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Thickness of Bone Points

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Andrea S:
Recurve,

I don't know how old it is, I got the bone from the pet store! Had to scrape some gristle off it.

Pat,

I figured it would probably come down to intuition and what "feels right" :). By the way, it's Andrea, not Andrew...I'm one of the spare few gals who frequents these boards.  ;) :P

Dustybaer:
haven't done any myself (the designated cow bone is still waiting in the freezer ;o)  but i was planning to make mine between 1/8  and 1/4 (so about 3/16 ;o) or just go with half the shaft diameter.

Hillbilly:
Just make them as thick as you can (for strength and weight-bone is light) and still have them easily mountable on the arrow shaft. I haven't tried cow bone, I've made a few from deer leg bones. They make tough, durable points. Not always fun to get pulled out of targets, though-if you're using them for target points make the shoulders rounded instead of square or barbed.

Dustybaer:
hillbilly, you don't happen to have pictures of your bone points?

Auggie:
Hi,Andrea I dont remember the thread,but PK has some nice bone points hes done. Send him a pm,Im sure he will give you lots of details. Auggie.

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