I have a crepe myrtle bush in my front yard and every spring when I prune it back some of the pieces I cut off look like they could be made into arrows. So last spring I saved some of the pieces I cut off.

This winter I thought I would try to make some arrows from them. I scraped the bark off with a knife.  
I used a heat gun to straighten them.

Then I planed, rasped, filed, scraped, and sanded them till I got a usable shaft.

I was shooting for something in the 55-60lb. range. I got a little too aggressive on the first one and it ended up at 54lb. The second one came in at 57lb. They are tapered from 11/32 at the point end to 5/16 at the nock end and weigh in the low to mid 600 grain range.

I think they turned out pretty well.

And they shoot well also.

Well I got to prune my crepe myrtle.
Thanks for looking.
Jack

Very Nice    love the splicing and color!

Now that's just too cool. Great job!

Your end results were well worth the efforts.  Really nice work.    

you have skills

Very nice!

They sure look great!  True works of art!

outstanding job....love the colors!


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Glenn

Holy moly, I'm cuttin down all the bushes!

Nice work.

You are an artist Jack!  Very cool!

Man that is impressive.  I feel good when I do not screw up fletching reagular old shafts ... your are amazing!

BOb.

Whaou,lot of work but the result is very very nice.
Congrats

Now THAT was cool!

Hard to believe those crooked cuttings in the first photo became those absolutely gorgeous shafts in the final photos.  You did a remarkable job there and I am certainly impressed.

Did I mention I run a lawn service,if you need someone to prune your bushes... Very nice love the finished look.

Coolest thread ive seen in a while!!

Nice arrows!

Wow, if those turned out "pretty good" you have a much higher standard for arrows than me. I couldn't imagine making that nice of an arrow. Great work.

Unbelievable!

very cool!