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Title: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: snag on February 04, 2008, 12:53:00 PM
I just finished these. I attended the Traditional Archers of Oregon Banquet last month and won these Rose City POC shafts. They were sealed already. So, I was a little worried about crowning, cresting, and sealing it all with spar urathene...worked! Thank you Raven Arrows for doing such a great job with grinding these feathers! I have tried doing this and with my set up it just wasn't going to be as good as what they do...so I sent them off to Jan and Tom. Sure glad I did. Well I think I will go bare shaft tune these. Oh, I started writing on the shafts the spine weight. With different bow weights, buying and selling bows, etc. I found this to be helpful.

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Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: X2 on February 04, 2008, 01:08:00 PM
Very nice looking arrows.  I live about 40 miles from raven arrows, and he does some great work.  Have fun with them.
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: hera on February 04, 2008, 01:19:00 PM
Very good arrow.
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: Kingstaken on February 04, 2008, 01:45:00 PM
Sweet LQQkers. Great job.  :clapper:
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: Downsouth on February 04, 2008, 03:13:00 PM
Very classy arrows!
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: doctari on February 04, 2008, 04:39:00 PM
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Nice arrows Snag, I just made these today. I split the feathers than ground them myself, except for the red barred ones. These are my ash arrows and this six will have 145 grizzlys on them. I also have a dozen with 145gr field tips and 4 with 145gr judo's. I call em chocolate covered cherries.  :biglaugh:
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: Bjorn on February 04, 2008, 04:49:00 PM
Nice work Snag!!
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: jrchambers on February 04, 2008, 04:58:00 PM
those are wonderfull, just a question how are you gunna bare shaft em with feathers?
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: BMN on February 04, 2008, 05:00:00 PM
Very nice!
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: snag on February 04, 2008, 06:29:00 PM
If you noticed there are only 7 in the picture. The other 5 are for bareshafting JR.

Nice work Doctari! That's kind of funny to think we were both arrow making at the same time and with turkey feathers. I like that...."chocolate covered cherries".  I think I'll have to call mine "vanilla sunday".
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: hera on February 05, 2008, 09:24:00 AM
In this thread,all are right wing.Is that right wing more popular then left wing?
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: snag on February 05, 2008, 09:30:00 AM
Seems to be Hera. I don't know why though. They both shoot the same. I have right helical clamps, so I use right wings. If I had left clamps I would make both.
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: snag on February 05, 2008, 12:50:00 PM
Bare shafted these this morning at 29.25" w/ 145gr tips. Man are they quiet! I am happy about that...wasn't sure what to expect. They are keepers.
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: buckshot95 on February 05, 2008, 04:07:00 PM
wow  they are all really nice
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: yellow bow on February 05, 2008, 06:49:00 PM
nice looking arrows guys.
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: Shawn Leonard on February 05, 2008, 06:53:00 PM
75-80# spine, those will not work for ya. Ya better send them my way!!! Very Nice! Shawn  :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: LEOPARD on February 05, 2008, 07:03:00 PM
Those are some great arrows!  ;)   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: Tater on February 05, 2008, 07:18:00 PM
Very nice job on those arrows! Right Wing / Left Wing seems to go by what area you are in, you can't find a right wing feather around here seems everybody applies that old rule of thumb Right hand shooters shoot Left Wing and Left Hand shooters shoot Right Wing.
Title: Re: First Arrows w/ Real Turkey Feathers
Post by: snag on February 05, 2008, 08:04:00 PM
What a guy that Shawn is! Always thinking of the other guy! lol

Tater, isn't that funny how that works?