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Foreshaft and arrows
Wolfmanjack:
Still perfecting the skill of arrow making. This has been my favorite part of the primitive journey thus far. I have the hunting bow finished. Now I am putting the knapped heads on the shafts. Crafting the arrows has given me a much greater sense of accomplishment. I wonder if there were guys in a village whose sole job was to make arrows or was the common man doing everything from bow making, flint knapping and putting the arrows together. These three foreshafts mate very nicely with the three shafts here. They fly nice and straight and hit hard. The pink one lost an ear. It still flys well and I think worthy of a hunting arrow. One of the gray ones lost the tip and will be repaired before the season starts. I started the wrappings with sinew. It just doesn’t hold up well. They were requiring constant maintenance from target shooting. I have become fond of the thread soaked in super glue. Very durable stuff. Just wanted to share these with the tribe. This board doesn’t get a lot of traffic. I really enjoy seeing everyone’s arrows.
Lefty38-55:
Looks great! As to ‘how made’, I’m sure that ‘even way back then’ they had to both recognize as well as take advantage of people who specialized in a craft or trade. For a tribe or clan that could be efficiency, although I’m sure there had to be both cross-training or apprenticeships if you will. Plus those (hunters?) who wanted to know all aspects so as to be self-sufficient?
Pat B:
Like Lefty said I imagine everyone back then could do it all but there were probably specialist that made bows or made arrows or knapped or made baskets or tanned hides.
Nice fore shafted arrows. Can we see a pic of a complete arrow?
Trapper Rob:
Those look good
Wolfmanjack:
This is the number one. 556 grains, river cane shaft with privet foreshaft. The rock was given to me in trade by Sasquatch. I assume it’s texas chert of some sort. It flys straight with no wobble and buries deep in my broad head target. I have no doubts it will do the job on a whitetail as long as I do my part.
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