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woot! gettin' the wood ready for spring ...

Started by Rob DiStefano, January 19, 2011, 07:19:00 PM

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Rob DiStefano

IAM ~ The only government I trust is my .45-70 & my Ol' Brown Bess

drewsbow

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GRINCH

Looks like the makings for some beautiful arrows.
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doug77

Dang Rob those are sweet. Did I read someware you use sharpies for the cresting.

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lpcjon2

Very sweat Rob,Do you ever use a flat finish on any of your arrows?
Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a
difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem.
—President Ronald Reagan

Bonebuster

Building arrows like those is good medicine!!!

Come on spring!!!!  :thumbsup:  

Awesome!!!!

Wannabe1

Rob, those look great! Mine aren't going to be as fancy but, Surewoods with a light Walnut stain.
 
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Green

Beautiful Rob. Working on a 1/2 doz myself.  Tell us about your choices for stain/finish/cresting if you would.
ASL's, Selfbows, and Wood Arra's
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1oldbowguy

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Cookus

Nice looking arrows Rob!   The silver metallic fines in the crest really set them off!
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chad graham

those are sweeeet , splice some feathers and fletch em up!

stringstretcher

Great looking arrows there Rob.  Love the colors
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5deer

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Dirtybird

Rob I like those top ones with the orange cap.   :thumbsup:

Rob DiStefano

tw, seen yer arras b4, they're sweeties!   :thumbsup:  

i use water based aniline dye to stain some of the shafts - it comes in powder form and i mix to the depth of color i prefer.

dye goes on bare wood first, using masking tape to separate the uncolored shaft wood.  after drying, it gets 0000 steel wooled, cleaned with a paper towel, wiped with minwax gloss wipe-on polyu.  progress through 3 or 4 wipes of clear w/0000 wooling between coats.  for a dull finish, wool the last coat.

cresting is done exclusively with chisel tip sharpies and a pentel silver pen.  they dry up pretty hard and are left as is, no clear overcoat.  i don't like to spend a lotta time on finishing and it takes only 1.5 days for me to complete 2 to 3 dozen shafts, ready for fletching and pointing up.

make up some woodies, kill some kritters with 'em, it's a good thing!   :D
IAM ~ The only government I trust is my .45-70 & my Ol' Brown Bess

lpcjon2

4x4 low profile banana cut feathers maybe goose.Am I close Rob
Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a
difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem.
—President Ronald Reagan

Rob DiStefano

definitely, the red caps will get white banana 4-fletch, relatively hi-profile, chopped.

the rest will be a mix of processed and natural gray bar turks, and some natural gray goose, some chopped some burnt.  the shapes will be banana and a special trad design i'm working on.  some 4 fletch, maybe some 3 fletch (heresey!!!!).

that's part of the fun of arrow building, making up designs and colors as you work the materials.

woodsman, tusker concorde and eclipse broadheads.

plus, i love the smell of burning feathers in the evening!   :D
IAM ~ The only government I trust is my .45-70 & my Ol' Brown Bess

HcSmitty

when i saw first set(the red n green) my heart rate pic up n my stomach lightened.  those things are atrractive without fletchin's on em.

Rob DiStefano

QuoteOriginally posted by HcSmitty:
when i saw first set(the red n green) my heart rate pic up n my stomach lightened.  those things are atrractive without fletchin's on em.
heheheh, i like them the least.  my faves are the amber capped ones.
IAM ~ The only government I trust is my .45-70 & my Ol' Brown Bess


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