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Pat B:
Cheapshot, These fly very well. The one on the right flies the best but it has stiff primary feathers and I'm sure that have more stabilizing effect than the softer secondaries.
David T, all you gotta do is do it! ;)
Gator, I wish I could remember who gave it to me. See, you did miss a good weekend! ;D :o
Thanks Sonny, Maybe it will get September arrow of the month in the deer woods! 8)
The weight of these arrows is from left to right ...608gr, 648gr and 612gr. I'm pretty sure the point weight has the most effect on the difference. I will be well over the 10gr per # on these. I haven't weighed my hunting bow(s) but I'm guessing 50#@26" mol.
The sinew wraps are sealed with pine pitch varnish and the points are hafted using pitch glue. The more I use the pitch varnish the better I like it. On the arrow on the left I used earth pigments for some coloration on the sinew wraps.
D. Tiller:
Whats the recipe for the varnish Pat? Looks nice!
Pat B:
David, I add hard pitch pieces to denatured alcohol. I don't have a recipe. I guess until no more pitch will dissolve. You want hard dry pitch because that is the consistency you want when the alcohol evaporates. Once dissolved, strain the liquid through an old T shirt or bed sheet to get rid of the particles of bark, etc. and voile!!! pitch varnish. If the spirits haven't evaporated from the pitch it will be tacky when the alcohol has evaporated. If that happens, a bit of fine charcoal powder or chalk will eliminate the stickiness. I used mineral pigments on tacky pitch varnish on the wraps of one of these arrows.
Dustybaer:
beautiful arrows, pat, and lots of good medicine there. my first thought, when i saw the fletching, was: i bet, the one on the right flies best.
Pappy:
Sweet arrows Pat,I got to try them 2 fletch. ??? They ought to make meat. :)
Pappy
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