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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: reparrow hardwood footings
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2011, 10:58:55 pm »
Ooooh, sexy nocks!  I gotta rethink my next two dozen!
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Re: reparrow hardwood footings
« Reply #16 on: February 17, 2011, 06:33:29 pm »
Well, I'm a little surprised and perplexed.  ::) I make the Reparrow footings. I don't suggest anybody else do it,  but I have used them for nocks and created entire arrows of Reparrows just to see what they would do. Never had one raise a splinter under any circumstance.

But what puzzles me is that on this site the main objection ought to be that they are not the LEAST BIT primitive! What are y'all thinkin of? (I have to say "y'all" now that I live in Kentucky)


This one is not actually a Reparrow because I made it with the standard nock taper instead of the point taper. If I could find a quick way to make the nocks, I'd use these all the time, because I do like the look.


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Jim Davis

PS. Jawge was one of the first to try out Reparrows four or five years ago and he's had a few more to try since then.
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Offline scattershot

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Re: reparrow hardwood footings
« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2011, 07:12:47 pm »
Nice looking nock, Jim.
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Re: reparrow hardwood footings
« Reply #18 on: February 17, 2011, 07:42:04 pm »
Jim, if it's handmade from wood, it's primitive enough for me!   ;D
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: reparrow hardwood footings
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2011, 02:18:59 pm »
Primitive is not quite a religion on this site, although excommunication for use of f/g has been discussed on more than one occasion.

Jim, could you crank out a set of short "reparrows" specifically for making nocks?  I dunno, call 'em Re-nock-o's?  I think I'd like a set of arrows with walnut nocks!
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Re: reparrow hardwood footings
« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2011, 05:01:03 pm »
JW,

It would be easy to make short Reparrows, but I think they would need to be long enough so that your nock would not cut into the taper. Wouldn't actually matter, but might look funny down in the bottom of the nock ....

I could make them with the nock taper, but it would be  a completely separate setup from the one for point tapers. I don't think there would be enough folks willing to carve their own nocks to make it worth that separate setup...

hmmm...

Jim
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: reparrow hardwood footings
« Reply #21 on: February 26, 2011, 05:54:23 pm »
Well then I guess I have to buy the full sized Reparrows and cut 'em off to make the "Re-nock-o's"...or be a lazy sod and leave 'em full length. 
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Re: reparrow hardwood footings
« Reply #22 on: March 02, 2011, 03:01:51 am »
Scattershot,has ya covered.Ya beat me to it Gene.

Offline scattershot

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Re: reparrow hardwood footings
« Reply #23 on: March 02, 2011, 01:25:24 pm »
LOL, great minds, and all that....
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: reparrow hardwood footings
« Reply #24 on: March 02, 2011, 11:15:41 pm »
LOL, great minds, and all that....

...and all fools fail in familiar fashion!

 >:D
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