Primitive bunny blunts and other tips.

[Prarie Bowyer]

I have gotten a few primitive arrows finished.  Some of them are tips I got from Bubby in trade.  The bunny blunts are all me.  I raided the local playground pebble pit for similar sized round rocks a bit larger than a marble.  I was going to try and make a Judo point but i have these rubber "Barta Blunts" and they work fine so I primitived them.  The shafts were going to receive an actual set of Judos but they sold out before I got into town  .  SO I have mixn'match arrows.  It's utilitarian.

The long arrow I wish I could say was a detachable tip but the truth is I cut it twice and it was still too short  .

I used artificial sinew with nice rub down of TB3.  My ABO (looking) fishing arrow is nearly complete.  If anyone has a few feet of a sinew colored Fast flight I'd appreciate.  I'm wondering how well a few twisted layers of artificial sinew will stand up to BIG fish pulling on it.





My first hand fletching job.





Progress on my Abo fishing arrow.  I wanted a long thin extension onto which to put a narrow head that will detach and flip sidewasyes "toggle head".  I eat the Buffalo and Asian carp I shoot and bigger heads sometimes mangle meat.  Plus it's just cool.  the extension is a skinny but thick walled section of bamboo that I filled with a piece of 1/16" (about) spring steel wire that I got from Fastenal.  That inserts into the other shaft and is bound on with a TB3 and artificial sinew in three layers.  The fletching is 2 feathers helical from "the wrong side" of a feather.  Pics coming for that.  Working on the antler tip now.





The hidden steel core


The joint.

[adb]

Stone blunts? Very cool. And very primitive... nice work!

[Prarie Bowyer]

I saw some arrows fletched like this on youtube and figured I'd try it.  They are supposed to be supprisingly accurate.  Bow fishing is mostly close range anyway.

[bowtarist]

SWEET fletching job PB!  Hope the sinew/wrapping holds up to the abuses of blunt shooting.  GREAT JOB!! dpgratz

[sadiejane]

nice arrows! well done

[gstoneberg]

Those arrows look nice to me.  I'm curious how those stone points will hold up. 

Is the flint point going to work for your harpoon style head? 

George

[Prarie Bowyer]

Gstoneberg,

Yes.  I'm making two and as usual I made it into rocket science first then came back to earth.

My neighbor has farm land by the river and we dump our leaves there.  I have the OK to kill bunnies, turkey, and deer there.  I have no place for big game but bunnies :-).  I can see their little tunnels in the grass.  I don't anticipate hitting too much hard stuff.  I may knock some squirrels out of trees also.

[bubby]

nice arrows PB, check around and see if a food bank will take the meat, least ways then you can get in some deer hunting, Bub

[bareshaft12]

nice job I like it

[Pat B]

Stoned bunnies!  Nice set of arrows.   The 2fletch can be as accurate as three or 4 if you set them up right.

[Prarie Bowyer]

Stoned bunnies!  Nice set of arrows.   The 2fletch can be as accurate as three or 4 if you set them up right.

What is "right"?  I just saw it and thought.  Hey that uses fewer feathers and seems to work well = more efficient use of materials.

[Scowler]

Good looking arrows.  I really like the stone tipped blunts.

[Prarie Bowyer]

Thanks guys!

[Elktracker]

Very nice work!

[Prarie Bowyer]

Took them all out shooting today. 

2 fletch fish arrow shoots a tad low and kicks it's tail to the left before straightening out.  Other wise it's great!

The pebble heads fly straight and true.  I killed me the crap out of a box at 15 yards   if I could get that close to a bunny I can knock him silly with them.  The heads held up.  Duplex point flew fine.  Didn't shoot the others.