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Offline adb

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Warbow Arrows
« on: November 05, 2012, 06:13:10 pm »
These are some heavy arrows I've finished for a friend for Xmas. His wife ordered them for him.

1/2" oak shafts, 32" from valley of nock to base of head, 7 1/2" hand cut fletchings, bound 4 wraps per inch with black silk. Heavy war heads are hand forged by Hector Cole in the UK. All heads weigh 28 - 30g. These are parallel for the first 2/3, and then evenly hand tapered to 3/8" at the nock. 2" horn inserts in the nocks. The horn is 1/8" wide to aid in release from the 120+# bow these will be shot out of. Nocks are 1/8" wide, and 3/8" deep. These arrows all qualify as 1/4# (113g) arrows for EWBS or CWBS sanctioned shoots.
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Offline fishfinder401

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2012, 06:30:51 pm »
wow, those are some nice arrows, where did you get or how did you make the shafts?
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Offline Josh Wilson

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2012, 08:24:42 pm »
Nice!!
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2012, 08:40:12 pm »
Wow, that thread wrap looks very even.  I struggle with that the most.  Beautiful arrows!

George
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Offline Eastman

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2012, 10:05:03 am »
Great craftsmanship!!
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Offline adb

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2012, 10:53:00 am »
Thanks! These are very labour intensive to make... each one takes about 2-3 hrs to complete from start to finish.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2012, 01:23:25 pm »
Very nice...
Dunno how you have the patience for that spiral thread. How on earth do you know where to pull it down through the vanes of the feather? Or do you get all the vanes standing up straight or maybe thread it though on a needle?
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Offline Loki

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2012, 01:59:40 pm »
Nice arrows! Are they bobtailed?

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How on earth do you know where to pull it down through the vanes of the feather? Or do you get all the vanes standing up straight or maybe thread it though on a needle?

Dunno about Adb but I just use use the thread to seperate the vanes, I try for four turns per inch of flight.
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Offline adb

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2012, 03:52:04 pm »
Yup, that's how I do it too. I use the thread to seperate the feather, and then smooth it back together with my fingers. With a bit of practice, it gets easier. It's also not difficult to achieve even spacing after a while, too.
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Offline Ian.

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2012, 04:42:54 pm »
Nice looking arrows those - though, "qualify for EWBS/CWBS shoots" the 1/4 arrow has a rear edge as nature intended.
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Offline adb

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2012, 05:52:38 pm »
Yes, I know. Sorry, I neglected to mention that small detail! However, the customer is unlikely to ever enter a EWBS or CWBS shoot, and he wanted the trailing edge less tapered.
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Offline adb

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2012, 11:13:41 am »
Quote from: Ian. on November 10, 2012, 04:42:54 pm
Nice looking arrows those - though, "qualify for EWBS/CWBS shoots" the 1/4 arrow has a rear edge as nature intended.
Kinda like this?
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Offline robby

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2012, 10:02:39 am »
Beautiful job, end to end!!!
Robby
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Offline Agincourtwarbow

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #13 on: November 17, 2012, 02:14:09 pm »
Nice work mate, they look to be real well made battle shafts, bet they will fly well.
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Offline imar

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Re: Warbow Arrows
« Reply #14 on: November 17, 2012, 03:25:27 pm »
Nice!

I would wrap some thread around the base of the nock too, for safety.
We do shoot these, and other, war arrows in the Dutch Warbow Society and sometimes they splice despite the horn.

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