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Jar lid bird point

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billy:
That's awesome!  I'll bet that flower painted on the lid will confuse the bird big time!  He'll be thinking "Wow, that a pretty flower....and it's coming toward me.  That makes things really easy...I'll just open my beak and the flower will go right into my... BOING!!!!!"

HAHAHAHA

recurve shooter:
yup. now i need to make one  and paint it like an acorn for these pesky squirls.  ::)

huntertrapper:
well done, thats very cool, so they would be for cane or bamboo so the nail slips in the shaft right?

welch2:
Yeah ,I use em on cane arrows . I cut the nail off and taper it a bit to fit. I leave the nail just a tiny bit to big for the first inch or two of the cane . Then I sinew wrap the cane past that (between 2 and 3 inches down the shaft) and I whittle the last half inch of the shaft to a taper .Next I dry fit the point ,splitting the last inch or two of the cane .

Then I cut a few little notches in the nail so it will grab the inside of the cane. Now it's time to mount it .Put some  pine tar (or epoxy) on the nail and in the hole ,insert the point into the cane . And finally wrap it from the earlier sinew wrapping to the end with sinew and hide glue . Add pine tar and charcoal after a few days.

Ralph

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