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JackCrafty:
Here's some pics of the latest set of Apache arrows I'm making for a friend of mine.  They are "working" reproductions...but they will only be used for display display and instructional purposes.

Materials:

Shafts:  phragmites reed
Foreshafts: Chinese privet
Feathers: domesticated duck
Wrapping: elk leg sinew
Glue: fish glue
Red Paint:  red ochre + shellac (button-lac)
Black Paint:  lamp black + shellac (button-lac)
Finish/Sealer: shellac (dewaxed blonde)
Arrowheads: obsidian, steel, and heat-treated Edwards chert
Arrowhead Glue:  1:2:1 Mix (by volume) beeswax + pine rosin + osage wood dust...and a little lamp black added for color.

Stone/obsidian arrowheads weigh in @ 20 to 22 grains each.  Steel arrowheads @ 40 grains each.
Stone arrowheads are made in the "desert side notch" tradition. Steel arrowheads are made similar to trade points found in West Texas & New Mexico.

Mrs. Hillbilly:
Patrick those are some nice arrows, lot of hard work went into them. 8)

Tina

cowboy:
I couldn't agree more Patrick - your doing some mighty fine work out there! Wish work didn't get in my way so much ;D.

JackCrafty:
Thanks Tina....it's only hard work if I didn't enjoy it.  ;)

Paul, thanks. You workin' in Austin?

Hillbilly:
Those are great looking arrows, Patrick. I really liked those guinea-fletched ones you had at Tennessee, too.

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