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Offline african man

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Heads I've made
« on: April 05, 2009, 05:10:41 pm »
Some heads I've just finished and a few I made a while ago . Square bodkins and Towton plus some swallow tails I made a while ago.
and some arrows
 





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Re: Heads I've made
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2009, 06:02:23 pm »
   Wow! Those are cool.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Heads I've made
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2009, 06:29:48 pm »
Very nice work! I'd hate to be on the receiving end!!! :o
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Re: Heads I've made
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2009, 07:49:41 pm »
Very neat! Those look like they'd take some French men!;)

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Re: Heads I've made
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2009, 10:18:27 pm »
That's impressive.

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« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2009, 03:04:24 am »
Very nice work! I'd hate to be on the receiving end!!! :o

Oh, I'd love to! (receive by mail)

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Re: Heads I've made
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2009, 04:51:15 am »
beautyfull! got another buildalong for 'em?  (really enjoyed your horn one! )

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Re: Heads I've made
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2009, 03:12:30 pm »
Nice work. How much do those swallowtails weigh?
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Offline Kent D.

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Re: Heads I've made
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2009, 03:25:50 pm »
Very nice.  If you do not mind me asking, what material do you start with, when you make your heads?

Offline african man

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Re: Heads I've made
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2009, 09:01:27 pm »
Hillbilly - The big one is 40 grams = 617 grains and the small one is 28 grams = 432 grains ... mmmm definitely need a war bow to fling those babies down range ...  ::)

Burnie - I use re bar (12mm) that I test before hand to make sure the carbon content is up to scratch for tempering

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Re: Heads I've made
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2009, 12:50:07 pm »
I see you've practised well, those are some very nice arrowheads 8)

Offline african man

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Re: Heads I've made
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2009, 03:34:49 pm »
Thanks Joren .... getting there ... slowly ...  :P

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Re: Heads I've made
« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2009, 11:16:20 pm »
  Thanks much for the info on the horn nocks. So much better than my attempts to get the right opening. You're ahead of me on the arrowheads too.

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Offline african man

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Re: Heads I've made
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2009, 03:58:31 am »
Hey Erik , keep at it ....remember , we are all beginners , some of us have been beginners longer than others  :)
next time I do some heads I will try and do a "hammer along" ...

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Re: Heads I've made
« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2009, 03:28:46 pm »
Makes me want to fire up the charcoal and mash metal. Trouble is, I would end up with blobs instead of lovely points like yours.