I bought a 100 pack of  5/16" birch wood dowels following the thread in the How-to.  I stained them using a dark walnut and put on 4 coats of wipe-on Poly.  They came out to around 30" OAL with 125 gr tips. They weigh around 575-580 grains.  I'm shooting them out of my 45# Grizzly and they shoot great!  They weigh about 60 grains more than the 2016's I was shooting.  I do notice a little more arrow drop, but the bow is much quieter.  I used a drill for the homemade Sharpie cresting. What do you guys think?  I'm liking them a lot. They're not perfect by any means, but they shoot good.          Thanks to the How-to section, they turned out pretty good for some cheap arrows.

 
 
 

Nice looking arrows, good work!
-Jay

I think they look good.

NICE!!  

I like those a lot. Love the colors.

I wish my first arrows looked that good. Wonderful job.

Very nice!  That stain looks sweet!

Those are nice!!! I like your color combo as well, good job

Thanks for all of the compliments.  Woodies are so much more work than aluminums or carbons....but they sure are worth the work and time.  I can't wait to take a critter with one of them.  I've got some broadheads on the way.  I love this site.

Nice looking arrows, I like them all, especially the centre one without the stain under the fletch.

You did real good.

doug77

QuoteOriginally posted by Arrowest:
Nice looking arrows, I like them all, especially the centre one without the stain under the fletch.

Yeah, I made a couple of those to see which I liked the best.  I also like the two tone arrows better.

Nicely done  

very nice !

Very nice,wouldnt have guessed they were your first.    

Those are really nice and quite similar to the first dozen I made a few months ago. My cresting is a bit naff though as I did it by hand.



Here's what I used to make them.

They really look good, like the color of those shifts.

Good looking arrows. Half the fun and lure of wood is working with them. Good  job.    

Great job. They look real nice.

Very nice looking set of arrows!