Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Little John on August 16, 2008, 10:12:28 pm
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I have been getting more and mopre primitive with my fletching, now I am down to totaly abo ways. Well the abo's probably at least knew how. Have had fair results and hope to get better with another one or two under my belt. I prepared the turkey feathers (from Pappy, thanks) with an obsidian flake and hand fletched with deer sinue from Dana (thanks again to Dana) and attempted to burnthe fletches to shape by hand. Did not have a camp fire handy so used a clothes hanger heated over a propane camp stove. Came out fairly good but burning the feathers is a trick. The cool part is they work real good. Makes me really want to do a stone tool bow with sinue or gut srting. Kenneth
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what no pics ???
would really like to see 'em, they sound cool 8)
tim
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Yeah, pics!!
Alan
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OK. My camera batteries were down then the fletches wern't really that good and I thought I could get some better ones done to show, so here goes. There is one pic of some hillbillies I ran into in Tenn and our thirty point buck, some of some field points I make for cane arrows, Two hand fletched arrows with sinue and no glue and a trade point I made the trade point is 7/8" wide and weighs about 250 grains and is mounted with epoxy and sinue. I know I can do better with the flertches with practice but they shoot good any way. oh bthe better fletching job was hand fletched with feathers cut with a little chopper and the other is the tottaly primitive one. Kenneth
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Cool pictures,the arrows look great,down righ deadly. :)
Pappy
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Yep deadly for sure. The nice thing about primitive archery is that you dont really have to give up performance over regular traditiona archeryl.
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Are you admitting to knowing those guys in the first photo?
I have been working on my arrows as well.
David
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Tying on your fletching is great. Don't have to worry about fletching jigs or glue. Great looking arrows.
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very nice arrows brother.. would look good with some deer on them .....Hawk a/ho
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David, Kenneth feels blessed to know most of those guys! ;D Pat
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Yea, I'd have to say - that'a quite a handsome group of guys in that picture ::) ;D. Nice arra's Kenneth and sure wouldn't want to be on the recieving end :-X :-X ;).
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Nice looking arrows, it's great when you can do something as simple as possible but it still works just like it should. 8)
Alan
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has anybody ever used artificial sinew
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kenneth nothing works better than stone flakes to score the feathers. its like they were made for each other. great job.
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Yes, you can use artificial sinew, but it would feel ,,kinda,,dirty. ;)
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I used to use the artificial stuff all the time, but now that I have used the real thing I found it to be much better. Kenneth
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Ain't that the truth. As it dries it get's stiff and hard and tighten's up - that artificial is only good till ya get the real stuff :).
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Yes, you can use artificial sinew, but it would feel ,,kinda,,dirty. ;)
i have never used it before and was wondering would i have to glue it for it to stick or what
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Adding super glue or TBIII will help but still not as tight or solid as real sinew. Pat
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some of some field points I make for cane arrows,
LittleJohn,
Can you tell me more about those field points? Looks like a nail as the tang but what is the head end?
Mark in England
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Mark: I believe Kenneth is brazing on a blob of brass (brazing rod is brass) then grinds them into points on the head of a sixteen penny nail.
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Gosh that's a rough looking character....the one on the far right that is someone said he smelled like fancy soap. Seriously I like the flatch and the points.Ron