What do ya all think?
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'Ems purty! And self nocked too? Looks top shelf to me!
Killdeer
I think they are awesome looking!...Van
Sweet job! What string material did you use? I like the shaft color as well!
Outstanding job, Roy. Looks just fantastic! (Done a little fly tieing and/or rod wrapping have you? I hope those two skills, that I used to use a lot, will stand me in good sted, when I try that.) Did you cut your own feathers? If so, type of cutter, scissors, or burner? They sure look symetrical.
Hey Roy, didn't know you live in a log house! Is that New England log homes? I like the hand peeled look. By the way, I'll be bringing the quartersawn hickory to the shoot tomorrow. The arrows are really nice. Good job!
I used black silk from three rivers. The stain is an aniline dye cherry rosewood color and I put 3 coats of minwax tongue oil on them. The tongue oil is sooo sweet to work with, ya wipe it on, wait 5 or 6 mins and buff it off. I never tied flies or wrapped rods, just trial and error and taking a lot of time made them look nice. They shoot great. I split the turkey feathers with a knife then chopped them with a little chopper brand feather chopper.
John, we bought hand peeled logs that came from the Poconos, took Chris and I a year to do the entire inside of the house, walnut hardwood floors and cedar and cherry on the ceilings. I won't be at the shoot tomorrow as my brother in law passed away and we will be at the funeral home tomorrow. My buddy Denny will be there, Bob Hildenbrand can point him out to you if ya wanna give him the wood. Thanks John.
Looks good, nice even spacing on the wraps.
Bue--.
That's cool I think I'll try that someday. Is it possible to burn the feather after they are on the shaft or is that something not recommended?
That could be tricky, especialy near the front of the feather. Try one a see..
Awwwwww, now you gone and made me nervous.
Purty, Purty, Purty!!! Nice job Roy.
Nice job Roy, real nice.
I gots me a log house too, real logs from Loc-N-Logs out of Shurebern, NY. Warmest house I ever built.
They're real pretty! I know it ain't easy, but if it wuz me,I'd CHEAT. Glue 'em on first, then wrap 'em :bigsmyl:
As good a job as I've ever seen Roy and better than most. Good work :thumbsup:
Beautimus! Ahhhhh this is Dina on Tom's sign in.
Wow nice job. Wish I knew how to do that. Justin
Wow nice job. Would love to make my own instead of just buy them. Justin
Look pretty , but how do they fly???
They fly great RedTx.
Nice work, classic looking.
Very nice buddy.
-Brian
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beautiful work.
Guys, please accept my apology here. It never hit me until Arraflinger said to cheat and glue them on first. Well that is exactly what I did with the first 4 arrow pictures that I posted here, I used fletch tape to attach the feathers to the shaft. Then I wrapped them with the black silk thread. They did look pretty darn nice wrapped that way. But I felt that I Cheated myself and left you guys down, having you all thinking that they were really only wrapped on. I fell in love with Trad Archery, make my own bows and make my own arrows from square stock with a hand plane and sand paper. And I always wanted to take my arrows one step more towards primitive arrows. When I started this thread with the title I just tied on my first feathers, I did do so. But not really in the way I wanted it to be. I guess being an old fart of 58, sometimes the mind doesn't work like it used to:) So after realizing my big mistake, I decide to really tie on the feathers without the aid of any glue or tape. I made a feather holder from the rubber gasket for my dip tube, I wanted this to hold the feathers in the approximate area on the shaft till I got the serving thread started. It worked pretty well, then after I got the serving started, I slid the feather holder towards the back of the feathers and kept on tying them up. Things were going kinda ok, but not as well as I expected. But I kept going and when I got to the rear end of the three feathers, they were not lined up as well as I liked. So I gave it some thought and decided to just push the feathers into the position I wanted them to be in. That worked really well. The thread was holding them tight, but I was able to slide them to where I wanted them to be in alignment. So these two pictures below are the real deal, I promise. No glue, no tape. Nothing but wild turkey feathers attached with black silk thread. And much to my amazement, when I was done, they are the best looking arrows I have ever fletched up. I even shortened up the length of the serving in front and behind the feathers. It just seemed too long on the first 4 arrows. God I am loving this stuff:) Sorry for misleading all you fine gentlemen. Roy
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All right, Roy - this has got to stop! You go from Outstanding to damned near Perfect in one thread - how do the rest of us stand a chance? Fantasticly beautiful job, my friend. No apologies needed for the others - ol' "fumble fingers me" would have to do them that way probably - and most likely a lot of other folks too.
If our forfathers had had fletch tape they woulda used it, who in their right mind wouldn't?? well excepting Roy :rolleyes: :D
You're such a realist, Dano - just one of the things I like about you - LOL.
I read somewhere they discovered some fletchings with hide glue on them. Heck it's prolly more work that way anyhow. I say if it is in the "spirt of tradition" that's all that maters.
Dano ya bring up a good point. :archer:
Nice arrows, but I want your house :D