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Title: Finished some woodies today
Post by: V-Archer on April 27, 2008, 12:12:00 PM
Today I have finished some woodies. They are made of tapered shafts (23/64 to 5/16) that I bought from Waipity Archery.
Specs: 470 gr, 30" long, 125 gr field point, 5" True Flight RW shield helical fletched.
I will use them for 3-d shoots where only wooden arrows are allowed.
First picture: me getting the index feather colored, the other pictures the result.

V-Archer   :campfire:  

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l118/V-Archer/Arrows/Aprilarrows4.jpg)

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l118/V-Archer/Arrows/Aprilarrows1.jpg)

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l118/V-Archer/Arrows/Aprilarrows2.jpg)
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: FJTOYMAN on April 27, 2008, 12:45:00 PM
Good Work!
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: Fletcher on April 27, 2008, 12:53:00 PM
Very Nice!  Are those Zwickey field points?    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: John3 on April 27, 2008, 12:58:00 PM
Beautiful work !!
How many hours start to completion to finish a dozen?


John III
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: Jerry Jeffer on April 27, 2008, 01:04:00 PM
real nice V, great work.
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: bowhunterfrompast on April 27, 2008, 01:07:00 PM
:thumbsup:
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: V-Archer on April 27, 2008, 01:08:00 PM
Fletcher: No they are top-hat screw-on field points.

John III: These took about 10 hours to complete. This is exclusive dry time for the coats and painting.

BTW: I forgot to add the spine: 50# to 55#.

V-Archer
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: East Coast archer on April 27, 2008, 01:36:00 PM
V-
What do you use to color the feathers?  Looks like a marker?  They look great.
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: Chris Surtees on April 27, 2008, 01:47:00 PM
Nice arrows!
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: Red Boar on April 27, 2008, 02:16:00 PM
Wow, works of art!!!   :notworthy:
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: LEOPARD on April 27, 2008, 02:20:00 PM
Those are some beautiful looking arrows! Well done!  ;)   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: V-Archer on April 28, 2008, 02:23:00 PM
For those who are interested in the markers I use: For the index feather I use a waterproof fabric marker (red), they come in different colors. For the black rings I use a waterproof Lumocolor marker pen (fine) from Staedtler.

V-Archer
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: Toklat1 on April 28, 2008, 11:05:00 PM
Outstanding job! Where do you purchase these markers?
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: sagebrush on April 28, 2008, 11:23:00 PM
That looks a lot easier than splicing the fletch. Which is what I have been doing. Gary
Title: Re: Finished some woodies today
Post by: V-Archer on April 29, 2008, 03:17:00 PM
Mark,

The waterprof fabric marker I got from a lady that had them as left over. She used them to make color drawings on T-shirts. My guess is that you can buy these kind of pens/markers in a sewing shop or fabric shop somewhere.
As for the black waterproof markers you can buy them in hobby shops, office appliances etc.

Arnold