Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Pappy on July 28, 2008, 06:03:17 am
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Finely got them done,hope the next batch don't take so long,I have learned a lot on this little
project but I think they will be worth it.See if you think they will make meat. :)
Pappy
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Those trade points look deadly. Once we figure out how to consistantly make cane arrows, think of all the money we'll save by not buying shafting.
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Ya it is cheap,but lots of work,I don't guess this stuff is supposed to be easy . I am
pretty slow at it right now,Just glad I got some together to hunt with. :) Now I can
finish some bows I be putting off and work on some more Cain this winter when it ant fit
to do anything else.I do like the way they fly tho.
Pappy
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Your arrow look awesome. I just fletched up on Tonkin cane arrow with a trade point yesterday. Going to see if it will go straight or not this morning. And you are right Pappy, it is all a labor of love.
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Them look like meat makers ;D. I'm runnin behind..
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Very nice arrows Pappy! Those trade points look like they'll get the job done with ease.
Tracy
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Impressive work as always, Pappy.
They would work really well..on the uhh bow that I uhh ..still haven't finished :'(
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how heavy is one of them with the trade points on it ?
i made one a week ago with cane but its like 900 + grs . just to heavy for me
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Pappy the only way we can see if the make meat is to try them out .I have a couple that I made myself that am eager to try out good job nice looking arrows
Dennis
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Look like they ought to work to me. Do they have plugs in the ends? Justin
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What type of steel did you make the trade points out of ? I made some a couple of weeks ago out of .040" spring steel , I hopefully will be able to try them out on some deer this fall !!
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Catfishon they are around 650-700 grains, Justin, they do have hard wood plugs in them on both
ends. J. they are 50/1000 band saw blade. I see no reason they won't do the job,I have used
160 grain ACE for years and there ant much difference in the size hole they should make. :)
Pappy
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very nice arrows, pappy. just one question, the front part of the fletching (where it's higher than the rest, not sure what to call it) isn't that noisy? i always liked the appearance, but didn't do it because i thought it would make the arrows louder.
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Everybody has ask that and the answer is no,I can't tell any difference.They are quite as a mouse.
The way I shoot they need to be so I can get off more than one shot. ;) ;D ;D
Pappy
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I'm sure those arrow's combined with your huntin' ability are sure to make meat! I look forward to eating some of it at the club this fall! ;D
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Nice work Pappy. Did you get them pretty well matched as to all shoot about the same? Did you have to cull some that shot off? My experience is that a cane arrow that spines 90-100# works good for me and a 65-70# cedar might be too stiff. Any way the cane seems to be more forgiving as per spine. Looks like you might need some of my brass field points for your target arrows. Kenneth
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Good looking arrows Pappy. Like the trade points. I bought & traded for 3 doz. at Mojam. Good looking points. 240 grns & were supposed to be made of 1056. They were soft as mush & won't take an edge. I tried tempering but they're still soft & still won't take an edge. Oh well. The fella I got them from didn't make them & I'm sure he didn't know they weren't any good. Lots of luck with the cane. Best arrow shafts ever.
Butch
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These are band saw blades and 160 or so grain,they sharpen up great and pretty easy.Kenneth
at first they were way off but after working with them I got them pretty close.My bows are all
in the low 50's at 26 and around 60 lb spine weight cut at about 29 inches seem to shoot the
best.I had several a lot heaver than that so just for a test I done some light scraping on them in the middle 2/3 and it brought them right in.I don't know if you are supposed to do that but I did and it seemed to work fine.Now they all shoot good. :)
Pappy