I made this arrow about 1 1/2 years ago, a cedar arrow made from shafts I had lying around for about 25 years, one of 23. It was fitted with a field point and shot almost every day.
 

Last spring I took a huge gouge out of it and scarfed a piece of cedar into the gouge and it shot another year with the piece added. Most told me to scrap the arrow and don't shoot it.
 

A hunk of cock feather is missing but it continued to shoot well until last week and I had a glancing blow on a log which finally killed it and relegated it to the dead arrow display.
   

Who says cedar is not tough? We don't need no stinking carbons.

I say... Put that arrow on the wall where it belongs! It sure earned a place in your heart.

... mike ...

I love my cedars, I have a couple that are 5 or 6 years old and keep on going!!  

thank you for taking care of the anti's!!!!!!!!

Very good point made here about carbon arrows.  To much technology IMHO!

Like ya said, One Tough Arrow.

Man if I can make any of my arrows last like that one I'd have it made.

I have a couple of stumpers that have rubber blunts on them. Those few arrows were bought in 1996 when I got my first custom longbow a "Green Mountain Catamount". I still carry them and shoot them at select targets when stump'n. I they were made by a fella by the name of John Kaufman from down near Newark Valley N.Y. Tough to beat cedar!!!! It even smells good!!!

Can't you shoot some superglue in there and give it a sinew wrap? That arrow is just about trained.

Killdeer   :D

glancing blows will kill an arrow, but if you split the back I have done just that killdeer! Just glue and wrap it up, re-nock it and good to go.

An arrow that good you don't break all at one time!  :D  

Jerry

Must have been what they did to arrows back in the Depression     - Reminds me of how Dad would always bend his nails back straight. JP