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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: bjrogg on April 27, 2016, 08:55:25 am

Title: Made from forsythia and shooters
Post by: bjrogg on April 27, 2016, 08:55:25 am
1st pictures
Title: Re: Made from forsythia and shooters
Post by: bjrogg on April 27, 2016, 09:20:36 am
These are some of my arrows I made with forsythia main shafts. I don't have river cane or boo am cureing some Red Oiser. I harvested shafts last fall striped bark and straightened with small amount of heat. I then wrap but ends with  sinew also use a little glue. You can skip glue but if you shoot them a lot your sinew will wear. Next I drill as large of hole as I can get away with in big end of shaft for hard wood foreshaft. Then make foreshaft to fit very tight. Also make hardwood knock and insert it then wrap knock and halve point. Next paint stain then fletch. Next I use clear polycrylic to seal. I put on at least 2 coats heavy on sinew areas toward front. This really helps wear problem. I've shoot all of these but I use fore shafts with field points stone points hard on targets and points
Title: Re: Made from forsythia and shooters
Post by: tattoo dave on April 27, 2016, 10:09:39 am
Nice lookin arrows, and looks like they're shooting nice too. Nice work!

Tattoo Dave
Title: Re: Made from forsythia and shooters
Post by: bjrogg on April 27, 2016, 10:14:25 am
Thanks Dave they don't always look that good but if I do my part right they go where there suppose to
Title: Re: Made from forsythia and shooters
Post by: Trapper Rob on April 27, 2016, 09:40:08 pm
Good looking arrows.
Title: Re: Made from forsythia and shooters
Post by: bjrogg on April 28, 2016, 03:33:51 pm
Thanks Trapper Rob from your user name I'm thinking we have at least one more interest in common. I'm mostly water line I really like to go after canine's with my sons and brothers by hunt. We don't have dogs but we usually get about 6 reds and 7 coyote a year makes these cold winters a little shorter if they get away on us it's still always fun.
Title: Re: Made from forsythia and shooters
Post by: mullet on April 28, 2016, 09:38:24 pm
Nice looking arrows. They look deadly.
Title: Re: Made from forsythia and shooters
Post by: bjrogg on April 29, 2016, 12:54:44 pm
Thanks Eddie that's the look I was going for. I'm sure hoping to put them where I can find out some day.