Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: broad_head on January 20, 2010, 10:31:42 am

Title: Latest arrows
Post by: broad_head on January 20, 2010, 10:31:42 am

Hello all
                 I thought I would share with you some of my latest arrows. These are all made from Hazel shoots collected the year before last, collected about 150! All the standard arrows are hand fletched with natural turkey feathers, these I collect from a farm each Christmas, and bound on with linen thread.
The cresting identifies each batch of arrows to there stiffness or spine, not that I spine them with a spine tester just hand spine them, shoot them and see how they go, getting better at it now. I am still experimenting with arrow points, some here are wood and some with a metal screws inserted. I have just obtained some stone heads so hope to have arrows made up with these this year. The slow arrows also have wood points reinforced with a piece of copper tubing to stop them splitting. I have probably got enough arrows to last me few years but I cant stop making them, its addictive like bow making.
                       Peter (UK)
More photos on second post


[attachment deleted by admin]

Title: Re: Latest arrows
Post by: Justin Snyder on January 20, 2010, 11:19:17 am

That is a lot of arrows. It would probably take me a week to break them all.  ;D

Title: Re: Latest arrows
Post by: Josh on January 20, 2010, 11:49:40 am

those are really nice too!  Just saw the spiral fletched ones on the other thread and looks like you have quite an arsenal built for yourself!   8)  -josh

Title: Re: Latest arrows
Post by: Hillbilly on January 20, 2010, 01:36:04 pm

Those are some fine looking arrows. I love that cresting, too. Great job.

Title: Re: Latest arrows
Post by: Tsalagi on January 20, 2010, 01:52:02 pm

Excellent craftsmanship! Looks like you have a nice quiver to put them in, from what I could see of it.

Title: Re: Latest arrows
Post by: mullet on January 20, 2010, 08:18:00 pm

 those are pretty.

Title: Re: Latest arrows
Post by: Grunt on January 20, 2010, 09:36:12 pm

Nice, glad that you signed them also. Cool cresting.

Title: Re: Latest arrows
Post by: kerryb on January 20, 2010, 10:00:34 pm

great looking arrows.

Title: Re: Latest arrows
Post by: Postman on January 22, 2010, 02:25:18 pm

great looking stuff!

Title: Re: Latest arrows
Post by: mox1968 on January 29, 2010, 01:19:54 pm

robin hood would have been happy to have those in his quiver!!

Title: Re: Latest arrows
Post by: Sparrow on January 30, 2010, 05:05:54 pm

Those are fine looking arrows. There is good flint over there,you should take up Knapping arrowheads.  '  Frank