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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Loki on July 15, 2007, 04:08:16 pm

Title: New Arrow
Post by: Loki on July 15, 2007, 04:08:16 pm

Made this one up whilst i wait for my Horn and heads to arrive for the rest of the set,
3/8 Ash shaft.
32" long.
7.5" Autumn Brown Turkey fletch.
Red Guttermans stitch whipping,i'm still struggling with uniformity on the whipping  ;D.
Type 1 drop forged head.
(http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/2576/ghygs3.th.jpg) (http://img159.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ghygs3.jpg)
(http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3083/yuiyytbr0.th.jpg) (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yuiyytbr0.jpg)
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/215/gtfrcw7.th.jpg) (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gtfrcw7.jpg)
(http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/8709/gtryyg3.th.jpg) (http://img459.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gtryyg3.jpg)

Thanks for looking,
Andy

Title: Re: New Arrow
Post by: mullet on July 15, 2007, 04:15:47 pm

  That's a cool looking arrow Andy.I bet one of those bodkins would go clean through a big boar shield ::)I know what you mean about the stitching,mine were so ugly I gave up.

Title: Re: New Arrow
Post by: 1/2primitive on July 15, 2007, 04:31:45 pm

Great arrow, have fun on your next set with the heads and horn.  :)
       Sean

Title: Re: New Arrow
Post by: Pat B on July 15, 2007, 06:29:33 pm

Nice arrow Andy. My tie down fletchings look like you know what. Your look good to me.   Pat

Title: Re: New Arrow
Post by: Loki on July 15, 2007, 07:42:07 pm

Thanks lads,i shot this one earlier (when the rain finaly stopped) and it flew like a dream  :D,i'm eagerly awaiting the materials to make up the rest of the set.

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Great arrow, have fun on your next set with the heads and horn

I will  ;D
I got these feathers from Lloyd last week sometime,but i had no Horn for the nocks or nasty spikey heads to put on them so i couldnt make any arrows,i was gutted  :(.
Searching through my gear today i found ONE single sliver of horn in the bottom of my tool box  :D and i had that head hanging around so i got stuck straight to it!
I really like the brown fletchings,looks just like Peacock  ;D.

Title: Re: New Arrow
Post by: Pat B on July 16, 2007, 12:50:13 am

Loki, I have used rawhide for self nock reinforcements and they worked out very well. Dog chews are a good source. I don't know how traditional it is for you but Glenn St Charles wrote about it in "Billets to Bows".    Pat