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Offline lebhuntfish

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First set Patriot Missiles, FINISHED PICS ADDED! pg2
« on: April 11, 2016, 09:12:08 pm »
I've been wanting to make some  new traditional arrows for a while now. I picked up some beautiful Douglas fir shafts from the knocking point booth at OJAM a few weeks ago.
I've done a lot of reading and testing on how to go about making and finishing a traditional arrow.
The first thing I done was inspect and straighten the shafts then I cut them off to match my other arrows. I used the cut off pieces to test finishes and tapering tools. I also made a guinea pig dowel. That being said I have  never done any of this process before. Besides straightening and fletching.
I spray painted the fletching end white after dying the shaft with green rit dye, which turned out mostly brown for some reason. But I liked the color on the test.
I borrowed a friend's cresting jig and made up a design I like. I crested all the shafts and the test dowel. I used sharpie markers. I will buy some paint for the next go around.
I made me an arrow dipper from some pvc. And dipped the shafts after waiting 24 hours for the marker to cure. They turned out nicely after 2 coats of poly acrylic in my dipper. I'm going to sand them lightly then put 2 more coats on.
It was raining this morning so I decided to dye some feathers. Which I have never done before. They turned out awesome! They were easy to do with kool-aid!
Here are a few pictures of my progress at the moment. I call them my Patriot missiles!

Patrick

 



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Re: First set Patriot Missiles, in progress.
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2016, 10:51:26 pm »
Those are gonna look awesome Captain America! I gotta try dying feathers sometime
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Re: First set Patriot Missiles, in progress.
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2016, 11:36:30 pm »
Thanks Dylan!

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« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2016, 04:19:02 am »
I love this! Want to see the final result..
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« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2016, 09:05:59 am »
Captain America, huh . . . . .  :laugh:       :laugh:       :laugh:

Those will be very spiffy, Pat. You're gonna cry when one goes into the brush.
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« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2016, 09:57:15 am »
I might Mike,  we will find out. I'm kinda making them for mojam. Going to put a little puff of marabou behind the fletch. Maybe some white Rabbit fur.

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Re: First set Patriot Missiles, in progress.
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2016, 10:31:26 am »
Nice! Going to be awesome watching the red, white, and blue disappear into a whitetail ribcage!
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Re: First set Patriot Missiles, in progress.
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2016, 11:54:15 am »
Thanks,  I probably could do that. I'm making these for target arrows but I have 6 more to make hunting ones with.

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« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2016, 12:30:28 pm »
Those are going to look good can't wait to see them finished.
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« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2016, 12:56:15 pm »
Thanks Rob,  me too!

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« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2016, 12:58:14 pm »
Them's some mighty fancy sticks you got there Patrick. Looking forward to seeing them finished.
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« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2016, 01:09:35 pm »
Thanks Pat! I appreciate it!

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« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2016, 01:45:18 pm »
You're going to need a Captain America outfit! ;) ;)
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« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2016, 01:47:46 pm »
What were your KoolAid flavors, Pat?
I know a certain 12-yr-old girl who'd love those feathers!   ;)
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« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2016, 04:35:20 pm »
Well,  I got them at the dollar store for 5 for a buck. Red is cherry and blue is blue raspberry. I used all 5 packs with both colors. I took a stainless steel pot and filled it just out 3/4 full. Brought it to a boil then took it off the heat. When it stopped boiling I added about 3/4 cup of white vinegar and my 5 kool-aid packs. I rented the feathers in warm sink water and then threw them in the pot. I stired them with a fork until they looked good to me. Then I pulled them out and dried them between some paper towels to get most of the moisture off of them. Then layer them out on dry paper towels to air dry. I noticed when they were pretty much dry they would curve back to the left wing shape.
But cherry and blue raspberry was the flavors!  >:D

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