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Offline jturkey

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Re: Catfish spine tipped arrows: A special project
« Reply #15 on: June 02, 2011, 10:42:48 am »
how did you remove the spines from the catfish?
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Offline swamp monkey

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Re: Catfish spine tipped arrows: A special project
« Reply #16 on: June 02, 2011, 12:14:12 pm »
Quote from: jturkey on June 02, 2011, 10:42:48 am
how did you remove the spines from the catfish?

I clipped most of them off with side cutting pliers.  I then used my knife to separate the rest of the spine from the connective tissue of the fin.  In one instance I did not use the cutters at all.  I simply cut down into the fish to get the whole spine.  You can see that dorsal spine in the background behind the finished arrows in one of the pictures I posted.  It was a smidge more work but not much.  Kind of a wash though considering what I ended up doing to the base anyway to make them fit inside the arrow split. 

In my opinion the dorsal spine is where the beauty is.  The pectoral spines work fine though.
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Offline criveraville

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Re: Catfish spine tipped arrows: A special project
« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2011, 01:21:21 pm »
Those are fine lookin arrow.. Sweet memories too
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Offline Young Bowyer

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Re: Catfish spine tipped arrows: A special project
« Reply #18 on: June 03, 2011, 10:21:16 pm »
Amazing arrows and an even more amazing story, my cousin lost his mother in 1999, he never talks about it, and weère almost always hunting and fishing together. We caughjt over 20 catfish a couple weekends ago!  :D Anyways ièm going to have to show him how to make a bow and arrow like I did.
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Offline ken75

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Re: Catfish spine tipped arrows: A special project
« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2011, 01:23:48 am »
great work , your stuff is inspiring
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Offline stickbender

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Re: Catfish spine tipped arrows: A special project
« Reply #20 on: June 06, 2011, 03:47:12 am »

     Cool ! 8)  Nasty looking points, and those little serrations, are pretty nasty also.  Sorry to hear about your Mom.  My Mom used to love to fish also. Those were some big catfish.  I know they can inflict some awful painful injuries.  My Mother got stuck by a big ol Sail cat, at the inlet, and it was so painful for her she had to go to the hospital to have it cleaned, and got a Tetanus shot for infection.  And she could take a lot of pain without complaining. They have a nasty slime on the barb that is not exactly nice to the body. ;)  Ok, now where is the picture of your Son and the Deer?

                                                                               Wayne
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Offline PeteC

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« Reply #21 on: June 06, 2011, 08:31:48 pm »
I like stories like that.You're kids will never forget. Awful sorry about your loss as well. God Bless
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Catfish spine tipped arrows: A special project
« Reply #22 on: June 06, 2011, 09:36:23 pm »
Those are great looking points and arrows. Thanks for sharing.
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