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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: MikaelMazz on February 15, 2008, 07:48:24 pm

Title: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: MikaelMazz on February 15, 2008, 07:48:24 pm

Here are my arrows made like the Seneca Tribe. They are made of dogwood shoots. I scraped the shoots down to 3/8 of an inch for the whole lenght and left a bulbous nock. The feathers are made of turkey tail (dark) and secondery turkey wing feathers (banded). They fly well and are very accurate.
ARROWS
(http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9209/arrowsea1.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
FLETCHING- They are cut in the Seneca stly from the Bowyers Bible Vol. II. They are simular to Michbowguy's with some slight differences. I tied on the fleching with deer leg sinew.
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8936/fletchqt4.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
POINTS- Top to bottom----Pliced blunt--socketed antler point---unfinished---serrated bone point---unfinished---wooden self points---spliced blunt
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5418/arrowheadsqt1.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
QUIVER--made of hickory bark. I shaved off most of the outer bark and that made it look neat. It was just left to dry in this shape (no stiches). The bottom is made of twined cornhusk and is sewn to the bottom with dogbane sting. The strap is also dogbane and adjustable.
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6291/quivertj5.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

You can see my bow in the Bows section.
Tell me what you think.

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: jamie on February 15, 2008, 07:59:47 pm

dude awesome stuff. welcome to the site and keep it up. i love primitve.

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: JackCrafty on February 15, 2008, 08:01:59 pm

Very Nice!  ;D

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: Hillbilly on February 15, 2008, 09:09:08 pm

Really nice. I like the Eastern Woodlands-style fletching.

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: keekeerun on February 15, 2008, 09:31:35 pm

very nice work

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: cowboy on February 15, 2008, 09:36:43 pm

Those are very nice! Just what I'd imagine authentic would look like..

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: DanaM on February 15, 2008, 09:51:23 pm

Welcome to PA and its obvious you belong here. Nice stuff.

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: mullet on February 16, 2008, 12:14:15 am

  Welcome, that's some cool looking stuff. I like the authenic looking reproductions.

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: michbowguy on February 16, 2008, 12:49:09 am

awesome stuff!
love the simple bow too.
jamie

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: huntertrapper on February 16, 2008, 01:25:21 am

SWEEEEEET! ;D

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: Pat B on February 16, 2008, 02:20:58 am

Very nice arrows. Thats the way I'm heading...simple bows and simple arrows. 8)    Pat

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: MikaelMazz on February 16, 2008, 12:43:56 pm

Thanks alot for all the copliments.

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: Wulamoc on February 17, 2008, 02:34:11 pm

Nice work!  Simple, efficient, useful, and deadly.

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: Dingleberry on February 18, 2008, 10:03:31 am

Excellent.  Those look great. :)  I like those bigger blunt tips.  Have you hunted anything with them ever?   I too, enjoy the primitive tackle.

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: Woodland Roamer on February 18, 2008, 10:18:11 am

Super nice work! The quiver is really neat and the arrows look great.

Alan

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on February 18, 2008, 07:02:31 pm

looks like an excellent set up. great primitve skills- Ryan

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: MikaelMazz on February 18, 2008, 09:29:21 pm

I have never hunted with these arrows yet. I imagine they will work well. They are pretty heavy and durable. The splice is not glued just wrapped with sinew then dogbane fibers(not string) and then the lashings are covered in pitch. I have shoot these blunts at plywood signes and the did fine.
Thanks
 Mikael

Title: Re: Eastern woodland Arrows
Post by: uwe on February 21, 2008, 05:06:56 pm

Nice, original looking replics.
Regards Uwe