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hedgeapple:
I completed me very first arrow last night.  It's bamboo, 2 feather style.  It took me 2 hours to straighten and temper.  Hopefully, I can cut that time in half on my next one. 

It took 3 attempts to get a nock attached.  My first was a deer antler nock.  It was waaay to tight on the string.  When I shot the arrow the arrow flew but the nock broke off from the bamboo.  The nock was still on the string while the insert was in the bamboo.  My second attempt was a eastern red cedar nock.  It split.  So, split a piece of red oak and worked it down.  It's holding up.

The shaft is from a sack of tomatoe stakes my wife had in the greenhouse.  I don't have turkey feather or anything else more romantic.  But, I do have chicken feathers.  hahaha.

The arrow probably flys better than I shoot.  Newby in the art of intuitive shooting.  I was shooting at 10 yards.  The parabox stabalize in half that distance.  The arrow were straight in the foam.

The tip is something I'm sure some of you have created before.  I dreamed it up a couple days ago.  I'm calling it a "bunny button"  It's made from deer antler.

Hopefully, the picture will post.
Dave

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hedgeapple:
close up pictures

Any advice or suggestions are welcome

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ricktrojanowski:
That is a sweet looking arra.  I really like those chicken feathers.  I like seeing something different. Any interest in trading some chicken feathers like that for some goose feathers?

Pat B:
Nice arrow. I also like the idea of using other types of feathers. As long as the work, why not. Your cane shaft looks like a good one. The long internodes reminds me of Bambusa. Self nocks work well in cane arrows. That's all I use.
The point is interesting too and I bet it will thump Thumper! ;D    Pat

hedgeapple:
Rick, I bought 25 chicks of mixed breeds back in Sept.  I got tired of eating nasty store bought chicken.  Those feathers were from the last 2 I killed.  The previous ones were too small.  I will be killing about 8 more and I will harvest the feathers.  I can't garrantee them to be the same color since the breeds are different.  I do have a few that color.  But, I'd concider a trade.  PM

Pat, do you glue a plug in the cane before you self nock? 

Thanks guys for the comments.

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