Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: IONIAN on October 06, 2008, 11:20:49 am
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Well guys, it's been a long time but I fineally got them done. The pictures are not great, but you get a chance to see what they look like.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/Ionian/BambooHexShafts001.jpg)
I wraped the nocks on these only because they will be shot with a fast flight string. Splined osage self nocks normaly don't need to be wraped.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/Ionian/BambooHexShafts002.jpg)
Here is a couple more.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/Ionian/BambooHexShafts003.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/Ionian/BambooHexShafts004.jpg)
I hope you guys like them.
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Beautiful arrows as always, Nick. Not quite something you can just knock out in a weekend though. ;) Pat
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They look super. They look very quick, ;D
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those look great! What kind of weight did you wind up with for the finished arrow?
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Great looking bunch of arrows. How do they shoot? Justin
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WOW,
those look awesome!!! man you can sure build em!!! that is a great set of arrows... congrats...
nice color combo as well... very nice... i like..
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I got a question in a PM about spine with these arrows. The answer is simple, we don't worry about spine with natural bamboo because it has a full length taper and it seems to work reall well with all kinds of bows. I treat the hex shafts the same way and give them a 22 inch taper. The rest of the shaft I leave alone so I can control the weight.
For those that want to know why I went through the trouble of making these is simple also.....SPINE! A few years ago some guys tried to make shafts by turning bamboo flooring. They worked about as good as a wet noodle. By glueing the bamboo into a hex shape, the power fibers are aranged around the whole diameter of the shaft and it stifens them up.
In the next couple of days I will be testing them and I will let everyone know how well they perform. Glad you guys like them.
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nice! i'll pm you my shipping info.
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Beautiful arrows!! As someone else also asked,what did they end up weighing,as is? God Bless
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620 grains with a +/- 6 grain spread.
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Those are pretty arrows and a good weight .I would imagine that they are a very durable shaft as well.Good looking work. Frank
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wow! there beautiful man, how'd you seal them? I bet that took you a few weeks ;D -jimmy
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Build-a-long!! Build-a-long!! Build-a-long!!
Please!!! ;D
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Beautiful arrows! I don't think I'd be able to bring myself to hunt with them though...too pretty and time consuming to end up bloody and potentially broken. Very nice! :)
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Second that "Build Along! ,Build Along!, Build Along!" Pleeeeease? :)
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Guys, I am going to do an article for the magazine on the next set but it won't be for a while. I still need a taper jig that works and I also need to finish my binder so it's going to be a while. Thanks for the interest.