Author Topic: Sour wood shaft ready (Read 5210 times)

Pappy · « **Reply #15 on:** October 26, 2011, 07:47:29 am »

Turtle

Started another one yesterday, I have been using a little thumb plane to de bark,but yesterday I tried a scraper,man that worked great.

Got it down from 95lb spine to 65lb. in just a few minutes.

Thanks Keenan /Sparrow/sonny
Pappy

nyarrow · « **Reply #16 on:** October 26, 2011, 08:21:31 am »

Great looking arrow!

Pat B · « **Reply #17 on:** October 26, 2011, 08:27:47 pm »

Another nice thing about sourwood is you can scrape it as soon as you cut it and it will not check as it dries. Takes about a minute for each shaft. I have force dried some and had an arrow made in two days laying the sourwood under my wood stove to dry after scraping the bark off. I wouldn't trust an arrow that was made that quick but in an emergency you could easily hunt with it.
For the best arrows slow drying over a year or more is what you want. Arrows made with slow dries sourwood stay straight and hit hard...even rocks and trees!

MWirwicki · « **Reply #18 on:** October 26, 2011, 10:28:22 pm »

Nice lookin' arrow, Pappy! I've done a few arrows this year. Changed from dipping and cresting...blah, blah, blah to the more primitive style. I used to hate making arrows. Now... I kinda like it.

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Pappy · « **Reply #19 on:** October 27, 2011, 07:09:18 am »

Ya it's fun and kind of relaxing,especially doing one at a time,I am just keeping one going all the time.Pat these have the bark left on,I traded for the several years ago from a guy up in N/W KY. probably 6 or 7 years at least but have been kept in the dry and seem very sound when I get the bark off.

Pappy

Pat B · « **Reply #20 on:** October 27, 2011, 12:12:21 pm »

Those well cured sourwoods will make the best arrows Pappy. Most on mine are like that too but I have made a few with the "speed" method.

Primitive Archer