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Two feather fledged white ash arrow with obsidian point

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Philipp A:
Hawkdancer: I forgot to answer your question about whether I think the arrow would hold up to hunting. I am pretty confident that it will (other than potential damage to the obsidian point). While the fledging is not spiral wrapped when reviewing literature on what Native American tribes have used, the two fledged solution held only with sinew wrapping in the front and back seemed to be pretty dominant. I acknowledge that my sinew wrap at a single point on the back of the fledging might be a bit more fragile, but I don't think there is a lot of mechanical force or rubbing at that point since it will clear the bow and not rub against it when the arrow passes (see nock position).

I will know more once I have made another arrow with the same fledge design but with a field point I can then put to the test verses traditionally three feather fledged arrows.

Stay tuned, I will let you know once I have made the additional arrow and have the results....

Brotherhood Bows:
Hey Phillip!

What a beautiful set of arrows you have there, any plans to do heavy duty 1/2" Warbow arrows in that gorgeous colouring and fletching style? I would love to see a set for some bigger draw weights.

-Ben

Pat B:
Cherokee 2 fletch is one of my favorites. Nice looking arrows.  :OK

Philipp A:
Thanks Ben, with my Veritas dowel maker I can vary the size of the arrow it makes. Other than white ash I have beautiful straight yellow birch logs and also HHB logs. I expect it will be somewhat difficult to get HHB arrows made with the dowel maker but I will nevertheless also give it a try. Due to the weight and strength of HHB (and the other hardwoods) I am not sure whether I would want to go to 1/2" for war bow arrows since this would have the effect of dramatically reducing my FOC percentage (the weight of the wood significantly reduces the impact of the obsidian point to assist in FOC). I think if I go to 11/32" for arrow size it would sufficiently increase the spine number for the higher draw weight of a war bow. I think I would have to add at least a 125 grains point to get to an acceptable FOC percentage

What draw weight do you have on your war bow?

Philipp A:
Thanks Pat!

I have a question for you if you have made a bunch of two fletched arrows. How does the flight compare to the three feather fletched arrows? Does the gap to the shaft have any impact on the performance?

I love the looks of it but still need to make a field tipped version of it to test the performance (I am protective of my Steve Allely obsidian points....the only way I would sacrifice one is to put a deer in my freezer   :D )

To be honest what prompted me to try it is the beauty of the turkey tail feather with the tip intact and browsing through the Encyclopedia of Native American Bows, Arrows & Quivers....I think it will take me a lifetime to try out all the arrows and bows depicted in the book!

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