Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Pappy on October 24, 2011, 10:34:13 am
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I got around to finishing my sour wood shaft.Trade point with pine pitch and sinew rapped,self nock with Turkey primary feathers from one of last years Turkey :) :) It weight is 590 grains and fly's like a dart. This is the first time I have taken PatB advice and do one arrow at a time,I like it better that way,especially with Cain or shoot shafts.You can take you time and make sure each one fly's like it should,I have made them up by the half dozen and only one or 2 fly right,that is very discourging.
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great looking arrow pappy i really like the point. My teacher has a sour wood shaft that one of his freinds gave him i can remember it being very thin.
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Great lookin' arrow Pappy!! Love those lines on the trade point. Really cool, I haven't seen that before. 8) Thanks for sharing, dpgratz
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Looks really good Pappy that's a fine looking glue and wrap job it's almost like you've done it before. Ronnie
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Awesome looking arrow and tradepoint Pappy! What do you use to make the "flake scars" on the point? Also can you give me the dimensions of the point?
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Will you please give a quick explanation of what sour wood is? Is it a species or a condition of wood? I searched the forum and found a lot of usage of it, nothing actually tells me what it is. I'd appreciate any help you can offer. Thank you.
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Sourwood(Oxydendrum arboreum) is a native understory tree that grows in the S.E. US. Sourwoods typically send up shoots that can be from a few inches long to over 7 feet but many are perfect for arrow shafts with a little hand work.
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Thanks Pat,hoped you would chime in. ;) :) :) CherokeeKC,I didn't make this point,
Josh Wolf made it for me.It is the same size as I make,I just don't do the scares,It is 1 1/4 inch wide by 2 inches long.He made the scares with a drimmel tool. :) He makes some knives like that also. :)
Pappy
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Ok cool thanks Pappy!
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Sourwood(Oxydendrum arboreum) is a native understory tree that grows in the S.E. US. Sourwoods typically send up shoots that can be from a few inches long to over 7 feet but many are perfect for arrow shafts with a little hand work.
Thank you.
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Pappy that is one fine looking arrow.
Cipriano
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That point's awesome, Pappy. Bought, or made?
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already shot a turtle with it I see ;)
well done Pappy.
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That looks awesome Pappy. And agree with the one at a time rule. Great tip! ;) ;) ;)
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Looks like a meat maker. good luck ! ' Frank
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Turtle ;) ;D ;D ;D Started another one yesterday, I have been using a little thumb plane to de bark,but yesterday I tried a scraper,man that worked great. :) :) Got it down from 95lb spine to 65lb. in just a few minutes. :)
Thanks Keenan /Sparrow/sonny
Pappy
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Great looking arrow!
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Another nice thing about sourwood is you can scrape it as soon as you cut it and it will not check as it dries. Takes about a minute for each shaft. I have force dried some and had an arrow made in two days laying the sourwood under my wood stove to dry after scraping the bark off. I wouldn't trust an arrow that was made that quick but in an emergency you could easily hunt with it.
For the best arrows slow drying over a year or more is what you want. Arrows made with slow dries sourwood stay straight and hit hard...even rocks and trees! ;)
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Nice lookin' arrow, Pappy! I've done a few arrows this year. Changed from dipping and cresting...blah, blah, blah to the more primitive style. I used to hate making arrows. Now... I kinda like it. ??? :P :-\ ;D
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Ya it's fun and kind of relaxing,especially doing one at a time,I am just keeping one going all the time.Pat these have the bark left on,I traded for the several years ago from a guy up in N/W KY. probably 6 or 7 years at least but have been kept in the dry and seem very sound when I get the bark off. :)
Pappy
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Those well cured sourwoods will make the best arrows Pappy. Most on mine are like that too but I have made a few with the "speed" method.