Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: stringstretcher on April 18, 2013, 04:57:39 pm
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Any one who makes cane or bamboo arrows and will have them at the classic, I would love to meet you and get some pictures and chat with you if at all possible. If you want to set a time, just pm me and we will meet, or we can make other arrangements. I sure would love to get as many pictures as I can for an up coming project.
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I will be sure to meet you Sir.
We made a trade a few years back.
The cane arrows I will be shooting are sporting some of your feathers.
David
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Sounds great.
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I got some sharp rocks to give you anyway, so I'll be searching you out, but I'll try to remember to bring a few of my arrows for show and tell. See ya soon
Scott
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Awesome Scott. I got some cane for you hear as well. ;)
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I'll let you check out my arrows. Feel free to give me any advice or tips to help me improve them.
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i also want a few pics of us together also.i bring my camera and never take pics.also,i've got some feathers coming.my cousin called me today and said she killed a gobbler this week and so did her grampa.she is bringing me wings.see you soon Charlie.
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Hot dog....bring em on Steve. Looking forward to seeing you, bear, and the whole gang here is a few days. I think I will leave three or four days early so I make sure I get there early...lol.
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I'll bring mine Charlie. There were made mostly by Chris Cade and Art Butner.
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I'll bring some, I've posted some I made a few months ago with Eastern woodlands two fletch, I'm like OO, I would like to talk arrows with you and have you check mine out. I'll be there friday through sunday in a silver Toyota pickup.
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Wonderful guys. If when you walk from the cabin and eating area to the bottom parking lot, as soon as you go across the creek, I was the second or third camp on the left. I will have a burgundy Mazda pickup with a camper shell on it. That will be my site, so if you can not find me meandering around the crowd, you can catch me there I am sure.
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I'll be sure to bring what I have, Charlie. Mine aren't museum quality by any means. :P I would love some pointers!
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Sounds great Matt, Eddie, and everyone. I can see I will get some great info and pictures. This is what makes this place so nice. Thanks again to everyone. See you soon.
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Mine will be there Charlie. ;) :) :) :) I will try and meet up with ya. ;) :) :) See ya in a week. :)
Pappy
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Pappy, if I can get my running shoes on, I might be able at some point to catch up with you. See you soon.
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I have some John Thomas cane arrows I'll have. Look me up in the bow building area.
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Sure will Jon. Thanks
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I have a couple of stone tipped canes made by Norm Blaker - a Primitive legend here in Michigan. I'll be sure to bring them - Bob.
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Hey, Charlie. I will be there Fri. morning and would love to learn more about can arrows. I read Tenbrook's garden stake build a long and tried a batch without much success. I hope you guys can show me where I went wrong.
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Look me up buddy. Be glad to help you out, with what little I know...lol
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I've made a few of them Charlie ole boy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqqzbcOfRzo
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nice arras there Roy.
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Looking pretty good there, for an old coot. Who straightened them for you? I know you can not see that straight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I plant the cane and lace them to a steel stake so they grow straight and don't need straightened:) I see your a rookie at this game:)
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That I am,,,,,that I am...lol
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This otta give ya a woodie, Charlie:)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f165/ROY-CHRIS/WP_000018.jpg) (http://s47.photobucket.com/user/ROY-CHRIS/media/WP_000018.jpg.html)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f165/ROY-CHRIS/2007arrows019.jpg) (http://s47.photobucket.com/user/ROY-CHRIS/media/2007arrows019.jpg.html)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f165/ROY-CHRIS/2007arrows024.jpg) (http://s47.photobucket.com/user/ROY-CHRIS/media/2007arrows024.jpg.html)
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Nice work on that cane. Love the wrapping, and the forshafting. They even look almost straight. So tell me? Who made them for you??? :o :o
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I did ya smarty pants old coot:)
Little tip on wrapping the feathers ole boy. I use black silk thread, I clamp the shaft in a vice, padded with a soft rag. I clamp the shaft only tight enough to hold it, but loose enough that I can rotate it with my hand. Clamped too tight and you crack it, yes I've done that a couple times:) The vice is my third hand! I start at the nock end of the shaft, do a 1/4 inch solid wrap to strengthen the self nock area, but also wrap the base area of the nock with sinew later. Then as I start wrapping the feather, I go carefully through one feather then rotate the shaft so the next feather is facing up, while keeping tension on my spool of thread. I run the thread down through the next feather and check to see how my spacing looks. If it's not even, I'll back the thread up out and move it in the direction to make it even. Then rotate the shaft so the next feather is facing up. It's a tedious process but well worth it. Takes maybe 10 minutes to wrap the feathers. When done wrapping I soak both ends with super glue.
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They do look nice. I know Art wrapped his similar to that. And I am working on a jig now to use as my third hand as well. These old hands just don't function like they used to, so I know yours can not being older than dirt........Have a good one.....got to get some sleep to get up early and head to Twin Oaks. The one good thing about this trip Roy is I know you are not making this one.......roflmao. I wished you could be there to get some up close and personal attention for the old man....lol
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Have fun and hope ya have a GPS. :)
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Yep, every star in the sky, the sun, moon, and traffic direction signs....lol