Changing Gears

[tippit]

Changing gears as our heat indexes lately have been over 100% here in Aiken, SC...Switching from pounding hot steel to making yellow shavings.  Re-started re-ducing weight & re-tillering a few of my Osage selfbows in hopes that the Covid virus slows down so I can get back to my South Georgia 4 thousand acre Hog & Deer lease this coming fall.  This Osage bow is now at my hunting weight of 40# along with a couple River Cane arrows and my forged single bevel hunting heads.  Looking forward to flinging these in the fall.
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[Silent footed]

Just awesome. I haven't shot self bows since I used to hunt with one when I was 17. Never made a trade point though. Chert and glass, yes. Brushed a deer's back with a glass point and that bow.

[Silent footed]

Anything interesting for the arrow shafts? Just curious

[tippit]

These sbafts are river cane.

[Silent footed]

That's awesome.

[Wile E. Coyote]

Beautiful bow!

[Car54]

Amazing that those broadheads stay on the arrows after impact.  But....they've been used for hundreds or more years. 
Like your setup.

[tippit]

Car 54,
If look closely you see the wraps are  pretty frayed from use. I torcher test my forged broadheads by shooting them into hardwood etc. Haven't had any that failed with broken points or shafts failing.

[frassettor]

Tippit,
I've always admired your work and god given talents . As usual, well done!

[Bisch]

Those are cool!!!! Good luck on the pigs!

Bisch

[rastaman]

Nice looking setup there sir!

[Wudstix]

Those heads look like they are meant for business.

[Bob D]

That really is a nice looking bow & arrows. In my next life I want to use that exact setup go hunt moose with Fred at lake Wabaskang Ontario. Preferably in 1946.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Great stuff jeff, like usual. Good luck this fall with the hogs

[BAK]

So what is the frayed material you've mounted them with?  Are those hardwood plugs in the ends of the cane?

[tippit]

Heads are super glued into slots on cane and then wrapped with artificial sinew mainly below the head to keep cane from splitting. The nocks are plastic with hardwood dowel coned/tapered to accept the the nock.

[twitchstick]

Well done!