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Scratching my Itch

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bjrogg:
Been awhile since I worked on an arrow.

Just got the itch from the arrow trade thread. Had to scratch it.

Started out by picking up a piece of butterscotch flint river that I gave up on several years ago and put in the for another day pile. Turned out pretty decent. This is the first stone I ever bought.

Bjrogg

bjrogg:
Then I looked through my supply of Cain I got from trapper rob and straightened out a nice one.

Then I wrapped both ends with sinew to keep shaft from splitting. Not at the end but just past where notch would be cut for point and string.

Then I let sinew dry and next day I dry fit the point

Bjrogg

bjrogg:
Then I haft my point with pitch glue. Got everything nice and warm. As it cooled I did a spin test and got it really close to perfect.

Then I let it cool down really good and wrapped with sinew.

Bjrogg

bjrogg:
Then I used two hacksaw blades side by side to cut string notch. And used a bastard file and my leather man file to fine tune it.

Normally I would paint my Bjrogg markings on now but I need more red paint so it will probably take a bit before I can finish my arrow. Looks promising so far

Bjrogg

bjrogg:
Guess I can put my blue on

Bjrogg

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