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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: TRAP on May 31, 2009, 09:47:00 AM
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We don't talk about arrows much on this forum.
Occasionally there is a post about a signed arrow or a rare collectible arrow, but what about the everyday shooters.
Does anyone else like to make arrows similar to the arrows found in the 50s and 60s? I've been building arrows for several years and for the past couple years I've tried to build arrows with that vintage flair.
Here are a few of mine. I know Mike Shaw and Reddoge build some and I'm sure there are others.
If you have some Vintage arrows that you think are pretty cool or some that you built, feel free to post them on this thread.
Just a little show and tell.
Microflite 7s Shafts were given to me by Bjorn. I cleaned them up and refinnished them.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/Microflite7002.jpg)
Supercedars
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/Arrowsand61KMag004.jpg)
Couple of variations
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/deerracks005.jpg)
I like bright colored arrows and really like barred turkey feathers.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/08huntinggear005.jpg)
I need to take some more pics and I will over the next few days but feel free to show some of your favorites.
Trap
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Nice job Daryl.....they sure look good. I have a few around I'll dig out for some pic's....Bill :archer:
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oh yeah well I did not make up the arrows myself.My buddy Larry who is a master of cresting made then up for me.They were all old stock purchased in the 1950's and had been in storage until we got them around 1995.Larry made me a dozen matched spine and weight to match the Bear arrows that were all dipped in white so Fred's camera man could pick up the arrow in flight easier.This is one I used on a black bear in 2005.I love those vintage looking arrows.bowdoc (http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/bowdocsarchery/arrow001.jpg)
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Great looking arrows Trap! I just bought 266 cedar shafts yesterday, new old stock. Bought them from the Widow of a man that had an archery shop from the mid 50s to 1988. Most had tags on the bundles, and they were purchased from Ben Pearson Archery. Real nice old shafts.
I was thinking of making them up to look old school.
Scott
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The top arrow is a 1958 Bear X-300. I liked the fletch shape. A lower profile and a bit more forward slope to the shield.
So I made the lower arrows(12). It is a 11/32 tapered on the rear to 5/16. I had a package of new /old stock barred feathers that I custom burned to a similar shape. They have 1964 Bear Razorheads on them and they reside in the 1960 Northwoods quiver. I would have prefered having 1957 heads , but I don't have but one of them.
(http://images.imagelinky.com/1243788663.jpg) (http://images.imagelinky.com/1243788663.jpg)
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I like that profile Ron. Nice work.
I have my burner set to do a sort of low profile 5 1/2" shield.
I especially like bloody arrows Doc. They have MOJO like no others. "Once a killer, always a killer"
When I first started shooting Traditional equipment in '89 I had one arrow that I harvested 4 whitetails with. A doe finally bit the flrtching end off when I failed to get a complete pass thru. I loved that arrow, and loved the table fare that doe provided. I was a starving college student and my roomates and I ate well that semester.
I picked up 3 perfect LW Primaries from a food plot on my farm that turkeys strutted in alot this spring. I'm setting them aside for use on a special arrow. I'm intending to give the feathers back to one of them next spring.
Keep em coming guys. Arrows are pretty cool eye candy.
Trap
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Trap, Very nice job one them arrows.. I have a few Microflite that I should add some new Feather's to............
Cody
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I too really like to "vintage look" for my arrows. I prefer shield 5" or 5.5" and natural turkey feathers are my fletching of choice (dyed or natural color) I like bright dipping and nocks but havent made up my mind yet on cresting. Love the look though and that is the type arrow I shoot. John
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great looking arrows Trap,I really like the display above the windows. :cool:
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Here's a few Bear Archery arrows from my small collection.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/Arrows008.jpg)
And a few more examples of some I've made. Most are tapered POC that I get from Mike at the Nocking Point.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/Arrows011.jpg)
Trap
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My favorite arrows are made by Brandywine arrows out of Delaware. The older gentleman and his wife set up at the Baltimore Classic every year. Very good people. They give a free arrow to every kid that comes by his booth. Very willing to share time and knowledge with pains in the butt like me.
These are Sitka Spruce. They are not cheap, but when I get them home every the lightest arrow was 3 grains lighter than the heaviest arrow!
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f255/migrabill/bows/PC090014.jpg)
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f255/migrabill/bows/65BlackWidow.jpg)
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I like the old look myself. I did these last year to duplicate my old 1969 Bear set of Microfights I used to kill my first deer in 1969. I like the shield fletch but I bought 100 parabolic and I'm cheap so I'll use them up first.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/reddogge/Archery/IMG_0605.jpg)
I did these to experiment with some different stains. The red shafts would be good for target work to find in the grass.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/reddogge/Archery/IMG_0777.jpg)
One thing about making your own is you are limited only by your imagination.
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Here's another set I got this year at the BBTC that I like. I picked them off a blanket at the "swap meet" for cheap.
They are Cedars, but they actually have an insert located near the point that is the shaft of an aluminum arrow. I liked the look, but I was worried how that extra weight would make them fly. I bought them and immediately went to shoot them. And , luckily, they flew great. An old trick at the new "weight front technology"
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f255/migrabill/P5310276.jpg)
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f255/migrabill/P5310277.jpg)
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f255/migrabill/P5310278.jpg)
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f255/migrabill/P5310279.jpg)
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Wow all y'all those are great!! Trap the Microflites sure look a lot better now than they did when I sent them out. The fletching and cresting are really well executed! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Let's see some of those Vintage Sweetlands Bjorn.
Trap
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Very nice Richard, Very Nice!!!!!
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Trap,
I love the way you display those beautiful arrows.
Bill,
They would make good stumpin arrow.
Random thought: Making arrows is similar to carving hunting decoys in that you want them to be nice looking but you can't get too carried away with the decorative touches because it will break your heart to loose or break them. You have to know when to draw the line.
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My son Adam (15) was an admirer and friend of Al Harford-they had their own adhock shooting competitions going on all the time-with bets no less.
This year Adam is going on his first Elk hunt-the PBS Youth Leadership Hunt. He will be using Forgewoods that belonged to Al-they possess an overdose of mojo!
(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q291/bjornweb/DSCN2232.jpg)
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Those arrows wreak of MOJO!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing Bjorn and Adam :thumbsup:
Hope to see one of those with three red feathers this fall.
Trap
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Trap-Here's a nice box of some Sweetlands for you.Got the headshrinkers on 'em with Bear Razorheads too.They are SWEET!
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e24/detroitdeerslyer/SweetlandI.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e24/detroitdeerslyer/SweetlandII.jpg)
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John nice arrows man
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Bjorn - Yes, those Sweetlands are Sweet.
Trap - These originally boxed 1950s Bear Arrows (with a few very early 1960s toward the bottom). All are options for this fall. Decisions, decisions. My favorites are the robin egg blue dipped X-200s which I've taken several animals with over the years. Had 3 dozen of them at one time, but now, many are broken. Also like the red dipped X-200s. Nothing quite like original 1950s Bear X-200 tapered cedar arrows out of the old Kodiaks. Oops, Just noticed there is one box of Microflites, second from bottom on right. I need to exchange them for some nicely colored X-200s.
(http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo301/WadePhillips/BEARAROS.jpg)
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John - Sorry, I screwed up, I see the Sweetlands are yours. Nice arrows for sure.
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Wade you were right all along! I screwed up Adam's arrows are Sweetlands! :bigsmyl:
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Wade, Great bunch of super nice looking arrows. That is what I call eye candy!! John
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John, Wade, Very Nice Indeed.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Trap
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Thanks Wade.Doesn't matter whos they are,they sure are "sweet".They are spined for 55# and I would love to hunt with them but I would be heartbroken if I lost or broke any of them as they make such a nice complete set.Now if I had as many complete boxes as you do maybe it wouldn't hurt so bad.Nice bunch of arrows.
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Especially LIKE those red stained ones! Nice work.
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Picked up this box of Fleetwood Arrows ,did Shakespeare make these?
(http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u322/0710point/1245624913.jpg)
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Mizzou Tiger colors!!!!!! Very Nice :thumbsup:
Are they fletched with 3 grey barred feathers Roy?
Cool, Trap
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Right-on..3 bared feathers, a couple are moth eaten a little, but they all look new and never used..26" 45-50# #370-yellow
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Hey Daryl
Are the light blue Bear arrows with the diamond cresting late 50's arrows?? those are the ones I was planning on sending for the St. Judes combo, except gold shafting.
Kurt
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I just received these Ben Pearson arrows a couple days ago and thought I'd share them with you.
I've never seen arrows any finer built.
Tapered Cedars, full length, beautiful crest work and nice fletching.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/KSD012.jpg)
Trap
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Fantastic arrows..everyone :thumbsup:
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Not great pics, but here are 3 sets of my favorite original Bear arrows- (the yellow ones are unopened except for a small tear in the plastic)
The Blue & White dozen are near mint and GORGEOUS in person!!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/stickbow98/BearArrows1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/stickbow98/BearArrows2.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/stickbow98/BearArrows3.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/stickbow98/59KodiakBD36860in51coinside.jpg)
>>--Ron--<>
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Nice setup Ron. You look ready to me.
Trap
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Trap, Is that a 59 K-Special and is that the original finish? Reason I ask I have one that still has the original finish but was missing the leather strike plate and it does have the Feather rest...I put one of those reproduction big 59 rest on with the lines in it...Even with the original rest mine looks nearly new with no stress lines at all...Just a little yellowing on the side with the white glass...Wish I knew how to post a pic...Very Minty 40# 64"...
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Keith, that's actually a 60 Kodiak Special Deluxe.
The 59 Catalog shows the 59 KS with no strike plate I believe. I've seen strike plates that are similar to the one I have shown on 59s that are black in color.
I have a 64" 59 KS with a groove worn into the riser from being shot numerous times without a plate.
Trap
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Ron,
any idea What year the yellow fletched arrows were produced and available?
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That bow is super. I just gou a leather top off fle****. may I ask how to strapped it on. I know some tape them on. But I was hoping for a better way. kenny I picked up a a 59 grizz yesterday.<><
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I see that Frank. Glad you joined the "best bow" gang! :bigsmyl:
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Frank, here's a thread that goes into quite a bit of detail on mounting bear 4 arrow quivers. Ron's method looks really slick. Maybe he'll chime in with his method also.
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=002795;p=2
Kenny, I think those arrows are from the 70s. I'll check the CD later this eve.
Trap
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Hi guys,
I'm a day sleeper...just woke up. :confused:
My quiver is attached w/leather pads to protect the bow finish and leather staps w/ velcro sewn on. Pretty cool! :thumbsup:
I can't take credit for thr idea, came with the bow when I bought it, but I really like them.
Hope this helps Frank:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/stickbow98/BracketPads1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/stickbow98/59KodiakBD36860in51shelfside3.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/stickbow98/RHLeatherHoodedQuiver.jpg)
Kenny, as for the arrows, I'm not certain- but they were priced at only $19.95, so they were were awhile back for sure! I'm sure Trap will find them on the CD, if not I will try and find out.
>>--Ron--<>
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I liked the leather/velcro setup so much when you first posted, I had a friend in the upholstry business make up a set.
They look fantastic, but they slipped from the vibration of shooting. I've been using stretchy rubber arm tourniquets with better success lately. No slipping but they are UGLY! will cover them with camo tape for hunting.
Will get some pics up in a couple days.
Brad
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Kenny,
From looking at the Bear Catalog CD, I'd say the yellow fletched arrows are mid to late 70s vintage.
Trap
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Thanks for the reply Trap....
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Thanks Trap.
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Brad,
You are correct, and I failed to mention I had the same problem at first. I took 2 small bands of bicycle inner tube (about the same width as my leather straps) and slid them on my bow UNDER where the leather pads went to provide some extra gripping power.
Once I placed the straps over the quiver pads and tubing, the whole assembly remained much more stable. It also allowed me to to tighten it down tighter and easier than before.
The pics I posted were taken BEFORE this was done. Sorry. :knothead:
Trap...Thanks for the research, Bud! :thumbsup:
>>--Ron--<>
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Yeah Ron, I think I'll barge cement a strip of this tourniquet rubber to the inside of the straps and pads. Glad to hear it works, because they look so good!!!
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TTT
I know you guys got more that just the few pictured here.Enjoying looking at this thread. :thumbsup:
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Reddogge,
Your lower set of arrows are most beautiful. I like that muted color tone you have going on there.
I agree with Trapp ... arrows sure are eye candy. You can have two guys shooting the same bow but you better have your own personality coming out in your "signature" arrows!
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One of my good hunting companions worked at a shop in Fairbanks, Alaska as a kid for a man named John Dodge. John was considered to be one of the best arrow smiths of all time. He made a limited set of "Grand Slam" arrow cases to represent each wild sheep species. My friend has the entire set and when you lay your eyes on these arrows, its dang near spiritual. I will try to did up some photos of this set for all to see. I know that Paul Brunner from the old Screaming Eagle catalog had a set because I saw them pictured on the wall in his catalog.
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Here is a pic of two self nocked arrows I made and (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc4/highlife6/selfnoc.jpg)another with a custom burned parabolic, my signature shape.