Sourwood and hill cane arrows for arrow trade

[Pat B]

After the sinew wrap dried I sealed them with the pitch varnish.
This pic is before the pitch varnish was added...


...and after sealing...


...once the sinew wrap sealing dries it's time to seal the shafts. I'm using the pitch varnish for this also. I'm only sealing the sourwood shoots but not the hill cane. I don't remove the rind or sand the nodes on my hill cane arrows. The rind is a very good sealer on it's on. I do seal the inside of the self nocks.
Here are the 3 sourwood shafts hanging to dry after sealing.


 Next step is fletching. I've already selected the feathers and will use a couple of different fletching styles on these arrows.

[Danzn Bar]

Lookin good Pat 👍🙂
DBar

[Pat B]

Thanks Bill. Good to see you back around.   

[bjrogg]

Nice build Pat. Thanks for sharing the pitch varnish recipe.

Bjrogg

PS I agree. Nice to see you around here again Bill

[Pat B]

Maybe Bill will post a few pics of his incredible arrows. 

[Danzn Bar]

thanks Pat and BJ,
Missed ya Pat at the Classic this year, and BJ hope to see ya at Elm Hall.
Havent made many arrows or bows lately but hope to get back into it real soon.
DBar

[Pat B]

Hopefully I'll be at the Classic next spring, Bill. 

[BowEd]

Good looking work Pat.I was wondering though.Do you test shoot those shafts with a field tip before mounting the stone point?
Hope to see you at Mo Jam too Bill.

[Pat B]

Ed, I have a large rubberized foam target butt I shoot them into. It doesn't seem to affect the point or the hafting.

[BowEd]

Yes I suppose it does'nt.It is'nt what I asked about though.
I've tested stone points into a plain old dirt pile too before using.Does'nt harm the stone point either.

[Pat B]

Ed, I have used field points first to test shoot and cane arrows but I didn't on these. I do taper the end like for glue on points and cut the slot into that to fit the point to.

[gutpile]

nice arrows Pat.. I always foreshaft my cane.. I put a point on foreshaft to spin it to line everything up before I haft my point.. those look great.. gut

[Pat B]

Got the fletching added. I use fletch tape to hold the feathers to the shaft and add a sinew wrap fore and aft. On the feathers I leave about 1/4" stripped feather at each end of each feather and after using fletch tape to hold the feather to the shaft I wrap over these bare tabs with sinew and also a sinew wrap just below the nock. Next I will seal these wraps with pitch varnish.




  Gut, I've made a few fore shafted arrows but for me it is just one (or more) step that I don't think is necessary. I do appreciate the historical value and the talent it takes to mate an arrow and fore shaft so don't take me the wrong way. I've seen your arrows and they are worthy candidates.

[gutpile]

thanks Pat.. have you ever built a backwards cane arrow?.. where the tapered end is point end... I watched a video by Thad Beckam on just that.. they seemed to fly good too... no foreshaft either.. gut

[Pat B]

I've seen it but haven't tried it. If Thad did it it must work although it seems backwards to me with the heavier end at the rear.