Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: artisancraftstime on June 12, 2017, 07:18:59 pm
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So I forged this guy out of a really old timber framing nail that i found in the mountains. I didn't have a forge ready out here, so I harvested a bunch of charcoal from a fire that came through two years ago, and tossed it into a little camping wood stove. I soaked a little shoot of bamboo in water and used it to blow on the fire. It actually got plenty hot but the hot zone was very small. It wasforged on a 250lb hay budden. The steel hardened and took a razor edge. The weight is either 9g or 11g, can't recall. Its for the first arrow I have made that will be used on my first hunt. I plan on hunting turkey, so I can make more arrows and not use these fakefeathers any longer. Ill be posting pictures of the arrow and bow soon.
https://imgur.com/gallery/U1upD (https://imgur.com/gallery/U1upD)
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Nice job! I've been forging for about 30 years. my first forge was a BBQ grill, oak and the ex's hairdryer and a piece of I-beam. Maybe that's why she's an ex?
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Looks nice Artisancrafttime.
Bjrogg
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Nice head, how is the back done to sit on the shaft?
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Nice head, how is the back done to sit on the shaft?
It's forged then filed.
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Nice job! I've been forging for about 30 years. my first forge was a BBQ grill, oak and the ex's hairdryer and a piece of I-beam. Maybe that's why she's an ex?
Haha, maybe..
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Sweet arrowhead. Would work great with some heavy, reed-like shafting. Reminds me of Mongol style arrowheads.
Kyle