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Offline artisancraftstime

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Kinda primitively forged broadpoint
« on: June 12, 2017, 07:18:59 pm »
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
« Last Edit: June 12, 2017, 07:30:31 pm by artisancraftstime »

Offline Greybuff

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Re: Kinda primitively forged broadpoint
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2017, 10:01:24 pm »
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?

Offline bjrogg

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Re: Kinda primitively forged broadpoint
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2017, 06:51:34 am »
Looks nice Artisancrafttime.
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Offline archeryrob

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Re: Kinda primitively forged broadpoint
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2017, 03:52:28 pm »
Nice head, how is the back done to sit on the shaft?
"If you can't have fun doing it, it ain't worth doing, or you're just doing it wrong."

Offline artisancraftstime

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Re: Kinda primitively forged broadpoint
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2017, 12:23:45 am »
Nice head, how is the back done to sit on the shaft?


It's forged then filed.

Offline artisancraftstime

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Re: Kinda primitively forged broadpoint
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2017, 12:25:49 am »
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..

Online ksnow

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Re: Kinda primitively forged broadpoint
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2017, 02:45:15 pm »
Sweet arrowhead.  Would work great with some heavy, reed-like shafting.  Reminds me of Mongol style arrowheads.

Kyle