That would definitely be an upgrade.  This year I started rolling them and marking the stiff side; going to try not to rush and bareshaft each one, nock tune if necessary.  Wood would be nice to play with.  I like those taper tools, and had a fascination with an article on Forgewood a long time ago...even sketched up a dowel compressor.  It's probably sitting in a box with my bowpress parts from Bingham, lol.  My bowyer career only made it to board and backed.

That's very nice. I like that copper squirrel inlay.

Quote from: Kirkll on December 06, 2025, 09:04:40 PMIf you really want to get things fine tuned. I'd highly recommend using a spine tester on your bare shafts before you do anything, and get your stiff side towards the shelf...

You will be amazed how much difference the spine varies in carbon shafts just rotating them 90 degrees at a time.

Some of the economy shafts out there are all over the place in consistency, and trying to get a dozen matching shafts is almost impossible without buying 5-6 dozen shafts.... HUGE difference... They are worse than woodies in some cases... 


Even the high dollar shafts with very good straightness tolerances can vary a lot in spine just rotating them on a spine tester. Also doing this eliminates bare shaft tunning every shaft.

 Food for thought...

Kirk

Right on and even more important for woodies!

Very nice!!

If you really want to get things fine tuned. I'd highly recommend using a spine tester on your bare shafts before you do anything, and get your stiff side towards the shelf...

You will be amazed how much difference the spine varies in carbon shafts just rotating them 90 degrees at a time.

Some of the economy shafts out there are all over the place in consistency, and trying to get a dozen matching shafts is almost impossible without buying 5-6 dozen shafts.... HUGE difference... They are worse than woodies in some cases... 


Even the high dollar shafts with very good straightness tolerances can vary a lot in spine just rotating them on a spine tester. Also doing this eliminates bare shaft tunning every shaft.

 Food for thought...

Kirk

Shew, ain't even after deer season yet 😂 I've taken 3 deer with a No Mercy single bevel.  2 of the 3 had fantastic trails. 3rd it was a higher hit and lodged in shoulder. Zero blood trail, but heard her crash and was able to find the doe.  They were so easy to get razor sharp and I think that helps.  That said the vast majority of my deer have been taken with a Wensel Woodsman or a Simmons Shark of some kind with a smattering of VPA 3 blade.  They have always done really well. Of the 3 the VPA is easiest to sharpen(SO easy!), but really don't have a problem with any of them. 
If the SB are working for ya have at it. I do prefer a 3 blade or a wide 2 blade like a Simmons. They just flat work.  I took a doe last weekend with my Toelke Chinook 43# and a razor sharp VPA 3 blade.  Longish shot, complete pass thru and watched her drop in an about 40yds. Ridiculous blood. Shot placement, razor sharp head = no problems.  

Thanks.... I got er done....I don't do face book very often. I had forgotten about that route.   Kirk

Quote from: Terry Green on December 05, 2025, 11:24:32 AMWhat are you planning on hunting with this point?Wait????

Whitetail deer

I shoot a fixed crawl.  I have bows from 58" to 64".  You can get a 58" or 60" bow to shoot a fixed crawl but it will be louder (in my experience).  I had a very hard time getting my shorter bows quiet.  The 64" was much easier to get quiet.  You can get it quieter by choosing a point on distance that is a little further out.  Nock point will be higher.

ILF does make it easier to set the tiller but it didn't make a huge difference in sound for me.  But you can get a Tabow riser (copy of a Satori) for fairly cheap and some Nika C2 limbs and be in a bow for under $400.  Then you can always get longer or shorter limbs and better limbs later on. 

Rob, I just stumbled upon your same conclusion; faked out by spending too much time on the 3R spine calculator than actual trial and error!...again.
The 500's that would spine from my 45# LB @29", are Axis with 200 total up front.  Grabbed a standard diameter bareshaft from my 39# recurve and shazaam.  I was able to get 260 to 275 up front.  I'll spend more time with it tomorrow, but it's looking good.  Around 23% and 515 to 540 grains (one is camo wrapped), 160fps.  And for any future archive hunters, this was about 1/8" from center.  I didn't have much success with centershot.