My New Arrow Project

**bountyhunter** · #1 07-02-2009, 10:03 AM

I posted a while back some arrows I built for my daughter's wedding and I liked doing it so much that I decided to build a set I could use that are truely traditional. It has taken some time and a lot of cheap dowel rods to perfect my nocks, but I think I'm there and I've messed up a lot of feathers practicing my wraps. Well I finished my first three last night and I'm very proud of them. No glue (except for the points), no plastic and the fletching is wrapped with sinew. I had planned on using these for practice and hunting, but now I'm not sure I want to shoot them they are so pretty. What do you guys and gals think?

**Tombstone** · #2 07-02-2009, 11:49 AM

WOW! Those are awesome! Thats a tough call, they are so gorgeous that you just want to look at them and not mess them up. lol. But then again you want to show them a little justice and play some string music with them. Heck, now that you got the technique down, make some more for hunting and use those for a display. Great work though.

TXPalerider · #3 07-03-2009, 08:51 AM

Very nice Derek!!

**TXwhtlHNTR** · #4 07-03-2009, 10:00 AM

Color me impressed.

Seriously, those look great. You for sure have the patience and talent for a craft that I don't believe all ofus (not me) could manage.

**bountyhunter** · #5 07-03-2009, 10:45 AM

Thanks Guys!

I finished the first 9 yesterday and this morning while it was still cool took them out to my range. At 15 yards I was grouping better with these than with my standard fletched and nocked arrows. I only shot them twice each, but they flew very straight and true, so my conclusion is all the plastics and glues we use today only makes it easier, not better.

**Bucksnort** · #6 07-03-2009, 06:47 PM

Those are pretty cool. You did a great job on em.

**Chunky** · #7 07-04-2009, 07:12 PM

Those are really cool, and look like a lot of work.

**bountyhunter** · #8 07-05-2009, 07:54 AM

Yes I've been working on the first dozen for almost a month. Of course it was an hour here and two there. I would say these take in the neighborhood of close to 10x as long a building standard arrows. Cutting the nocks, cutting the feathers and the wrapped fletching takes a lot of time to get right. There is no rushing, you have to take your time or you make mistakes that can't be undone. Lucky thing is I have a couple of inches to play with when cutting the nocks, I can mess up a couple of times due to the length of arrow I shoot.