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Craftsmanship => Traditional Archery and Accoutrements => Topic started by: Darren Haverstick on August 11, 2016, 07:49:43 AM

Title: Finished my arrows for the 2016-2017 season
Post by: Darren Haverstick on August 11, 2016, 07:49:43 AM

Each year I make a set of arrows for the upcoming season and I finally got these finished yesterday. I tried a new wood that I really like the looks of; golden mahogany that I got from Forrester Wood Shafts. I was able to go down in diameter from 11/32" to 5/16" but still keep my weight up. Another thing I did differently this year was use permanent markers to decorate my arrows. I usually do them in two colors and flame crest them but this year I went for the "totem pole" look. I'm pretty happy with the result. I chose blue and natural barred turkey feathers for the fletching. Blue is not a color normally found in the woods during fall and winter so, hopefully, it will make my arrows easier to find if the need arises.

The back-of-point length of these is 28.5" and the average weight is 720 grains. I think they spined around 63 pounds. After my moose hunt last year, I am sold on single bevel broadheads and this year I'm trying out Vintage Archery's 190 grain Meathead. I love the looks of the 3 to 1 taper!

Darren

(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/dhaverstick/2016%20Arrows/2016Arrows-1_zps9voazs4a.jpg)
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/dhaverstick/2016%20Arrows/2016Arrows-2_zpspi0ai8em.jpg)

Some of the totems
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/dhaverstick/2016%20Arrows/2016Arrows-7JPG_zps6sfsmvhj.jpg)
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/dhaverstick/2016%20Arrows/2016Arrows-4_zpswg6c7rxv.jpg)
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/dhaverstick/2016%20Arrows/2016Arrows-6_zpsnyhcx0bq.jpg)
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/dhaverstick/2016%20Arrows/2016Arrows-5_zpsgy4oybxj.jpg)

A closeup of the Meathead
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q240/dhaverstick/2016%20Arrows/2016Arrows-3_zpsfbyaefwr.jpg)

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2016-2017 season
Post by: Eric Krewson on August 16, 2016, 09:04:29 AM

Nice arrows; A guy asked me once why we went to so much trouble decorating arrows when plain ones shot just as well. I didn't have an answer for him than but now know some of us take pride in what we make and always want our work to be just a little better than what everyone else makes.

I doll up my arrows as well.

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2016-2017 season
Post by: greyhunter on August 16, 2016, 02:52:44 PM

That's a helluva lot of work pard, and it shows it!  

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2016-2017 season
Post by: Two Steps on August 16, 2016, 09:02:58 PM

Good looking flock of arrows there Darren...a deer oughta be downright proud to get to wear one of those!

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2016-2017 season
Post by: Keb on August 17, 2016, 07:13:52 AM

Nice looking arrows.

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2016-2017 season
Post by: Uncle Russ on August 20, 2016, 02:17:04 PM

Darren, you do really nice work! No doubt about that in anybody's mind, it's obvious in everything you do.  :hairy

Uncle Russ....

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2016-2017 season
Post by: Ohio Joe on September 23, 2016, 05:27:50 PM

Very nice arrow for sure.