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Title: Heads I've made
Post by: african man on April 05, 2009, 05:10:41 pm

Some heads I've just finished and a few I made a while ago . Square bodkins and Towton plus some swallow tails I made a while ago.
and some arrows
 

(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk87/africanman2/war%20bow%20heads/DSC_2263600.jpg)

(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk87/africanman2/arrows/DSC_2271600.jpg)

Chris  ;)

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: mullet on April 05, 2009, 06:02:23 pm

   Wow! Those are cool.

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: Pat B on April 05, 2009, 06:29:48 pm

Very nice work! I'd hate to be on the receiving end!!! :o

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: youngbowyer on April 05, 2009, 07:49:41 pm

Very neat! Those look like they'd take some French men!;)

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: Timo on April 05, 2009, 10:18:27 pm

That's impressive.

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: skerm on April 06, 2009, 03:04:24 am

Quote from: Pat B on April 05, 2009, 06:29:48 pm

Very nice work! I'd hate to be on the receiving end!!! :o

Oh, I'd love to! (receive by mail)

Daniel

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: nickf on April 06, 2009, 04:51:15 am

beautyfull! got another buildalong for 'em?  (really enjoyed your horn one! )

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: Hillbilly on April 14, 2009, 03:12:30 pm

Nice work. How much do those swallowtails weigh?

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: Kent D. on April 15, 2009, 03:25:50 pm

Very nice.  If you do not mind me asking, what material do you start with, when you make your heads?

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: african man on April 15, 2009, 09:01:27 pm

Hillbilly - The big one is 40 grams = 617 grains and the small one is 28 grams = 432 grains ... mmmm definitely need a war bow to fling those babies down range ...  ::)

Burnie - I use re bar (12mm) that I test before hand to make sure the carbon content is up to scratch for tempering

Xris  ;)

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: joren1993 on April 22, 2009, 12:50:07 pm

I see you've practised well, those are some very nice arrowheads 8)

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: african man on April 22, 2009, 03:34:49 pm

Thanks Joren .... getting there ... slowly ...  :P

X ...  ;)

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: bow-toxo on April 22, 2009, 11:16:20 pm

  Thanks much for the info on the horn nocks. So much better than my attempts to get the right opening. You're ahead of me on the arrowheads too.

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                                               Cheers,                                                                                 
                                                   Erik

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: african man on April 23, 2009, 03:58:31 am

Hey Erik , keep at it ....remember , we are all beginners , some of us have been beginners longer than others  :)
next time I do some heads I will try and do a "hammer along" ...

X ...  ;) 

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: Bill Rogue Valley on May 25, 2009, 03:28:46 pm

Makes me want to fire up the charcoal and mash metal. Trouble is, I would end up with blobs instead of lovely points like yours.

Title: Re: Heads I've made
Post by: nickf on May 27, 2009, 12:07:25 pm

those look great! I wonder how you keep a more or less equal conus on those arrows... Nick