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Pamunkey:
I just thought I'd share some arrows I just completed a few days ago.  Silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) was planted as an ornamental around a pond here in the office park where I work.  In the fall a couple of years ago, the lawn maintenance crew cut them back to within a few inches of the ground.  I stumbled across these shoots in a pile destined for the dump


After further sorting, I stripped them of their bark and divided them into those that were ok and those that would require some work to make right.


They sat in my shed for a long time waiting for me to get around to working on them.  The opportunity came when I got my new Veritas dowel cutter from Lee Valley.  I chose the poorest bundle to use while adjusting the cutter to make shafts from my preferred Southern arrowood viburnum.  I ended up with 7 usable shafts, 6 of which were long enough for me and one of which I used to make and arrow for my son.  Here they are, stained with black walnut hull stain and with nocks cut and the front ends tapered for field points.


Here are the finished arrows.  They are fletched with Canada goose primaries collected around the same pond where I collected the shoots, feathers tied fore and aft with whitetail loin sinew.  All in all, I'm pretty pleased with the way they turned out, especially given the fact that these were the worst of the bunch I collected.

Papa Matt:
Killer job man! What method(s) did you use to straighten them so nice?

~~Papa Matt

Cromm:
thanks for telling and great pic's too....

hawkbow:
beautiful yet functional.. very nice arrows brother.. happy hunting.. Hawk

DanaM:
Nice arra's but they look like Red Osier dogwood, of course I don't know what Silky Dogwood looks like ???

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