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primitive arrows...pics

Started by StephenR, September 13, 2007, 12:06:00 PM

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StephenR

A friend of mine made these.They are sourwood shoots,and came in at 675 gr.I am impressed.


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BamBooBender

Really nice! Did he make the trade points too? The bulge at the end that transitions into the shaft is interesting.
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Curtiss Cardinal

Beautiful! In a lethal sort of way.
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Pat B

Sourwood arrows are my favorite. They are tough and make a good, heavy, hard hitting arrow. These look very nice and effective.    Pat
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StephenR

A bladesmith made the trade points for him.

NoCams

Is he going to put any hafting behind the point to keep the notch from opening up ? What is that bulge, is it glue ?

These arrows are nice and deadly looking ! At 675 grains they will nock something down, probably a small oak on the far side after the pass thru, haha !!!     :biglaugh:  

nocams
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the Ferret

I'm impressed too! Tell your friend he does very nice work!   :thumbsup:    :notworthy:
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ber643

My first thought when I saw these was of my Sourwood Character arrow that was made/used by Pat B (posted above) and then given to me at an ATAR shoot - and how it had convinced me that sourwood shoot arrows equal great arrows. Pat's faith in them is well founded IMO. I'm sure you will find your friend's arrows surpprising in their service also - you are a lucky man to have them, just as I am lucky to have mine.

AND it shoots straight as an ... arrow! (Yep, snakeskin cresting!)

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Big Dave

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Roy from Pa

Very nice arrows, wish you well with them this season.

mcgroundstalker

Now THAT is Cool!!!  :thumbsup:

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Killdeer

Beautiful work, Stephen. Make sure you don't draw them too far back! Those things'll cut coming and going!

Nocams, if you take a good look, you will see that the shaft is wrapped (very finely, and very evenly, and waterproofed to boot) behind the head. That rascal will not split!

Killdeer  :thumbsup:
Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.

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NoCams

Thanks Killy ! I see it now. My son is playing around with cane arrows and of course his wraps are a little rougher looking, not quite got the technique down yet. He needs to get some finer artificial sinew too, his is a little too big.
                     :campfire:  

nocams
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rdoggsilva

Great looking arrows. wish I could do work like that.

Tom Krein

Those look GREAT!!

Very nice work and THANKS for sharing the pics!!

Tom

Al Kidner

Some fine work there all right.
"No citizen has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever Seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable." Socrates.

Killdeer

Nocams, mine look a little coarse, too, compared to that work. The artificial sinew can be split down to a very small strand, just tease it apart. I use real stuff, very easy to save from the topside of the backstrap. Those fibers get REAL fine! I just strip it much like skinning a fish. I clean it with a knife, spread it out and hang it to dry. Store it in plastic bags when it's done. When I want thread, I just tease out a strip and divide it 'til I find what I want. I soak the stiff thread in water, or hold it in my mouth to soften it. I sometimes catch myself midway through a wrap, eating the next thread...I love noodles.  :rolleyes:  

Killdeer
Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.

~Longfellow

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