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Hi Folks,
Well, my Webelos are crossing over to Boy Scouts this Friday night. Today I finished the ceremonial Arrows of Light, with the help of my daughter, who helped string the beads. My daughter also wrote the “Cub Scout Pack 89” on the rack for me to trace with the wood burner. She loves to be involved in any project.
I want to thank my good friend Rick, who is also my archery mentor. Rick hunts with a self-bow and has an interest in primitive archery. He showed me how to wrap the fletching with sinew.
With apologies to our Stone Age ancestors who were masters of this craft, I wanted to style these ceremonial arrows in a primitive fashion. The main departure is the laminated birch shafts. They were generously donated. I searched for cane shafts with came up dry. The stone points were an online auction purchase and each boy chose his own back in September. The feathers were secured from an unfortunate roadside encounter with someone’s bumper and a turkey. My chiropractor also donated two wings for the project.
I credit Clay Hayes’ video for stripping the feathers from the shaft before fletching. I watched a sinew wrapping video by Mike Cook for mounting the heads. My friend Rich donated the hide glue and the sinew and showed me how to work with it. I cut sections of antler to make beads, representing the number of award pins earned by each scout.
These are my first attempts at making “primitive ” arrows, so again, my apologies to the masters of this craft.
Thanks for your interest. Best, david
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