Thank you all for the kind words.
Yes Pat B it truly is.
Kegan, I had a 31" piece of stock cut off a really nice Red Oak board that yielded six bows The board was 5/4 stock from a local hardwood mill, that sadly is now defunct as the owner had a stroke. It was just a matter of ripping out the arrow blanks on my table saw.
Thomas H, follow this link to Jawge's site. His tutorials on making arrows is where I learned how to do them a few years ago. This link will lead you to his site,
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,15690.0.htmlMark, I'd be getting a deal, as you build nice stuff.
Jawge, I learned how to do them from you, through your web site, thank you. Got the basics there, and have been building them ever since. Still not perfect, but they are getting better each time a set is made.
Frank, as long as the grain is straight, they hold up well. I lost, well lose them regularly, therefore the need to continually make them, but have never broken one yet. They are tougher, heavier, and have better penetration than the pine, or POC that I've made. I've also used Ash, and all different kinds of wild shoots for arrows.
