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California Indian Style Archery Set Build-a-long
JackCrafty:
Uwe, I'll measure the arrowhead soon and post the dimensions. If you have access to "The Official Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification and Price Guide 9th Edition" , the arrowhead is shown in full size.
Yes, the sinew wrapping not only holds the fletching in place, it strengthens the nock and helps with the pinch grip too. :)
JackCrafty:
Oops, correction: the bone arrowhead appears in the 10th edition of the Overstreet Guide, page 974.
JackCrafty:
After reviewing my previous posts in this build-along, it appears that my arrows increased in spine for some reason (see reply #32 and reply #9). Maybe they dropped in moisture content and became stiffer.... ???. Maybe the shafts became stiffer after straightening with heat (heat tempering)? I don't remember using a lot of heat (reply #11)......hmmmm.
Anyway, I'll try to figure out what happend and see if I can get them shooting straight when they are ready for another shooting session. I might try scraping them a little more.
Time is short this week. Hopefully I can resume the build along next week and finish up. :)
uwe:
I use garden bamboo for my arrows and have been straightening them with dry heat. I haven`t have any problems with the spine even with thicker ones (5/16"- 3/8"). I soot them on a short, about 55" Osage recurve bow. May be I`m lucky in the correct spine range or ....?
Thanks already for some measurings or scans.
Regards Uwe
JackCrafty:
Uwe, send me a PM with your email address and I will send you a drawing of some bone/antler arrowheads from the book and from the web. It is in pdf (Adobe) format...I can't scan images right now. The drawing contains 7 arrowheads with dimensions (including the arrowhead in this build-along).
When I am able to scan the drawing as an image, I will post it here.
Anyone else who's interested.....send me a PM with your email. :)
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