Beauty Bush arrow

[Blayne]

Thanks to DC for providing me some great materials to play with! He gave me a bundle of Beauty Bush shoot shafts that were damn near perfect(not sure how much work you did to them Don), and I finally got around to building one. I love shoot shafts. I make dozens of arrows from TSA Sitka spruce for my business, and doing shooting something primitive once in a while is just awesome! Just gotta get better at knapping lol!

Finish-tung oil
Wraps-gut
Fletch-wild turkey medieval cut

[penderbender]

Another nice looking arrow Blayne! I remember Don posted about the beauty bush shoots. Those look like factory shafts! Cheers- Brendan

[DC]

Sorry, I can't remember how much time I spent on them if any. I do remember they were quite straight right off the bush. Let me now how they stand up. Oh. nice arrow.

[selfbow joe]

Nice work. Great looking arrow

[Blayne]

Thanks guys! If you didn't do much processing on those shafts Don, they have to be the best shoot shafts going. It took the tung oil so good, it has a perfect, thick coating on it. Really nice to work with for sure!

[TSA]

wow!!
that is a beaut!!
really nice work!!

what did you wrap it with- looks very neat!!
 

[TSA]

oops!!
sorry i just read- "guts wrap" how did you do that?
looks very neat!!

[Hawkdancer]

Beauty Bush??  Not familiar with that one, does it have other common names?   Real nice arrow anyway
Hawkdancer

[DC]

Kolkwitzia amabilis is it's Latin name. It's a garden shrub. Also called Linnaea amabilis. Originates in China. It's a beautiful arching bush. You will have no problem convincing your wife to plant one.