Each year I make a set of arrows for the upcoming season and I finally got these finished yesterday. I tried a new wood that I really like the looks of; golden mahogany that I got from Forrester Wood Shafts. I was able to go down in diameter from 11/32" to 5/16" but still keep my weight up. Another thing I did differently this year was use permanent markers to decorate my arrows. I usually do them in two colors and flame crest them but this year I went for the "totem pole" look. I'm pretty happy with the result. I chose blue and natural barred turkey feathers for the fletching. Blue is not a color normally found in the woods during fall and winter so, hopefully, it will make my arrows easier to find if the need arises.
The back-of-point length of these is 28.5" and the average weight is 720 grains. I think they spined around 63 pounds. After my moose hunt last year, I am sold on single bevel broadheads and this year I'm trying out Vintage Archery's 190 grain Meathead. I love the looks of the 3 to 1 taper!
Darren
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Nice set of arrows Darrren!
Very unique!
I like the totem pole idea.
Very nice arrows and I like the looks of those heads also. I like single bevels too.
Very nice.
Nice!
Very nice, I see you put some time in those.
Cool!!
Works for me!
They look great!
Good luck this season.
Bisch
Looking good, Darren!
Thems perdy . :thumbsup: :archer:
Nice!
Lots of detail, very nice.
Those are great looking arrows, Darren!
QuoteOriginally posted by dhaverstick:
After my moose hunt last year, I am sold on single bevel broadheads and this year I'm trying out Vintage Archery's 190 grain Meathead. I love the looks of the 3 to 1 taper!
Hmmm, seems to be something of an echo going on here. ;) This broadhead and Surewood shaft are headed for a NH moose hunt later this year.
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Those look sweet!
Those look great
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