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Offline broad_head

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Hawthorn character arrows
« on: May 27, 2009, 06:26:50 am »
I thought I would share with you a set of arrows I made for a bit of fun; they are made from hawthorn shoots. As you can see this wood does not grow straight or at lease not in the UK. They were cut from an area of coppice that had started to re-grow and created these young shoots. I managed to get a batch of arrow shafts from these; I lost or discarded a few during the straightening process as I tried to average out the wriggles from end to end. Fletching was all done by hand due to the irregularities. Despite the irregular shape of these arrows they fly surprisingly well but there are never going to be as accurate as a straight shaft.
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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2009, 07:35:37 am »
Those are cool-good job, and very unique arrows.
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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2009, 07:59:22 am »
I could see where they would fly quite well. I'll bet you would be fantastic with straight wood. Great attention to detail. Ronnie
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Offline faltenhemd

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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2009, 08:10:05 am »
wow!
i wouldn't even think of useing those shoots for arrows...
very impressive :)

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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2009, 08:19:40 am »
Awesome arra's now ya need a crooked bow to shoot em out of ;D
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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2009, 08:26:59 am »
Nice looking arrows, You did a phenomenal job. Patb had one a couple years ago at the CTA shoot that shot like a dart.
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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2009, 08:35:44 am »
Very nice looking arrows, you done a superb job on them. :)
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Offline Cromm

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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2009, 09:23:02 am »
They are great looking!!!!
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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2009, 03:08:05 pm »
man those are awesome.  Wish that stuff grew where I live...  Amazing.
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Offline markinengland

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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2009, 04:22:40 pm »
Peter,
Post a pic of those arrows along side your wiggly hawthorn bow!
I suggest that you shoot your wiggly arrows from now on. You're too accurate with the straight ones!
Mark
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2009, 05:01:09 pm »
 ;D Really nice!
Do they fly good??
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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2009, 05:31:54 pm »
Only thing I like better than character bows is character arrows and you did a bang-up job on these arrows. Very nice work!!! 8)
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Offline chessieboy

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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2009, 06:35:26 pm »
those look like they need some snake skin that would really get some strange looks.
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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2009, 10:38:02 pm »
Those are some great looking arrows.  I am really impressed with your work.
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Re: Hawthorn character arrows
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2009, 02:33:58 pm »
Wow...you don't see that everyday.  Very Nice!  You should post them in the "Best Arrow" thread. ;D
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