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Offline Christian

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New user, new arrows. aka Hi everybody :)
« on: January 09, 2011, 03:05:29 pm »
I just signed up to PA after having read the posts for some time, and lo and behold, registerd users can view the images ;D Good stuff

Anyway, here's some arrows:









26" grooved hazelshafts with heathardened blunts and turkeyfeathers bound with moosesinew and hide glue.

I was going for a colourhappy indian look, but I feel I may have ended up with the colourblind indian look instead ::)


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Re: New user, new arrows. aka Hi everybody :)
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2011, 03:13:27 pm »
I like the color blind indian look. Those are fine looking arras, how do they shoot ? (Being kinda light on the front). I sort my arrows by how they shoot fro my bow before fletching or points are added.
 Welcome to P.A.  I am working on a bunch of hazelnut shafts myself right now. I am just drying and straightening right now.Maybe some pictures next week of completed shooters.  "  Frank
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: New user, new arrows. aka Hi everybody :)
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2011, 03:16:09 pm »
Glad you decided to get officially signed up, nice arrows.  I have made some with those "buzzer" fletches once in a while, I like the sound they make coming off a fast bow! 
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Re: New user, new arrows. aka Hi everybody :)
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2011, 03:22:49 pm »
Very nice arrows and arrowsmithing!  8)  Welcome to PA. Let's see more of your stuff!  ;D
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Re: New user, new arrows. aka Hi everybody :)
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2011, 03:55:01 pm »
nice job on the arrows!  ive been meaning to try some of that style fletching, but i just traded all my feathers! lol.  so i guess i wont for a while.   again, welcome and nice job!
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Offline Christian

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Re: New user, new arrows. aka Hi everybody :)
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2011, 04:25:16 pm »
Thank you all for the warm welcome :)

@ Sparrow: I dont know how they fly yet since there's 3' of snow covering everything over here, and arrows don't float on snow ::)

Normaly I make the shafts, shoot them, group them, haft points then feathers and then do cosmetics. Simply because this is the most timesaving way of making arras ;) No use doing hours of cosmetics on a stick that just won't fly :)

But now I just wanted some arrows with realy long feathers ;D and also to try out the pointybuzzer things. So they are more "sticks with feathers" than arrows :)

Hazel is a realy nice arrowmaterial btw, probably the best we have in Norway, at least when it comes to arrows from shots.
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Offline Scowler

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Re: New user, new arrows. aka Hi everybody :)
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2011, 09:14:09 am »
Nice looking arrows.  Did you fire harden the tips?

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Re: New user, new arrows. aka Hi everybody :)
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2011, 06:56:36 am »
Jupp ;)  actualy I rolled them on a hotplate. Just sharpened them, then rolled them with some preassure on a hotplate to smooth and harden them :)

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Re: New user, new arrows. aka Hi everybody :)
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2011, 01:15:39 pm »
Cool! 8)
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Re: New user, new arrows. aka Hi everybody :)
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2011, 03:47:27 pm »
i to welcome you and your talent to PA please do post more. realy do enjoy seeing archery from all over the world.
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