Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Bitterguy on January 03, 2012, 08:06:54 pm
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My dad is convinced that it would be easier and cheaper for me to buy arrows at the store. This being said i was wondering if i could harvest the non broken limb of my red oak lb and if i could just find a cheap straight grain pine 2x4 and make some arrows out of that?
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A nice straight grained poplar board will be a better choice than pine. Or straight grain poplar dowels........Art
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I have made shafting from the split ceder fencing. cut some 1/2" blanks then hand planed round.
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River cane is the cheapest I've found, i.e. free.
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don't forget multiflora rose.it makes nice shafts and is also free.i don't know where you live,but i'll bet that stuff grows there.
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don't forget multiflora rose.it makes nice shafts and is also free.i don't know where you live,but i'll bet that stuff grows there.
Can i tell what it is in central pa in the dead of winter?
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You'll have red osier dogwood there too. Google it!
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Everyone would like to have access to things that are cheap, easy to get, and high quality. Unfortunately, we usually get only two out of three. For example, if it's cheap and easy to get, it will not be high quality. You can also make arrows yourself that are cheap and high quality ...but the right skills and materials are not easy to get.
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I found doqwls at the box stores and wal mart good about .50 ea
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Home Depot Garden Stakes? ;)
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,28697.0.html
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Take a walk through a thicket. You'll find the multiflora rose, or rather it will find you! (Hint: take heavy leather gloves, along with your pruners)
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poplar dowels from lowes... Even unspined they fly well and straight with good fletching...
Jon
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You wont learn a thing shooting unmatched, unspined arrows. Have your dad spend $30 on used woodies from the classifides. The raw materials mentioned are great but they take skill and knowledge to make into quality shafts. You wont walk out with snippers and come back with a dozen shafts to use the next day.
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send me a pm with your name and address.i will send you a bundle of cedar shafts to learn on.free of charge.
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Atta' boy seabass! PM me your adress and I will chop enough feathers to do a half dozen of them, nocks to.
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that's the spirit Pearl.you are a good man
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that's the spirit Pearl.you are a good man
There are a lot of good men and women on here as far as ive seen
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you don't get better people anywhere.your shafts will ship out in the morning.i will also throw in a tube of glue for the feathers from pearl drums.i'll also see if i have any rose and cane shafts.if i do,i'll throw in some of those for you to practice on.have fun,Steve
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you guys are great jeffw
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thanks Jeff.if you do good things for people,good things will happen to you.plus we need to get people interested in this stuff.if i can give a few things to someone and it gets them going that makes me feel good.people on this site have been very good and helpful to me.i'm just paying it forward.good Karma,Steve
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poplar dowels from lowes... Even unspined they fly well and straight with good fletching...
Jon
I second the living crap out of this statement. For like a dollar each they just can't be beat. The thing is to go there, look threw every 3/8" one they have (they usually have like 50 or so), and sort them into the straightest/straight ones. Since they're like 48" long, a little bend will not be as bad when cut to 30", or at least will be minor and easy to correct by hand even without heat. Then, sort those into the strongest spines. Then (this isn't usually too big of a problem for me personally but I'd thought I would include this), take out the ones that are have really bad grain run off. Then go to the next 2 closest lowes stores and repeat. I usually end up with 3 dozen or so really nice very over spined shafts, ready to be spined down to whatever spine you need, for like 30 dollars or something.
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Your feathers and nocks are leaving monday. Be on the look out!
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your shafts,glue,cane and nocks shipped today.enjoy,Steve
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Thank all of you!
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you are welcome buddy.i hope you have fun and enjoy them.arrow building can get very addictive.good luck,Steve
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make you you post some pics to show what you have been making with the stuff the guys have sent you :-)
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go to walmart and get a pack of the bamboo garden stakes. Look at it for thicker ones and check for little beetle holes... not those. if you fish through the bin you can get a couple 12 packs with great shafting for $2.88
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ok guys on the miss.river this is the time to harvest river cane and it is what i use and lovin it!
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Got the shafts from sea! Thanks a whole lot man they look real nice. I will start a build along thread once i have acess to a computer.
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Your feathers, glue and nocks should be there today buddy. I may have thrown in too many feathers and nocks? Im not a good counter! ;)
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Your feathers, glue and nocks should be there today buddy. I may have thrown in too many feathers and nocks? Im not a good counter! ;)
Yep, exactly 21 feathers, 13 nocks, and one stock o glue. Thanks i'll get to work on putting them to use right after i get done cleaning up the garage
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Landscape place out of OH sells Tonkin(3/8) by the hundreds that are 1st cut and relatively decent. Still spining some I bought three years ago for $40 (500). Good shafts of various sp. Weight. Mullet has a place near him that sells large quantities as well.
Tracy
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Cane is as cheap as you can get being free......but if you get some good clear straight grained poplar shafts from any hardware store, those work very well also. But hey as far as no store I would go with cane.
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Any progress on your arrows?
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None so far, i want to wait until bill and straightarrow come over
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Bitterguy,dont you have any river cane or switchcane growing on any of the creek or river banks near you?Do a little looking and I'll bet you can find all you'll ever need. God Bless
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i am with Pearl,any progress?sure would like to see some