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dogleg:
Sailordad,

I'll be able to reuse the arrow, thankfully.  I made it about 2 inches long, and she only broke right at the back of the point-notch.  So I think I'll either make it into a blunt, or better yet, I've got a leaf shaped medevil type point I'm working on.  Forge is still down, so I'm just doing the one, with the oxy/acetylene torch.  Just gotta work out a tool to form the ferrule.  Might be an afterlife, for this one.  Sorry to hear about yours, though.  You get that sinking feeling, when it happened?  I sure did.  She may not be fancy, but that first one's kinda special.  Not to mention the time it takes to make these things, completely by hand.  I've got not feather cutter, fletching jig, or any of that yet.  Although, honestly, I kinda think it's more fun, that way.  ;)

By the way, how do you guys work down the quills?  Took me longer to do that than to do the rest of the arrow.  ???

dogleg

Sparrow:
Thats a fine looking arrow.  I do the quills the hard way with a razor and sandpaper,I saw someones little jig here on PA and saw the light.Haven't made one and tried it out yet,but I will.  Look down the line on this thread and look for something on feather trimming.  '  Frank

mahtosapanumpa:
Dogleg,
   I make a clamp with two pieces of a wood with a leather hinge on one side. The feather fits between with the quill riding along the top where I can file it down with a flat file and some sand paper.







Kirby

dogleg:
Thanks guys, looks a heck of a lot easier.  I'll give it a try.

dogleg

ken75:
are you stripping the fletch off of the quill ?, turkey and goose feathers are the only ones i've been able to do this with.makes it easy to attach and no grinding !

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