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Mallard fletching on Oceanspray

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Timo:
Those look great! I love OS shafts. I got some on a trade years ago, and still have them. My first stone kill was with OS.Makes a good heavy and tough arrow! Well done.

broken arrow:
To DanaM,

We will try to get you a bow sized piece of Oceanspray. Will keep you posted on that .

                                                                                                       Winston

ravenbeak:
The shafts were gathered this spring on southern vancouver island.
They were sliced with a razor knife producing a clean sharp point.  which i fire hardened and wrapped with sinew.  self nocked sinew wrapped.
 they were peeled in the bush and dried bound. once dried i was suprised to find i could not cut the shoots with a knife anymore.   

oceanspray has quickly become my favorite shafting.

while final tillering a bow a few months ago very late at night.,   i half drew and shot one of these arrows in my apartment at a brick wall from 20 feet.  The arrow hit and came straight back at me nearly missing my head.   

There is lots of oceanspray around here. and lots of nice shafting material.  It is easy to straighten and hard as nails. 
Finding bow sized wood is the problem.  it is a shrub.   so 30 lbs is the upper limit.  unless you start tying them together.

my dad made up the arrows from materials i had gathered.   and there should be a couple more duck fletched arrows coming along shortly if i know him..  these turned out really nice,

these speculum feathers are the offside feather on a right wing,  therefore, a left hand feather.  the question them becomes do you right or left hand spirally fletch?


thanks for the feedback,

medicinewheel:

These look beautiful!

uwe:
Very primitive looking, great! Duckwing feathers. We call these ducks "Stockente" in Germany.
Regards Uwe

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