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Offline BryanR

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Getting better (and colorful...)
« on: January 01, 2014, 03:38:22 pm »
Finished these throughout December.  50-55#, Ash, leather dye and water based sealed, or straight gun stock oil.  I'm improving my Nock grade from a C to a B  :).  While I can get consistent nice results, it still requires a lot of work on my part.

Haven't gotten the hang of cutting my own feathers yet.  Went through a whole wing, and didn't get 3 that were the same size or shape.  Also, learned that just because a bone point is straight from the front doesn't mean it's straight from the side.  I won't tell which two arrows don't spin well.

Happy New Year everyone!   Looking forward to more of your projects, and trying some myself.

Bryan
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2014, 03:59:48 pm »
Those are sweet!!! Nice work.

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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2014, 04:17:16 pm »
Bryan,
          I'll give you an A on those nocks...interesting set of points also...Good strong looking wraps...
                 
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2014, 04:33:32 pm »
Nothing wrong with those arrows.
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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2014, 07:32:49 pm »
Great job on those arrows. The color scheme would help me quit loosing so many arrows while I'm out shooting tree rats.
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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2014, 08:49:45 pm »
Really nice threadwork. That's an area where a lot of folks are challenged and it can take some time to learn.
I'm not sure what issues you're having with your nocks but whatever it is, you're certainly headed in the right direction.
Great job on these.

Guy
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2014, 08:55:15 pm »
Nice looking arras...............how do they shoot?
DBar
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2014, 09:08:00 pm »
Very nice! What I do with feathers is I wait till they are glued to the shaft. Than I will use wide masking tape over both sides of the fletching. Than I have a little cardboard template I hold against the feather while I trace it with a pen, and then cut on the line I traced with some scissors. After that, I just slowly pull the tape off and usually have a perfect fletching. It's important to put the tape on carefully. That is how I have been doing it lately anyhow, I am still quite a virgin to good making arrows, :).
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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2014, 10:30:51 pm »
TMK, I do similar but  I use masking tape and once the pattern is set I transfer the tape  from arrow to arrow.
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Offline bow101

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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2014, 11:19:06 pm »
You 'da master,  very nice arrows   8)
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Offline BryanR

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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2014, 07:28:23 pm »
Thanks for the awesome comments!   I'll definitely try the tape suggestion next opportunity.
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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2014, 08:07:53 am »
Man them are beautiful,very nice job. :)
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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2014, 08:53:24 am »
Nice arrows and I really like that color scheme. I'm going to dye up a dozen to try, maybe won't lose them in this high grass around the property.
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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2014, 09:18:17 am »
Those look great Bryan. Did you make the points? I seem to use green dye a lot and that doesn't help me to find them if I shoot one out in the field or in the woods. Only sugestion I'd give ya is to tapper the transition from point to shaft some on your next batch if you plan on shooting them.  Great work all the same, dpg
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Offline nclonghunter

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Re: Getting better (and colorful...)
« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2014, 09:32:47 am »
Very nice, make them too purdy and you may not want to shoot them :laugh:
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