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Title: New sitka spruce arrows.
Post by: Pat B on August 20, 2018, 02:02:41 PM

A few months back, Wayne from True Shaft Archery sent me 2 doz. Sitka spruce shafts. I finally made some arrows from one dozen. These are 45#-50# spined shafts. I did the crown with white spray paint, the minimal black cresting with craft paint and sealed with spray poly. These have self nocks with sinew wrap. The fletching were attached with fletch tape then a sinew wrap fore and aft. The red guinea feather were added for decoration with sinew wrap. All sinew wraps were sealed with pitch varnish and the tracers are rabbit zonkers added with fletch tape.
(https://i.imgur.com/zlE7fHu.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/LGwpte6.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/InNiEN5.jpg)

Title: Re: New sitka spruce arrows.
Post by: Pat B on August 20, 2018, 02:07:39 PM

BTW...6 of these will have trade points that are being made for me.

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Post by: Bluewater47 on August 20, 2018, 02:38:51 PM

Very nice sir !!  I like them.

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Post by: fmscan on August 20, 2018, 03:59:33 PM

Those are SOOO nice...

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Post by: Pat B on August 20, 2018, 05:20:24 PM

Thanks guys. A little overkill but that's OK. 

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Post by: Wannabe1 on August 20, 2018, 05:35:39 PM

Those are some sweet traditional arrows! Nice work! :clapper: :thumbsup:

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Post by: WESTBROOK on August 20, 2018, 05:37:18 PM

Lookin good Pat....nice plumage :thumbsup:

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Post by: Sam McMichael on August 20, 2018, 05:49:55 PM

Those are very attractive arrows!

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Post by: Bisch on August 20, 2018, 05:58:43 PM

Good work!!! If your gonna shoot wood arrows, you might as well make them as pretty as you can!!!

Bisch


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Post by: hitman on August 20, 2018, 06:26:02 PM

Never shoot an ugly wood arrow , pretty ones kill better and look better doing it.

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Post by: MnFn on August 20, 2018, 07:37:54 PM

Overkill? Nah, no such thing.  They look great.

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Post by: slowbowjoe on August 20, 2018, 07:43:18 PM

Fine looking arrows Pat!

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Post by: TradBrewSC on August 20, 2018, 08:42:51 PM

Way cool

Title: Re: New sitka spruce arrows.
Post by: Pat B on August 20, 2018, 10:26:50 PM

Thanks for the nice words guys. I haven't made a set of arrows in a while. Usually my cane and hardwood shoot arrows are made one at a time. Looking forward to getting them loaded and give them a try.  :archer2:

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Post by: Cmane07 on August 20, 2018, 10:59:51 PM

Those look goooood, I really like the guinea feather :thumbsup:

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Post by: Deno on August 20, 2018, 11:05:01 PM

Great lookin' arrows Pat. Wow!!

Deno

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Post by: WVFarrier on August 21, 2018, 06:03:33 AM

wow!

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Post by: TealCoin on August 21, 2018, 07:25:47 AM

Very nice work!  Not overkill IMO... I like the simplicity, yet artistic touches with added feather up front.  Not too eye popping in color choice, but these scream "traditional" to me.  Great job!

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Post by: Roy from Pa on August 21, 2018, 07:42:49 AM

Awesome job there, Pat..

 :thumbsup:

Title: Re: New sitka spruce arrows.
Post by: Pat B on August 21, 2018, 09:45:57 PM

Thanks everyone.

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Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on August 23, 2018, 03:00:18 PM

Pat B
those arrows look awesome!

Title: Re: New sitka spruce arrows.
Post by: Pat B on August 23, 2018, 04:47:26 PM

I appreciate it, Blake.

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Post by: ron w on August 23, 2018, 08:28:53 PM

Really nice job. :thumbsup:

Title: Re: New sitka spruce arrows.
Post by: Pat B on September 07, 2018, 12:16:16 PM

I got these finished up last evening. I added trade points made by Kevin Halverson from PA. The numbers on the points are their grain weight. After pairing them up with the appropriate arrow to get the weights close and after the pitch glue, sinew wrap and pitch varnish sealer I came with 2 arrows at 506gr, 2 at 508gr, 1 at 511gr and one at 520gr.
...a few pics...
(https://i.imgur.com/poDhK4X.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/YeuTejB.jpg)

Title: Re: New sitka spruce arrows.
Post by: zwickey2bl on September 10, 2018, 12:42:37 AM

Those look like they'd just kill stuff... Need to go get some blood on them.