I finished these arrows today. Cut the river cane near my parents place in Oklahoma over a year ago.
Shot the goose this winter and saved the feathers for the fletching.
4 are true flu flu types, as I didn't trim the feathers, and they make quite a bit of sound as the "fly" through the air.
The other two aren't trimmed either but are from shorter width feathers.
I made some small game blunts from 1/4" all thread and I forget what the other piece is called. It is a barbed washer that is treaded and super glued into place. I cut the all thread at 3" so it will set deep into the shaft, so the heads weigh 250 gr. Can we say extreme efoc?! The shaft with a broadhead on it had a hole a little too large for the all thread, besides I wanted to mount a broadhead on one. I had a broken carbon shaft from last year's kill, and it fit perfectly.
The 5 small game arrows are heavy, weighing in at between 700-800 gr. That ought to punch a hole in a bunny!
Because the broadhead is lighter, the total weight of that arrow is 630 gr. still plenty heavy.
I took them out and shot them a little and they fly really well. That barbed washer really grabs the grass and doesn't go anywhere, so no lost arrows under the grass.
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nice! great project cant wait to see some kill pics with these arrows
They are called t-nuts.
Nice cane arrows. did you make self nocks or use glue ons?
They are self nocks. The way I do cane is to glue in a hardwood dowel, usually 1/4". I glue in about 2", then cut the nock and add artificial sinew for strength.
I did these arrows about a year ago, right after getting the cane. You can see the ends a little clearer in them.
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Thing is, the stone point is so nice I've never shot it. I just put it up over some antlers in my office.
For some reason the nock end didn't come through in my last post. Try again.
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Oh and I forgot, when adding a glue on point or one where you cut a slot, I add a piece of hardwoord dowel to the front as well. That way you can cut it to a point for glue on's or have added strength for others.
Those look pretty cool. Good job.
That's cool. I didn't know you could use goose feathers for fletching, but I guess I never really thought of it. Are they as good or superior to turkey feathers?
Very cool - me likes!
Nice job- I like the allthread points.