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Title: What Do You Do With Broken Arrows?
Post by: Whip on December 20, 2007, 09:09:00 PM
Make Christmas ornaments of course!

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Post by: BigRonHuntAlot on December 20, 2007, 09:10:00 PM
:bigsmyl:    :clapper:
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Post by: rabbitman on December 20, 2007, 09:15:00 PM
You're ate up Joe!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Whip on December 20, 2007, 09:20:00 PM
No, my arrows are ate up - by rocks and trees and stumps and stuff  :bigsmyl:
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Post by: Gatekeeper on December 20, 2007, 09:21:00 PM
Now that's making lemonade out of lemons.
Very creative Whip!
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Post by: vermonster13 on December 20, 2007, 09:28:00 PM
I like it!
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Post by: Jim now in Kentucky on December 20, 2007, 09:38:00 PM
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Post by: Rico on December 20, 2007, 09:59:00 PM
Good Ideal but I wouldn't have any room for lights and bulbs if I was to hang all my  broken arrows.
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Post by: Red Beastmaster on December 20, 2007, 10:20:00 PM
So far in 2007 I have broken or lost 139 arrows (yes, I count).

Most of them were broken in a little patch of woods behind the house where I stump shoot. I always launch what's left toward a rock outcropping in the center of the woodlot. Been doing it for years.

The rock pile looks like an arrow grave yard.  :)
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Post by: John C Keith on December 21, 2007, 12:03:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Jim in Maine:
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Jim:
I have stared at this pic for like five minutes...  what are those?

I used to make pens from my broken aluminums but don't shoot em anymore.  With woodies, it depends on how short it breaks.  I may make it into a short stumper/ rabbit arra or keep it around until I find a good way to remove the fletching to reuse.  Hey I am cheap!  Usually take a good sniff  on the cedars and send the rest to the kindling pile.
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Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on December 21, 2007, 12:09:00 AM
Very cool Christmas idea.
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Post by: Littlefeather on December 21, 2007, 06:20:00 AM
Wait! If yours are broke Jason they'll fit me fine!  :bigsmyl:   Don't hang em on the tree. CK
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Post by: varmint on December 21, 2007, 07:17:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by John C Keith:
 
QuoteOriginally posted by Jim in Maine:
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Jim:
I have stared at this pic for like five minutes...  what are those?

I used to make pens from my broken aluminums but don't shoot em anymore.  With woodies, it depends on how short it breaks.  I may make it into a short stumper/ rabbit arra or keep it around until I find a good way to remove the fletching to reuse.  Hey I am cheap!  Usually take a good sniff  on the cedars and send the rest to the kindling pile. [/b]
Those are used to repair arrows,I bought 2 dozen from him and they work great.Hardest part is sanding down to smooth the transition on the shaft.They work good for arrows that break right at the point or a few inches back.
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Post by: Bone lake on December 21, 2007, 07:31:00 AM
Great idea, got one more thing to do this weekend.
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Post by: Longbeard on December 21, 2007, 01:19:00 PM
Varmit,

I chucked mine up in my crester to slowly rotate the whole shaft, then just wrapped the sandpaper around the shaft & held on to the ends of the paper.  Perfectly smooth at the joint and when re-dipped in Poly, you couldn't feel any indication that they were t separate pieces of wood.
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Post by: ChristopherO on December 21, 2007, 01:25:00 PM
That reminds me of the "shotgun santas" a friend made out of old red shotgun shells.  They're cute on the tree.

I've taken broken aluminums and used parts of the shafts to foot my carbon shafts with.
Everything has a purpose!
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Post by: Bjorn on December 21, 2007, 01:34:00 PM
Those ornaments are really neat! I'm going to make some tonight.
Jim I love the reparrows-gotta be one of the better archery innovations around!
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Post by: Gene Roberts on December 21, 2007, 03:18:00 PM
Sweet,I havent broken an arrow yet.(A few months)
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Post by: elk ninja on December 21, 2007, 03:22:00 PM
'mater steaks!
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Post by: Problem Child on December 21, 2007, 05:21:00 PM
I'd thought about making a bullseye out of plywood and paint the red,blue,yellow and white circles, and then drilling a few holes the size of the broken shafts and gluing the shafts in the holes.It would look pretty cool in a shop or something.   :knothead:
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Post by: pointy sticks on December 21, 2007, 05:51:00 PM
cut off below the cresting. Drill out the center 5-6 inches tapper the end and incert the ink tube from a bic pen into the shaft. Instant pretty pen.
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Post by: Steve H. on December 21, 2007, 06:08:00 PM
Launch whats left and bid them farewell with the saying "Fly Be Free!".  I think that came from Robin Williams as Mork when he would throw up an egg to set it free......
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Post by: beachbowhunter on December 21, 2007, 06:20:00 PM
...working on a selfbow...making ornaments...geez Joe you're practically one of Santa's Elves!

Merry Christmas my friend!
Norb
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Post by: Eastern fisher on December 21, 2007, 06:45:00 PM
Very Cool!!!!!!!!
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Post by: buckshot95 on December 21, 2007, 07:07:00 PM
I don't make ornaments out of arrows. I make pencils out of them well i don't shoot wooden arrows!!!
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Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on December 21, 2007, 07:34:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Littlefeather:
Wait! If yours are broke Jason they'll fit me fine!   :bigsmyl:    Don't hang em on the tree. CK
I think they're beyond repair.   ;)  

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Post by: Cupcake on December 21, 2007, 08:18:00 PM
I am with pointy sticks.

I put Bic pen inserts in the broken aluminum or carbon shafts and give them to people.  They are always a big hit.  Chicks really dig 'em for some reason.  I recently gave one to my boss and she reports that all of the executive types want one.

Fortunately they are rare these days; as I get better I break fewer arrows.