how i make primitive arrows... w/pics

[300lbleaf]

ok.
i started out with six maple and dogwood shoots.
cut dried and they were almost all the way scraped...

next i had to heat straighten them...





now the shafts are ready to be cut all to the same length,and i made sure that the nock and the point end were very close to matching sizes...

then i marked my starting points for my self nocks, here i used a hacksaw blade with tape to score and a tile blade to finish the cut...



now i sand the inside a little...and dress it up...

[300lbleaf]

i previously cut and stripped right wing turkey feathers the night before....

stripped and chewed a little of last years deer backstrap sinew..

[300lbleaf]

fletched them up and added wraps at the fore and aft of  feather, and also rienforced the nock...



and now for the buisness end. i just marka common distance...from end of my finger to first joint, then i draw a circle in the center of the shoot so i do NOT REMOVE THIS AREA!
and start removing wood.




and thats what im working on now.whew.
jamie

[Pat B]

Nice work, Jamie and a great pictorial. Ain't them shoot arrows fun! I use mostly sourwood but have used red osier, gray dogwood, silky dogwood and viburnum. I have not tried maple yet but there is plenty around. Shoots make some of the toughest arrows around.   Pat

[Rico]

Show us more. Great job

[**DONOTDELETE**]

kool... looking great so far...

[mountaindog]

great tutoriol... keep em' coming...  

[LEOPARD]

Good job! Great pics too....

[ber643]

Great, Jamie, just great - and fine praise from one of the nicest "shoot arrow gurus" I know, Pat B; that's rewarding, trust me    

[BamBooBender]