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Offline Tracker0721

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Finished ocean spray arrows
« on: March 12, 2016, 04:16:30 pm »
Finished a few arrows from ocean spray I collected last summer. Made 3 heads good enough for turkeys and wrapped the ends in sinew. Made some pine pitch glue last year and used that on my heads. Artificial sinew around my fletching. Last picture is where I was collecting red osier dogwood yesterday in the mountains around my home!








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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Finished ocean spray arrows
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2016, 04:56:49 pm »
Nice looking arrows, points and country side.....
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Offline Tracker0721

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Re: Finished ocean spray arrows
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2016, 08:55:48 pm »
Just shot em for the first time and they fly perfectly, but the wrap around the feathers isn't nearly good enough. I either need way more wraps or too glue them down. Too loud for my liking. Thanks for the compliment!
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Offline Lumberman

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Re: Finished ocean spray arrows
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2016, 11:01:58 pm »
Look great!
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Re: Finished ocean spray arrows
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2016, 07:49:32 am »
There's always more to learn. You've got a great start there!
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Offline neuse

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Re: Finished ocean spray arrows
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2016, 09:08:30 am »
Very nice, those are turkey killers.
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: Finished ocean spray arrows
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2016, 11:36:06 am »
  Nice arrows looks like you had to do a lot of heating and bending to straighten. By all the cures and kinks. you left.

  Heres what I starting doing about 15 years ago. I forgot about the 3/8 and I started getting my shoots 1/2 even 5/8's. Then a rasp right through those shot bends and kinks. Tapering as I go. Saves all those headakes come with trying to heat and bend with out putting the bends back in while taking out another one.

  I can save half the time you'll spend heating and bending to straighten.
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Offline Redhand

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Re: Finished ocean spray arrows
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2016, 11:59:21 am »
Nice looking arrows they ought to do the job on a turkey.
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Finished ocean spray arrows
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2016, 12:41:38 pm »
Nice arrows & points.
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Finished ocean spray arrows
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2016, 01:31:30 pm »
Nice work. OS is nearly indestructible as arrow shafts
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Offline Aaron H

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« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2016, 01:58:46 pm »
Nice arrows, I bet them things are tough
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Offline Sockrablur

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Re: Finished ocean spray arrows
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2016, 08:46:56 pm »
beautiful arrows and bow! Thanks for sharing the photos... wish there were more ha
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Offline bow101

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« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2016, 01:31:17 pm »
Nice job, I wish I had patience for arrows but I dont.
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Offline CavemanRob

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Re: Finished ocean spray arrows
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2016, 03:03:28 pm »
Tracker,  I have the same problem with my turkey feather wraps being crazy loud.  the artificial sinew was always too wide, I could never seem to split it thin enough.  someone mentioned waxd dental floss on here, and that seems to keep the noise down a bit better.  looks wonky to me, being white against the wood, but I put up with a little strange look for the added quietness it gives.
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Offline Tracker0721

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Re: Finished ocean spray arrows
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2016, 05:20:02 pm »
I always split them but I wrapped 1 again with the wraps under a centimeter apart and it was nice and quiet. Super happy now. May cheat and glue on my fletching with my blitzenburg for my hunting arrows.
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