All these years putting all my energy into Selfbow-making, and just making arrows that, well, just do the job. Well, things are starting to come full circle for me now with a new passion to construct some nice arrows. This particular arrow was made from a cane shaft gifted to me by Michael Brooks..(thanks bud), and a beautiful point by knapper John Kiernan from TX. (Even though he wants all to know that this is only his "C" work!!) WOW, I hope someday I will be able to match his "D" or even "E" work.
Arrow stats are as follows.
Buffalo horn nock
Raw Texas Chert point/sinew haft
N.C. river cane shaft
India Ink stain and Tru-Oil finish
Wild Turkey RW High-backed shields
Snowshoe Hare tracer
510 grains
50 spine
Can't wait to draw blood with it!
Hope you enjoy
LittleTree
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That Sir is a work of art.
Dead deer walking! See you in a couple weeks.
Any deer would be proud to stand still for that arrow, nice. Alan
Like all the things you do Brad...FIRST CLASS! :thumbsup: :notworthy:
That is one fine job you did there Brad. Glad to see the canes worked out for you. Now where are the other 23!!??
Michael
Wow, beautiful work of art, we need a "drooling on the keyboard graemlin"
Very, very nice. I'd proudly shoot that piece of artwork any day.
Very nice job, Brad. Don't know how I missed this but I am glad Mike (Brooks) directed me too it. I would hate to have not seen it. Working on some (both Canes and Ramins) myself, in lighter spine, and wish I had the patience to make them that nice. Hopefully they'll at least be shootable (and, later on, death-dealing, if the opportunity arises - LOL). I plan to use them primarily with my (first) Wood Lam bow (the one that Mike helped me with) but also my other wood bows. I use tracers on mine too.
Man, that's freakin' awesome.
Beautiful!!!!!
Brad that is a great arra right there. Ya done a outstanding job with all that was given and done them proud.<><
Stunning...
Excellent!! How do you put the "tracer" on? Any effect on flight or speed?
Thanks guys....Matt, the tracer is very light and thin hide. Just a 1/4 wide strip cut and glued on with some instant fletching glue. Does not effect flight, and really stands out in low-light conditions.
I'll vouch for that on the tracers - I love 'em.
That is one beautiful arrow! :notworthy:
Nice.Hope you dont miss with that.Itd be a shame to loose or break that but I guess thats what theyre for.
I sure like that arrow. Good luck with it.
Wow... that blows my mind!! well done!
That arrow just sizzles...
Beautiful arrow, and would look real nice with some blood on it! That one's gotta connect this year.
Great job!
Lee
My Goodness :notworthy: :notworthy: ...Van
WOW that is one beautiful arrow. I can't wait to hear the follow up story next fall.
Jack
That is outstanding!! Very Cool! :notworthy: :clapper:
That is an inspiration! Wow!...
holy moly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! incredible!!!!!
words cant describe!!!!
thanks for sharing
Jake
Yeah Bernie, I Of-The-Failing-Eyesight would like to put Tracers on My Arrows!! :saywhat: :rolleyes:
Do Ya Buy them or are they just Left Over Croaked Bunny Fuzz? :confused:
Shakes, You can buy it in little packs of small strips with adhesive on the back (I did my first ones). Cut strips and glue yourself as the poster did in this thread. Now i do as Dano taught me to: just cut little circles out of rabbit hide/pelt (Quarter or nickle size), cut an X in the center, slip on back of arrow and dab a little glue of choice where the slits touch the arrow.
BTW Shakes I keep meaning to thank you for signing my Guest Book on my web site - it means a lot when folks do. I usually thank folks that do by e-mail but you didn't leave one (which is OK to). Thanks a bunch - visit often.
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That Sir is a work of art.
Exactly!
That's a gorgeous arrow, Brad....some serious mojo too, to go with those pretty bows!
Brad, since we are talking about the arrows and the tracers, I trust you won't think I am trying to steal your thread - just add to a existing thread about arrows. (I still like your arrow a whole bunch - trust me.) I finished the cheap Ramin Dowel arrows I was working on for my new Wood Lam Bow that I recently finished. These arrows are 29" BOP, 35-40 spine, 125 gr points, Dark Walnut stain, arrow wraps in a white to orange gradient , Fl Orange Nocks (for some reason none of the orange shows up quite as dark as it actually is), Wild Turkey feathers I cut with my Vario Cutter, and Rabbit skin tracer discs I cut out and attached as mentioned earlier. There is a fairly wide varience in weight (480-515, and one weirdo that is 560 ) but it doesn't seem to matter much - yet. I shot the arrows this evening with my bow and they seemed to behave quite well. They definitely will never match your Cane arrow above, though IMO (I love Cane Arrows) - but they'll git-r-done. Thanks for sharing the thread. Gotta get some more Canes to this point now - LOL.
PS - oh yeah, 3 coats of Tru-oil for finish (before the wrap).
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that is awesome little tree :thumbsup: :archer:
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That is a beautiful cane arrow. The point is exceptional. Well done!
The cheapest place I have found tracer material is from a fly tying shop. They are called rabbit zonkers. They are precut and there is enough to do a couple of dozen arrows for $1.50 or so. Pat
ps. They come in many colors, also.
John Kiernan is a truly exceptional knapper. He's the best there is at intricate work, although I don't think he's ever made "working" points before. Here's a photo of his normal style of knapping, although it's far from "typical." I'm not sure how you could get one of those on an arrow, but I'm sure the flight would be memorable... GGG
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By the way, Brad, is that tie-dye brain tan behind that beautiful arrow? ;) :wavey:
That knapping is insane!