Foreshafted Tonkin Arrows

[Chief RID]

Great hunting arrows. If I had your skill I would hunt with them also. beautiful and deadly, I am sure.

[Pappy]

Very nice set of arrows,good looing work.
 Pappy

[Badly Bent]

Oh man I like the looks of those arrows. Very nicely crafted set of arrows Thunder and Don's points look killer on them.

[Hrothgar]

Great looking set! Those close-up pix are a big help for those of us who are still learning to work with cane.

[Thunder]

Here's a few close ups of the interchangeable target/practice points.

This is a pic with my target points and knapped practice points.
And that's my not so Abo tool for hollowing out the cane. I had one made out of bone but it wouldnt hold an edge. I haven't tried to knap one.

[Danzn Bar]

How do you hold the points in place
DBar

[Thunder]

How do you hold the points in place
DBar

If you asking about the foreshafts they are pressure fitted. And if you want them to really stay in place, a little saliva on the inserted end (foreshafts finished w/ Tung Oil but not the inserted end) swells the wood and sometimes near impossible to get loose.

[Danzn Bar]

  WOw very interesting ...... I guess I'm just too modern    to understand how that would work...................
DBar

[loon]

Awesome

How do you pull the foreshafts out when you want to, then?
How would hide glue work in comparison, softened with heat when one wants to replace? overkill?
Did you get these shafts from that Florida bamboo supplier?
Should one heat straighten a shaft with tung oil finish on it or is dried tung oil too flammable?
Guess I'd like to know how you did the fletchings too... sinew and hide glue and cut to shape after gluing them on the shaft? or burned?

So many questions

[Thunder]

Awesome

How do you pull the foreshafts out when you want to, then?
How would hide glue work in comparison, softened with heat when one wants to replace? overkill?
Did you get these shafts from that Florida bamboo supplier?
Should one heat straighten a shaft with tung oil finish on it or is dried tung oil too flammable?
Guess I'd like to know how you did the fletchings too... sinew and hide glue and cut to shape after gluing them on the shaft? or burned?sy

So many questions

-The foreshafts come out, it's just not always easy to get them out.
-Hide glue would work just fine, I just didn't glue these in.
-These shafts are tomato stakes from the hardware store.
-Not sure about straightening tung oil finished shafts, I've never tried that, I don't put a finish on cane shafts, only the insert
-The fletchings are from birds harvested last year and I split and sand them myself. Sinew and hide glue on both ends    of the fletchings (a thin layer of tb 3 after they're dry), I used modern glue (fletch tite) to put them on the shaft. Sometimes I only use the sinew and hide glue wraps to keep them on. I trim them down with scissors after I put them down
-I'll post some other sets of arrows soon.
-I'm always ready to try and answer questions

[GlisGlis]

very nice arrow and super cool points
I like alot the foreshaft concept even if require more work

[Aaron H]

Great looking set,  foresharts always take quite a bit more time,  but are worth it in my opinion.  Well done thunder.

[sumpitan]

Beautiful work! I've haven't been able to get a bone drill bit bite and last, either, when drilling out sockets for foreshafts. (in solid softwood shafts, though).

Tuukka

[89JeepYJ]

I'm curious about those target point foreshafts you have.
How long are they?
Have you had any trouble with the foreshaft staying in the target when you pull the arrow out?

[Thunder]

Here's a pic of the foreshaft length, this length seems to be a good starting point for me.

Yeah, the foreshafts will stay in a foam target if they're not glued in. I use a box filled with rags to practice shooting foreshafted arrows.