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Offline Danzn Bar

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Something other than cane
« on: April 02, 2017, 06:12:20 pm »
At Moon Tree this year stixnstones gifted me 12 wooden shafts.  After I got them home I noticed that these were not your ordinary shafts, tight grain, no run outs and very straight.... super shafts.  They were within 5# and 10 grains of each other.....Thanks stix's!!!! ....where did you get these and what kind of wood is it!!? 

Well I got started on them this weekend ...... nock tapered the 11/32 to 5/16 and got a stain and one finish coat on them.  Planning on using white nocks, 2 white and a yellow/orange cock feather.  I'll thread wrap the fletching and use your typical glue on points.  Hope to get them done in the next week or so......
Here's a couple of pictures so far....
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2017, 06:45:04 pm »
Those look nice Dbar, they are tapered shoot shafts? Like to hear more about them.
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2017, 06:53:14 pm »
Not shoot shafts BJ.........their a dowel of some sort of wood....

I need to talk to Mike about what kind of dowels they are....maybe he will chime in soon.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2017, 09:02:20 pm »
Those are looking great Bill
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Offline DC

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2017, 09:59:28 pm »
How did you do the faded stain?I have had very little luck doing that >:(

Offline selfbow joe

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2017, 10:11:03 pm »
Those are looking good.

Offline loon

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2017, 11:24:51 pm »
Awesome  :NN

Offline Aaron H

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2017, 06:25:52 am »
Looking good

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2017, 08:21:13 am »
Great start Bill!

Offline PNewton

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2017, 12:13:21 pm »
Looking nice Bill. Did you taper the last 9" or so from 11/32 to 5/16?

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2017, 01:30:50 pm »
Nice work!! very pretty arrows! ;)

Offline willie

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2017, 02:08:29 pm »
"the couple of pictures so far", are looking good. Hope to be able to follow along.

Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2017, 04:44:45 pm »
Thanks Guys....

DC, I just put the light color on one end and the dark on the other and work the dark color towards the light...
Paul, yep the nock end about nine or ten inches....
TSA, I like ugly arrows too as long as they shoot good...:)

Going to add another coat of finish tonight and then add the nock and start fletching... tomorrow
Thanks again,
DBar
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2017, 10:53:06 am »
Your going to love matched sets of parallel arrows Bill, its hard to beat their consistent flight and accuracy. What spine are they?
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Something other than cane
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2017, 11:54:32 am »
Bill, i cant remember what type of shafts they are.... i picked em up at Kalamazoo traditional expo this past January... Pearl picked some up too, i think he knows
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