Finished cane arrows

[nclonghunter]

I posted some pics attaching the points and straightening the cane shafts. These are the finished arrows.

The feathers are stripped from the quill, rather than split with a knife and ground. I used a jig to glue them in place and then wrapped both ends with sinew.

One picture shows a piece of brass cut from flat 1/8" stock in the shape of a triangle. It is then heated and bent around a tapered steel punch giving it a tapered cone finish. The brass practice tip is then hot melted onto the end of the river cane shaft. I made three and they have worked great for practice points. You can adjust the weight of the brass to what you want before bending into a cone.

Hope you like them, Lyman

[nclonghunter]

Of course I forgot one...

[sadiejane]

sweet!

[hillbilly61]

Very nice. Good job.

[bowtarist]

Those look good.  What kinda target are you shooting the brass into?  No problem w/ them bending or pulling off when you pull the arrow from the target?  I like the idea, similar to the ones in the Encyclo. of Native Amer. Bows, Arrows and Quivers. 

[nclonghunter]

Thanks guys, arrows are truly a labor of love...

bowtarist, I have shot those brass cone points into the ground and trees, but I have also shot them into the block targets and the points have stayed on just fine using the holt melt glue.

Just as a thought, I want to shoot my new stone tipped arrows so I am going to get a large cardboard box and fill it with old clothing, bed sheets, blankets, whatever...just make sure no buttons or zippers are attached. I think it would be excellent to test the stone points in.

[rover brewer]

nice job.

[bowtarist]

nclong,  sounds good on the stone point target.  i just shot one of my bone point, multi-floral rose arrows, bare shaft and it shot like a dream, 15/20 yards wouldn't even need fletched, second shot, just the same, but my point pulled off in the layer foam target.  There are other tips in there too, some day I'll tear it apart and get them all.  Next time I make a tie-on point, it'll be notched some.  Keep flingin' 'em.

[andy thomas]

a couple bails of hay is allways a good bet too. could you go into more detail on how you made those target tips. great looking arrows by the way

[nclonghunter]

Hey Andy, you can go to a hobby shop or craft shop and buy a piece of flat brass, 1/8 thick or a little thicker. I think I bought a piece that was 2-3 inches wide and 10 inches long. I marked off a triangle shape on the brass and cut it out with a hack saw. I have a tapered center punch for setting nails. I heated the brass and bent it around the taper to give it the cone shape. The punch needs to be at least big enough to match you arrow shaft. I believe my punch is about 3/8 at the top and tapers down to a 1/8 punch end. I also beveled the sides that bend around and touch, so they would lay flat on the edge. Once you have the cone attached to the shaft you can take a file and flatten the top of the cones edge where it meets the shaft giving it a smooth transition from cone to shaft.
Try to figure how far around the punch, because that determines how wide the triangle base is cut prior to bending.
Hope this helps..

[andy thomas]

thanks will give it a try here and see how it goes