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two-fletch test
Pat B:
Marius, I forgot to answer your question about the bloodtwig shoots. I'm having a bit of trouble getting them to stay straight. The one I used for the flu flu work fine but with some of the others I'll straighten them and place them on a flat surface to cool and when they are cool they have a long bend to them. I'll will keep playing with them and I know they will make good arrows. The bloodtwig is nice and heavy and tough as nails. ;D Pat
BigWapiti:
--- Quote from: Pat B on April 27, 2008, 07:02:09 pm ---Mike, A supposed old Indian saying is..."any wood make a good bow, heap big work to make arrows" or something like that. Making good arrows is the most difficult part of archery. There is a lot more than meets the eye. You have to consider spine and which side should go against the bow, the length of the arrow, how well everything lines up(not necessarily straight) and arrow weight. Also if your shoots are not mature enough, they tend to be flimsy. Another old saying is..."just because its simple doesn't mean its easy"! ;)
Keep at it and you will succeed. Hanging around with primitive arrow makers helps also. Ocean spray make very good, heavy arrows. At least you have good materials to work with. 8) Pat
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Thanks Pat!!
Dustybaer:
pat, i'm sorry they don't work out that well. i haven't tried to straighten them yet. i had a set of straightened ones (sent a few to cowboy, wonder how those worked out).
have you experimented with grooving yet? maybe these would be good candidates for it. allegedly, they stay straight if they were grooved before the heat-bending, because of the increased surface that's tempered.
markinengland:
Dustybaer,
Is there a name for that style of quiver. I fancy making one for myself.
How does the flap to cover the fletchings work?
Know of any good places to find information on this quiver type?
Mark in England
Dustybaer:
here's a set i made for a friend. he's trading his kilt for a dozen arrows. i'm a thief. ;D
mark, sorry about the late reply. i always thought of it as a plains style but it has elements of the oetzi quiver. flap works great, it (the flap) is the reason why the stiffener is on the inside of the quiver. don't know of any places other than my fantasy/imagination ;D i just made it as long as the arrows, and wide enough to take the quantity of arrows i wanted. it is made from one rectangular piece of deer skin, stitched together at the bottom and the rear end. cut to rectangular wholes into the top edge to put the strap thru. strap wraps around the stiffener, that's it. oh yeah, the flap is basically a perpendicular cut thru half the quiver and laced to the stiffener.
here are some more pictures:
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