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I purchased these damascus heads from a Tradganger quite awhile ago. I think I wanted to get my arrow building skill up to where I felt comfortable installing these beauties on an arrow that would do them justice. I think it turned out pretty good. These heads are 155gr. The arrows weigh 628gr. The fletchings are off feathers that Killdeer had sent me. The shafts are Surewood Shafts made of douglas fir grown and harvested near where I live. I think this arrow will be first in my quiver while I pursue a blacktail buck in November! Thanks Doug for the heads. Thanks Killdeer for the feathers. :thumbsup:
Those are ugly. I'll come and get 'em tomorrow so you don't have to mess up your Blacktail bows with 'em. I will do that for you.
Really nice!!
Works of art..almost to nice to shoot....almost :bigsmyl:
That's what I like about you Okie..you're so thoughtful! :biglaugh:
Thanks Dave. I think I will be concentrating real hard when I shoot these!
Stunning arrow Snag, Lots of Mojo there....
Surewoods sure make a nice shaft...but why is it that mine never turn out as stunning as your's, Snag?
;) :bigsmyl: ;)
Shoot straight, hate to lose that one in the brush
I think I'll be concentrating just a little extra when I am about to let one of these fly! But that is what they are made for....to hunt with. I think I'll try one on a broadhead target today.
Shuwee Snag, those are "Purty". Do they get unreal sharp?
Very nice!!
WoW !!! Great Lookin Arrow !!! :clapper:
Wow! sure very nice! I'd love a damascus snuffer
F-Manny
Thanks for the nice comments guys.
TJ, these babies are razor sharp. Doug puts an unreal edge on them. I shot one this morning into my broadhead target. I picked a corner (dangerous territory! haha) because it hadn't been touched yet. That arrow penetrated beautifully AND it hit where I was looking! They are going into my quiver! What a combo...Surewoods, real turkey feather fletchings and damascus heads! :thumbsup:
snag what can I say....... :notworthy:
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Very nice!
Snag,
Could they be considered barbed?? I don't want you to miss out on hunt time because your talking to the OSP about gear issues. You just never know. Best of luck.
Great looking work. I can't tell if the shaft is tapered or rather blunt where the point is hafted on. Just a concern, please don't take it negative.
The black bear in my aviatar photo is the first critter to fall from one of those damascus points back in 2000! I had asked Doug if he had some small damascus scraps and he said come on down (we both lived in Mazzoura at the time) and we made something like three or four points. I used another on a doe WT and carried some for a few years looking for a brown bear opportunity. The originals we made were 3:1.
Looking forward to examining those babies in person!
snag....those are stunning...great job!
Dang, I can only hope my Surewood shafts can come marginally close to how yours do! Beautiful arrows! :thumbsup: :clapper:
Great looking arrows David, now go out and put em to use!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Very nice indeed.
58Winters, they are definitely not in the barbed category.
Doug, I will try my best to introduce one of these babies to a blacktail buck this month! I am positive they will be up to the task!
Hi Bjorn, it's getting to feel like blacktail season up here! The rains have quieted down the woods. The bucks are following does...game on!
Snakewood3 I did round off and slightly taper the shafts where they join the broadhead. I didn't taper as much as some do. I didn't want to provide a weak spot in the transition from shaft to head. By shooting into a broadhead target I am really impressed in their penetration. The only time I think there could be a problem is if it hit a rib dead on and split the rib perfectly in two. Then you would want as little resistance as possible. This is very low odds of happening. All the deer I have killed with a bow I have hit rib and deflected off of them and went in between them for complete pass through or near to it. I have confidence that these arrows will do the same.
Thanks for the comments. Hopefully there will be pics to follow!
I just remembered mine are on low spined shafts so maybe I'll have to break some out for MY Oregon trip too! I had zero problems so far with split shafts on trade points on cedars. I wrapped mine with dacron serving and soaked with superglue.
Beautiful work of functional art, snag! Only one thing would make me prouder. (go gettum!)
Killdeer :archer:
Those sure are the coolest thing I have seen in a while. I think I would like to know more about those heads and how to get my hands on a few :)
Some animal should be proud to die being hit with an arrow that pretty.
That's what I was thinking Centaur. That big ol' buck will probably just stand there and take it because it is the finest arrow and head he has seen... :thumbsup: :biglaugh:
Killdeer, I hope to place one of these arrows cleanly through a buck. If this happens I will be thanking the Lord and giving thanks to you and Doug for your contributions.