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Anyone make their own Field Points? Added Pics and Video
Bushbow:
Thanks everyone for their input. I do not have a lathe, but I do have a drill press. Not the same but it may help. I like the nail idea, I also have some thoughts on using steel tubing.The narrow blade insert is also a possibility, especially since I work for a company that fabricates stainless steel equipment, cut with a laser (not quite primitive, but it is an older laser). I will post an update once I get something made.
jthompson1995:
Bushbow - Be careful not to put too much sideways pressure on your drill press. The quill could get messed up if you do.
Hillbilly:
Those nail points that Little John makes are da bomb. They're much better than glue-ons, you can adjust the weight by trimming the nail length, and they don't stick as bad as regular field points in 3D targets, trees and such.
aero86:
i like the ones i made. i just use a drill bit to clean out the center. just clamp it good and tight with some vice grips.
Jude:
I came across something quite some time ago, for recreating Mongol style iron broadheads, using 80-100 penny nails. The person would cold forge the tip of the nail into the broadhead shape, then cut it off at the desired length plus the length of the shaft. The shank was shaped by making 4 cuts lengthwise from the base, tic-tac-toe fashion, leaving a square shank in the center, and the outer sections removed with perpendicular cuts at the base of the head. I think if you just dressed up the nail point, rather than hammering it out, you could have a bodkin-like field point. Of course, then there's what do you do with the 6-8" of left over nail? :-\
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