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My First Full Set of Arrows

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dmassphoto:
Well, It's been probably 2 weeks and I finally got myself a full set of arrows made.  Lol I probably spent more making them than what I could've bought some, but the fact that I made these with my bare hands, and the fact that they shoot straight (mostly)  :D give me more pride than any fancy set could.  They're not pretty, but I think the beauty is in the imperfections, or at least thats what I tell myself  :D

During my learning process, I decided to use different fletchings to see what I liked best.  I accidently ordered red barred feathers from 3rivers thinking they would be red/white.  Oh well.  The shafts are Poplar dowels I found at Lowes for about $0.78 ea.  The fletchings are held on by fletching tape and the string that binds them is regular thread from Walmart.  I fletched all arrows using a $1 bag clip from the dollar store. They don't go on perfect, but maybe folks back in the old days didn't bother with jigs either.


My favorite, and actually my first arrow I made, is the one of the far right.  It doesn't shoot as well as the others, but it just feels comfortable.  Probably because I sanded down the top and bottom on the nock-end to give a sort of "finger groove."  So far, the shavings I did haven't broken it, but I'm only shooting a 37#.  My second favorite is the one with the white feathers.  I just like the English look of them :)


And yes, the walls in my office are painted orange.

sailordad:
dmassphoto

first off i will say,i love the orange walls.very relaxing,calming color.my fav too
now as far as the arrows go
dude if that aint pretty enough for ya,i'll take the standard turkey feather flecthed ones,me likey  ;D ;)

it does take awhile to make your own,and your right the satisfaction of making a nice shooting arrow is way better than any store bought one.
soon you will be doing them with materials you have gathered and not bought(i.e. turkey feathers,sinew),yup your doing just fine with them
like most of us,you will keep trying to out do yourself with the next set and the next set and so on and so on

keep up the nice work

                                                                                 peace,
                                                                                      tim

iskummulak:
just one word...beautiful....Greg.

aero86:
looks awesome!  fletching tape is great!  and i still put my feathers on by hand as well!  it is great shooting arrows you made yourself, and when youve got a bow that you made yourself as well, that feels great!

youngbowyer33:
thoses are sweet. i also like the one with the white fletchings

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