Scratching my Itch

[bjrogg]

Been awhile since I worked on an arrow.

Just got the itch from the arrow trade thread. Had to scratch it.

Started out by picking up a piece of butterscotch flint river that I gave up on several years ago and put in the for another day pile. Turned out pretty decent. This is the first stone I ever bought.

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Then I looked through my supply of Cain I got from trapper rob and straightened out a nice one.

Then I wrapped both ends with sinew to keep shaft from splitting. Not at the end but just past where notch would be cut for point and string.

Then I let sinew dry and next day I dry fit the point

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Then I haft my point with pitch glue. Got everything nice and warm. As it cooled I did a spin test and got it really close to perfect.

Then I let it cool down really good and wrapped with sinew.

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Then I used two hacksaw blades side by side to cut string notch. And used a bastard file and my leather man file to fine tune it.

Normally I would paint my Bjrogg markings on now but I need more red paint so it will probably take a bit before I can finish my arrow. Looks promising so far

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Guess I can put my blue on

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Did get to town and got my red.

I will let it dry good now and then spray several coats of clear satin over it to lock it on.

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[Aaron1726]

Lookin good 

[Pat B]

Nice work, Brian. 

[bjrogg]

Thank you Pat and Aaron. This one is working out pretty good.

Last night before I went home I stripped the ,ground and trimmed two nicely match turkey tail feathers.

Then I placed the rear of fletch on opposite sides of the shaft facing reward. I get them right where I want them and then tightly wrap them to shaft. I then let sinew shrink and dry overnight.

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This morning the sinew is tight and dry. Now I fold both fletches forward and place them on top of shaft. This gives fletch a quarter twist of rotation. I wrap a little and then pull the fletch forward and tight to the shaft. Then I wrap it tightly to the shaft and let the sinew shrink and dry.

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This is my rendition of a Cherokee Two Fletch. The front is two fletch but the rear is four. I try pretty hard to get everything lined up good. It does help to wrap the rear first. I have tried both ways.

The rear of the fletch should look like this

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[mullet]

Looking good, Brian! That Flint River Butterscotch will heat treat real nice around 400-450 dgs. It turns a nice red color and makes it a lot easier to chip.

[bjrogg]

Thanks Eddie.

I really wish I had that rock now. I did try to heat treat it in my wife’s turkey roaster. I most have gotten it to hot. It got nice and red but was really brittle.

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[Allyn T]

Looks great Brian! When you 2 fletch is the inside of the feather the part catching the air?

[bjrogg]

Looks great Brian! When you 2 fletch is the inside of the feather the part catching the air?

I don’t know if there is a right or wrong way. I have done both. I usually just go with whatever way they seem to fit the shaft best.

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