grendel.
Cabot was working with the missile, or arrow, straightener, a short wooden tool, some eighteen inches in length, with a small, round hole cut in one end.
The suitable branch, properly trimmed, is seldom straight.
One holds the straightener by what is, in effect, its handle, and thrusts the branch through the hole.
Then, by twisting and pressing, over a small fire, one hand on the tool, the other on the shaft, thrust through the hole, the wood, now softened, now pliable, is straightened, and becomes a shaft worthy of its fletching and heading.
Cabot looked up, from his work, and put aside the branch and straightener.
- (Kur of Gor)