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Title: Set of 3 deer arrows: aka little help from my friends
Post by: half eye on February 27, 2010, 10:51:57 am

Wanted to post these up. I got some really nice cherry shafts from Ken 75, and some really nice obsidian points from Tell...told them that when the stuff got to be arrows I put 'em up.

Here they is: 3/8" at the head of the shaft for 6" then a slow taper to 5/16" at the knock end. Shafts are cherry and the heads are obsidian (like you couldn't tell) I used blue spruce pitch (dissolved in alcohol and then acetone for the glue). the feathers are turkey "secondaries". I choose those because they aren't as stiff as primaries (quieter) and not as soft as tail feathers (little more durable) anyway here they are.

Oh ya the obsidian knife came from Tell also...all I did was put a "loop" at the end. Hope ya can see me grinnin from here. I was thinking about using it to dress out the deer I kill with the arrows....but came to my senses and I'm just going to "show it off"

Thanks you guys, the old guy is happy as a pig in a puddle ;D
half eye

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Title: Re: Set of 3 deer arrows: aka little help from my friends
Post by: George Tsoukalas on February 27, 2010, 01:46:49 pm

Very nice. Jawge

Title: Re: Set of 3 deer arrows: aka little help from my friends
Post by: rileyconcrete on February 27, 2010, 02:30:10 pm

Wow.  those arrows are sweet.  They really make those points look good.  the knife looks better with the strap also.  Great job.
Tell

Title: Re: Set of 3 deer arrows: aka little help from my friends
Post by: half eye on February 27, 2010, 03:48:16 pm

Hey Tell,
       Just added the strap so I could hang it on the bow rack....had to get right out in the open for what to make my bud's drool.....but not where they could snitch it ;D  I put it on, so that I can allways return it to "original".
Rich

Title: Re: Set of 3 deer arrows: aka little help from my friends
Post by: ken75 on February 28, 2010, 10:31:25 pm

well those look great hope they have some medicine in them . three down and 17 more to go you better get busy rich :)

Title: Re: Set of 3 deer arrows: aka little help from my friends
Post by: Josh on February 28, 2010, 11:53:35 pm

those look great, Rich.   :)

Title: Re: Set of 3 deer arrows: aka little help from my friends
Post by: DanaM on March 01, 2010, 08:47:10 am

Nice stuff Rich, thanks fer sharing eh :)

Title: Re: Set of 3 deer arrows: aka little help from my friends
Post by: Pappy on March 01, 2010, 10:27:02 am

Nice stuff,love the arrows and the knife.Cool. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Set of 3 deer arrows: aka little help from my friends
Post by: Hagar on March 01, 2010, 11:09:57 am

Nice looking arrows Rich.  By the way, your bow rack is very similar to the one Roz made for me last Christmas.

Title: Re: Set of 3 deer arrows: aka little help from my friends
Post by: jamie on March 02, 2010, 10:23:00 am

great work all around.

Title: Re: Set of 3 deer arrows: aka little help from my friends
Post by: II BYRDS on March 03, 2010, 08:50:03 am

nice looking arrows there, i do like the knife. i have flint knife and dressed a deer with it last year  >:D worked just fine. Larry

Title: Re: Set of 3 deer arrows: aka little help from my friends
Post by: profsaffel on March 05, 2010, 09:52:32 pm

Rich, I just can't get over how gorgeous the wall and bow rack are. That will make a fine desktop background for my laptop as any would.

Title: Re: Set of 3 deer arrows: aka little help from my friends
Post by: half eye on March 05, 2010, 10:02:04 pm

Thank you profsaffell,
        I got the bow rack idea from Hagar (his wife made him one for Christmass)....it is just some scrap red oak that wouldn't make a bow and some dowel rods.....nothing special but I like the way it looks and the wife didn't go too ballistic.
half eye