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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Mechslasher on September 22, 2011, 09:06:34 am

Title: Cane Arrows
Post by: Mechslasher on September 22, 2011, 09:06:34 am

here's a set of cane arrows i made to shoot in my magyar hornbow.  self nocked with sinew wraps.  tipped them with 160gr. grizzlys.  enjoy!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Mechslasher/Cane1.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Mechslasher/Cane2.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Mechslasher/Cane3.jpg)

Title: Re: Cane Arrows
Post by: artcher1 on September 22, 2011, 09:11:52 am

Super nice Chris! What type of cane did you use for your arrows? Art

Title: Re: Cane Arrows
Post by: FAW on September 22, 2011, 09:13:13 am

Nice - real nice!

Title: Re: Cane Arrows
Post by: hillbilly61 on September 22, 2011, 10:07:24 am

Quote from: artcher1 on September 22, 2011, 09:11:52 am

Super nice Chris! What type of cane did you use for your arrows? Art

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What did you wrap the fletches wit?

Title: Re: Cane Arrows
Post by: Dazv on September 22, 2011, 06:07:13 pm

nice looking arrows

Title: Re: Cane Arrows
Post by: bowtarist on September 22, 2011, 07:40:39 pm

Cool, look good.  So did you glue/slip a dowel into the shaft for support for the tapper?  Just wondering.  :D

Title: Re: Cane Arrows
Post by: MWirwicki on September 22, 2011, 11:56:02 pm

Very nice, good looking arrows.  Betcha can't wait to use them!

Title: Re: Cane Arrows
Post by: Pappy on September 23, 2011, 07:31:58 am

Got to love them,very nice. :)
  Pappy

Title: Re: Cane Arrows
Post by: ErictheViking on September 23, 2011, 02:12:59 pm

Very nice arrows, can't beat that set.

Title: Re: Cane Arrows
Post by: PeteDavis on September 23, 2011, 10:24:27 pm

Very nice. How do you taper the ends? I just made 4 of the narrow ones from the ebay bamboo-they fletched up nice but I can't figure how to taper them unless I just taper the bamboo and go from there.

(http://www.fototime.com/15DFE2683BBAFEE/standard.jpg)

PD

Title: Re: Cane Arrows
Post by: CherokeeKC on September 24, 2011, 01:47:49 am

I think you glue a hardwood insert in the bamboo then taper the end

Title: Re: Cane Arrows
Post by: Pat B on September 24, 2011, 02:16:22 am

If you use a sander type taperer you don't have to add a hardwood insert...at least I don't.

Title: Re: Cane Arrows
Post by: Mechslasher on September 26, 2011, 12:29:35 pm

thanx fellows!  these are tonkin arrows.  i used silk for the front wrap and sinew for the nock wrap.  silk is less rough on the knuckle than sinew.  i use a side disk sander on my belt sander to grind my taper.  cane can split when using a pencil sharpener type taper tool.  i use a block of wood clamped to the sander table as a jig to cut my 5 and 11 degree tapers.  tonkin is thick enough not to need an insert for the taper.  river cane is about the only type of cane i use insert with because it has thinner walls compared to other species of cane i use.