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

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

Beautiful! In a lethal sort of way.

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

A bladesmith made the trade points for him.

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 !!!      

nocams

OUTSTANDING  

I'm impressed too! Tell your friend he does very nice work!      

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!)

:thumbsup:I like them  

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

Now THAT is Cool!!!  

... mike ...

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  

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.
                       

nocams

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

Those look GREAT!!

Very nice work and THANKS for sharing the pics!!

Tom

Some fine work there all right.

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