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Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« on: July 30, 2007, 02:29:03 pm »
You know, sometimes you just need to hang the excuses up and make some arrows.  The other day I got down to one arrow and canned the excuses.  This has been a strange season.  With a new daughter to love (and pay for), money is tight and they only full-length feathers I had left were some nice wild turkey primaries I wanted to save for my special hunting arrows.  I don't need 'special' arrows right now--I need utility.  So, here's what I did:

Tough:  four-point footings will keep me from breaking tips off errant arrows.  Doug Fir shafts are tough anyway.  They're tougher now.

Cheap:  I hauled out two containers of feathers scraps that I saved for some unknown reason and started cutting them into 2 and 3" sections to splice together.  These were the leftovers so they weren't premium by any stretch, but they saved me money.  I applied them with super glue and a fletching jig (hold 1 minute and repeat).

Easy:  rather than worry about what people would think of the imperfections, I skipped the special finishes and cresting I've done for the past year.  I sanded with 60 grit and applied the feathers directly to bare wood.  Then I wrapped them on with nylon thread and rubbed the shafts down with teak oil. 

I don't usually post my arrows, but I'm so happy with these 'cheapies' I just had to.  I love this 1-day-no-drying-time-no-waste-total-utility system.  I also thought it was funny that my arrows looked like a Rabobank cycling jersey.  I liked that team leader Rasmussen.  Better luck next time you blood-doping king of the mountians!

              J. D. Duff





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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2007, 02:42:35 pm »
Nice looking arrows JD. But your choice of teams and riders is questionable.  ;)  How about Discovery.  ;D 1st and 3rd and the team compotition by 15 minutes. Never seen a guy with as much class as Leipheimer. It was a rough year for the junkies wasn't it.  Total casualties, 4 + one entire team. Justin
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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2007, 02:55:37 pm »
When I first read the topic name I though you ment the arrows were four feet long!  :o ;D   Nice cheap arrows, I gotta make some.  ;)
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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2007, 03:08:50 pm »
Justin,
I'm totally on board with Discovery.  I was pulling for Leipheimer all the way.  After his win on the last TT, I thought he deserved it.  So close.  A lot of people think this race has turned into the all-drug olympics.  I still love watching the tour though.  No amount of blood doping would make a cat-4 climb easy, and I believe tons of those guys are racing clean.  Good for them. 

I thought TDC had the nicest jerseys this year.  They were the sharpest looking team by far.  If I had Green, blue and black feathers, I would have used them.

Sean,
I did that on purpose.   ;)

       J. D. Duff



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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2007, 06:44:53 pm »
fibber.
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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2007, 07:39:39 pm »
Jeesh JD! If those are just shooters ya whipped up I have got to see the pro jobs!

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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2007, 08:01:44 pm »
  Nice arrows J.D.,I'd be proud to shoot those arrows at our TBOF shoot near Gainesville,Fl.Home of the champs,University of Fl.,Gators.
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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2007, 11:43:36 am »
Nice arrows. Those footings look perfect, that can't be easy to do.
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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2007, 12:25:45 pm »
Nice arrows JD,now that is some kind of wild,and as far as the teams yall are talking about I didn't have a clue,bikeing ant big in Tn. ;D ;D
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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2007, 01:38:32 pm »
Quote from: D. Tiller on July 30, 2007, 07:39:39 pm
Jeesh JD! If those are just shooters ya whipped up I have got to see the pro jobs!

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Me too ;D!
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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2007, 01:59:28 pm »
Quote from: Kegan on July 31, 2007, 01:38:32 pm
Quote from: D. Tiller on July 30, 2007, 07:39:39 pm
Jeesh JD! If those are just shooters ya whipped up I have got to see the pro jobs!

David T

Me too ;D!
Sure.  Here's one:

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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2007, 02:06:12 pm »
 :o Now that is a nice arrow! I especially like the nock and featehr wap- looks better than proffesional arrows ;D.
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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2007, 03:07:09 pm »
Thanks, but those just take too long to make.  :P  Again, thanks for the compliments. 

             J. D.
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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2007, 04:32:13 pm »
Fine looking arrow JD.  Might be a little to fancy to shoot.  What if you shoot the nock with another arrow.  :o :'( Justin
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Re: Four-Foot, Five Color, Total Utility Arrows (And Better Luck Next Year Rabobank)
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2007, 07:03:28 pm »
Quote from: Justin Snyder on July 31, 2007, 04:32:13 pm
Fine looking arrow JD.  Might be a little to fancy to shoot.  What if you shoot the nock with another arrow.  :o :'( Justin

Heartbreak!  I agree.  I lose and break arrows at such a rate I prefer more basic stuff.  That's one reason why I use plastic nocks and commercial points--at the peril of my primitive soul.

          J. D.
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