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Title: trade points
Post by: recurve shooter on July 23, 2009, 02:19:05 pm

hi guys. i been thinkin about what im gunna do for broad heads this year, and i thing it'll end up being some hafted points cut from a big saw blade i have. could some of you please post pics of your hafted steel hunting points so i can try to decide what style i want? thanks alot for your time

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: AKAPK on July 24, 2009, 05:17:35 am

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,13860.0.html (http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,13860.0.html)

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: Pappy on July 24, 2009, 05:30:38 am

Here are a few of mine. :)
   Pappy

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Title: Re: trade points
Post by: recurve shooter on July 24, 2009, 12:15:16 pm

pappy i like yours. they look simple to cut out.

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: Sleep Junkie on July 24, 2009, 12:20:54 pm

Wow, those are some nice points Pappy.  Do you mind if I ask what thickness of steel you cut them out of and where you get it?  

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: welch2 on July 24, 2009, 06:51:25 pm

A few pics of mine.

(http://www.freebirdarchery.com/images/Hafted%20arrowhead.gif)

(http://www.freebirdarchery.com/images/12%20points.jpg)

(http://www.freebirdarchery.com/images/ArrowHead%231.jpg)

(http://www.freebirdarchery.com/images/luke's%20point.JPG)

Ralph

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: recurve shooter on July 24, 2009, 09:53:35 pm

ralph i really like the shape of yours. is that a double or single bevel?

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: welch2 on July 24, 2009, 10:25:04 pm

Double ,And I cut the sides with a chainsaw file ,to give grip for the sinew wrapping . Like on this one I modded into a fishin' point.

(http://www.freebirdarchery.com/images/fishing%20point%20sm.jpg)

Ralph

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: recurve shooter on July 25, 2009, 12:06:43 am

wow. that should hang on to anything you get it into.

i like your design, i may do that with a single right hand bevel. will that work ok?

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: Pappy on July 29, 2009, 08:42:39 am

I think I like that design better welch2 ,I'll try that the next time around .Cool. :)    What's the weight on them ?
   Pappy

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: Hillbilly on July 30, 2009, 07:20:40 am

I like that shape too, Ralph. I need to make me up a batch of those.

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: Adam Keiper on August 02, 2009, 10:44:39 pm

I made some a few years ago from a cheap circular saw blade.  The cost worked out to 11 cents per head.  Got to use them on a couple of whitetails.  The head used on the deer in the first pic nicked the leg bone going in and lodged in the middle of the far leg bone.  The arrow broke off, but I found the head when butchering.  I had to use both hands on a pair of heavy channel lock pliers to remove it. 

I also bought or traded for some that look identical to Ralph's that I've used on deer as well.  I use stainless orthodontic wire and epoxy to haft them to the shaft.



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Title: Re: trade points
Post by: welch2 on August 02, 2009, 11:33:40 pm

Thanks guys ,We stamp them out of 16 gauge steel .they weigh right at 200 grains . I have some heavier ,but a lot of guys want to trade for some lighter ones .So I'm trying to come up with a thinner one . I do like the heavier thicker points myself .

Ralph

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: recurve shooter on August 03, 2009, 12:25:48 am

hopefully me and my friend can get ahold of a bar of damascus to use. if not we'll be useing some steel he found.

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: Little John on August 05, 2009, 09:22:02 pm

Made up some of these from a saw mill blade  and really like them. Made them as per the Ashby study recomendations, they weigh close to 300 grains.     Kenneth

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Title: Re: trade points
Post by: jthompson1995 on August 05, 2009, 09:49:51 pm

Adam, I have to ask what kind of shafts you used on the arrows in the third photo.  Those look awesome!  I'm guessing they are heat treated or scorched in some way.

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: paulc on August 06, 2009, 09:01:21 am

Hey Pappy, are your arrow heads made from saw blade?  Those of you that make heads out of blades how do you mark the blade for cutting?  I used a grinder to cut mine trade points out...not real condusive to cutting straight lines so the heads need A LOT of work to get them balanced and true.  Any one have some advice?  PC

Title: Re: trade points
Post by: Pat B on August 07, 2009, 12:27:49 am

Paul, you can scratch the shape(trace a pattern)into the metal with an awl or trace it with a pencil.