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how to tie on an arrowhead?

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iowabow:
I am working on arrow shafts and arrowheads, my deer tendon is now all dried now and I have made pine glue so can someone illustrate the accepted practice for tying the arrowhead with the deer tendon strand (please). Maybe you could take a group of photos using a piece of string to illustrate the steps. thanks guys.

sailordad:
well once you get the shaft notched for the point
melt some pine pitch,apply pine pitch to the shaft and insert point
let that cool
you can shoot it just like that if you want
or you can insert point into notch on shaft,seperate the sinew strandes,chew some and till totaly pliable
and wrap tightly,but not so tight it breaks the sinew
or you can do it like i like doing it nad thats using the pine pitch and then wrapping with the sinew  ;)

heres a pic of a few i made last summer

Bill Skinner:
I do not recommend using just pine pitch, it may or may not hold up to impact.  Pine pitch and sinew work much better.  Also, you should wrap 1/4" to 1/2" down the shaft, it prevents the point splitting the shaft if it hits bone.  Make sure there isn't a shoulder where the shaft ends on the point.  You can use the ppg to make that a smooth slope, the arrow penetrates much better.  Bill

sailordad:
ya it doesnt show up very well in my pic
but the sinew is wrapped about .75" up the shaft behind the point
i also use the pine pitch to help make a smooth transition from point to shaft

crooketarrow:
   I use when I can back sinew because of it's leanth.

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