Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: bjrogg on February 21, 2022, 12:37:40 pm
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I really really like this arrow. I like the head. It’s really sharp and the shape looks like it would slide thru anything. Obsidian from glass buttes my cousin collected and I knapped.
Beautiful river cane shaft from supply trade with trapper Rob.
Wild turkey tail feathers and a two fletch.
This one is going in my quiver this hunting season, but until it does it’s going to be displayed in my man cave.
This arrow just plain makes me want to shoot something. It literally has “Pass Thru” written all over it.
Bjrogg
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On display stand
Bjrogg
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Beautiful work BJ. That sure looks lethal. Hope you get a chance to use it next season.
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That's almost too pretty to take out and get blood all over it. Almost. ;D
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:OK pass thru!!!
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Thanks Steve. I really hope so to.
WB it’s just to pretty not to.
Beside Pat’s got it right. It’s just going to Pass Thru
Bjrogg
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That’s a beauty! Really like how your pictures capture the edge, you can tell it’s scary sharp!
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Thanks tracker and it’s good to see you around here again.
Bjrogg
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What's the weight on that point? I'm excited for you to use that bad boy next season
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What's the weight on that point? I'm excited for you to use that bad boy next season
I knew someone was going to ask me that. And I can’t believe I didn’t weigh it.
I know it still has a nice FOC. I’m pretty sure it is slightly lighter than my usual points. It has a pretty stiff shaft just hand flexing so I left it pretty long. It’s 31 1/2 “ long. I didn’t build this one like I normally would have for hunting. I was originally going to give it to my daughter for her birthday but I have different one for her now.
Just from “feel“ and experience I think it will shoot nice from a 52 lbs bow with a narrow handle.
I do wish I had bareshafted with a target point first and then worked something up for this weight.
Sorry
Bjrogg
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That thing looks deadly. Beautiful. How do you practice with those?
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BJ your making a lot of nice arrows from that cane.
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That thing looks deadly. Beautiful. How do you practice with those?
Az normally I make a practice arrow and then remove its point and haft stone point slightly less weight. Between glue and sinew come in about same weight.
I don’t really “practice” with these stone points, but I do shoot them at least once to make sure they fly right. I use a couple pieces of 4” foam insulation. I leave about a foot space between the foam . They may pass thru but usually they are going pretty slow by then. I’ve also used my black hole target but it pretty hard on my target and sometimes they are hard to pull out.
Bjrogg
PS Rob I really like these river cane shafts I’m starting to get pretty low on them.
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BJ I was wondering because I plan to hunt this year with stone points and I’m trying to figure out how to practice with it. I guess I can weight the point and just add some tip weight to match. Then remove the practice head and haft the stone point before I go hunting
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Whatever arrow(s) you plan to hunt should be shot with the point you intend to hunt with. I have a rubberized foam target I shoot hafted points into. Some use a sand pile or straw bails.
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I’ve had good luck shooting them into the spaced out foam . The first piece of foam slows it down and the second usually stops or nearly stops the shaft. Unless I hit a hole that’s already there. Best to use new foam every time. Ive had the best luck pulling them the rest of the way thru rather than pulling them back out. They can be hard to pull out. I’ve shot stone ones a lot into my old black hole target. Those I usually had to pull out the normal way and I think I broke the corner off one once pulling it out.
Like I said. I don’t “practice” with the stone tips on but I do shoot them.
Bjrogg
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Wow, that is lethal and sexy! Lethally sexy...
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Wow, that is lethal and sexy! Lethally sexy...
That’s a scary combination for sure Buckskinner. Thank You
I did weight this point. It’s very close to the point I knapped for pass thru. It isn’t quite as nice, but I’m pretty sure it would work and it weighs 113.4 grains. A little glue and sinew is going to be really close to 125 grains
Bjrogg
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I'm in awe of you guys that knap your own heads. (Just like I used to be in awe of people who made their own bows, then I realized that even a clutz like me can do it) Stone heads aren't legal for hunting in Wyoming, so I've never tried. But man...downing a big game animal with a stone head would be the ultimate. Respect!
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That there is sweet arrow :)
I sure wish I didn’t suck at knapping… guess I just need to put in some more time.
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BJ, That is one sweet arrow! Good luck on the hunt, come fall!
Thomas, Come on down to Nebraska, just need a sharpened point with a blade 7/16ths radius from the
shaft! Non-resident season choice antlerless only is $82. Hunting areas are huge, but cover is scarce, lots of prairie. Archery is 1 Sept. to 31 Dec.
Hawkdancer
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Yeah Thomas! You go to west Nebraska, you got Hawkdancer! you go east, you got me and a couple other knuckleheads lol! Plus, we got lots of Osage!
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Wow, guys, that's quite an offer! Might take you both up on that some time. ;D