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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Josh on March 02, 2009, 12:50:26 am

Title: my first three river cane arrows ever
Post by: Josh on March 02, 2009, 12:50:26 am

Well, here is my first attempt at making my own arrows.  The tips are 1/16" steel about an inch wide and around 140 grains.  The feathers are goose feathers from Hobby Lobby (not turkey season yet so no turkey feathers yet)  painted to supposedly look like eagle feathers.  That is how they came out of the package anyway.   The three arrows vary WIDELY in weight, the lightest weighing in at 380 grains and my heaviest at 750 grains.  I need to work on my weight-matching skills, but I think they turned out alright for my first arrows I mean they ARE straight and they DID pass the hay-bale test (all three passed through without tearing off the feathers).  What do you think?   All comments, criticisms welcome.

(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/deftones3333/02-27-09_0845.jpg)

(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/deftones3333/02-27-09_0846.jpg)

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Title: Re: my first three river cane arrows ever
Post by: stickbender on March 02, 2009, 01:23:40 am

     Very nice.  I like the color of the fletching, and the fact that they held up, going through a bale of hay, is a definte plus! ;)

                                                                                           Wayne

Title: Re: my first three river cane arrows ever
Post by: sailordad on March 02, 2009, 02:17:52 am

very nice arrows 8)

but dont ya think the critters will see them coming with the glowing tips lol ;D ;)

Title: Re: my first three river cane arrows ever
Post by: stickbender on March 02, 2009, 02:25:51 am

    Nah Sailordad, it is like the headlights, of your car...... ;D

                                        Wayne

Title: Re: my first three river cane arrows ever
Post by: madcrow on March 02, 2009, 01:43:24 pm

They look great, but try not to get the feathers wet, that dye will probably run because most of the feathers in hobby stores are not color fast.  Maybe somebody will chine in with a way to set the dye while they are still on the arrows.

Title: Re: my first three river cane arrows ever
Post by: n2everythg on March 02, 2009, 05:27:30 pm

Congrads. Nice arrows.
Hay if they passed the hay bale test then u r on the money.
nice job
wade

Title: Re: my first three river cane arrows ever
Post by: Cromm on March 02, 2009, 06:25:35 pm

Nice work and good looking quiver,you have been busy....
Thanks for your time.

Title: Re: my first three river cane arrows ever
Post by: Long Arrow on March 02, 2009, 08:58:42 pm

Those look excellent.
The stained goose feathers are a nice touch.

It is neat to see the broadhead in the first picture.
It looks like it is heated red hot. :)

LongArrow

Title: Re: my first three river cane arrows ever
Post by: Hillbilly on March 02, 2009, 09:07:21 pm

Looks like you did a good job on them, especially if those are your first arrows. Nice points, too. How do they fly? Getting the weight and spine matched will be easier as you make more arrows and accumulate a bigger stash of cane to pick your shafts from. They really look good, so it's hard to find anything to make suggestions about; but since you asked for criticism, I'll make one small observation: you might want to taper the point end of the shaft somewhat before you mount the heads so that you don't have the square edge. Especially with hunting arrows, you don't want anything to slow down penetration. That's about the only thing at all I can see, good job.

Title: Re: my first three river cane arrows ever
Post by: Josh on March 04, 2009, 07:23:36 pm

thanks everyone glad to know that i am on the right track.   

Title: Re: my first three river cane arrows ever
Post by: Fletcher the Arrow Maker on March 25, 2009, 12:31:39 am

Did you use a dye or an ink to color the feathers.  I have been trying to color some domestic white goose and some domestic white turkey to loo similar to Bald Eagle feathers.  They look pretty crappy.  I can buy some from a website, but they want $3.50 per feather.  (I only bought one for my hat)

I have done some with a black/white fletch splice, but the flowing mottled look is much more 'Eagle'

Nice job.