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    • SteveMcD
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        July 3, 2010 at 6:12 pm
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        #5523

        These are made from Surewood Footed Shafts. They are Doug Fir and Bubibinga. Crown Stain with MinWax Black Walnut, Gold Bands and Black Border are Sharpie Paint pen. Four coats of Minwax Clear Gloss Poly. 6 Arrows have 130 gr, STOS 2 Blades, 3 have 125 gr Ace Hex Heads, and 3 have field points. I really like the way these came out, I hope to be hunting with them for a long time.

      • Cottonwood
          July 3, 2010 at 8:14 pm
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          #41910

          Those look awesome, how do they fly now.

        • SteveMcD
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            July 3, 2010 at 10:33 pm
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            #42039

            CW they fly as true can be. I never had any issues with Surewood shafts for straigthness and durability. Although, with Doug Fir, you do have to watch the grain run out, especially if you are using arrows for stumping. These beauties, however, will never see a stump! I can tell you that! Except maybe on a passthru!! 8)

          • Treetopflier
              July 4, 2010 at 12:16 am
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              #42125

              Gorgeous, Steve. Ain’t making wood arrows fun? So much more than just gluing on feathers, as with carbon and aluminum. We’re hearing more about Surewood lately, and it reminds me that this happened some years ago, then lots of folks had complaints with them and they all but disappeared … and now they’re back. From your experience–and that of anyone else looking in on this thread–who is/are the best supplier/s? What should we watch out for? What do these shafts weigh? Thanks, and great hunting with ’em! ttf

            • SteveMcD
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                July 4, 2010 at 1:41 am
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                #42190

                Treetopflier… these shafts came in at a medium average of 440 gr +/- 5 grains. With the 130 gr BH I’m throwing 570 grs out of a 51# Longbow. That’s a little better than 10 grs per pound perfect hunting weight.

                Due to my volunteer affiliation with my home state’s fish & game department I have never endorsed anything, and the only thing I ever condemed was mechanical broadheads. I’ve gotten shafts from many of the well know suppliers and all I can say is, I’ve never had a problem with any of them regarding quality. You are correct, if quality was an issue they would not be in business for very long.

                I like Doug Fir the best for moderate weight and durability, compared to Cedar or Spruce, which is lighter. As long as you don’t get grain fade out’s in the middle of the shaft, they are very durable and dependable. They take stain well too. Doug Fir was the preferred wood of Art Young.

              • George D. Stout
                  July 4, 2010 at 3:18 am
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                  #42263

                  Those are beautiful Steve….My arrows are plain jane compared to those. Very nice.

                • MontanaFord
                    July 4, 2010 at 3:35 am
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                    #42274

                    Steve,

                    Those arrows are gorgeous. You’re very good at what you do. Ever consider opening up a shop for custom wood arrow orders? Just a thought. Anyway, you said they are just over 10 grains per pound of bow weight, so I did the figures, and you’re actually just over 11 grains, which is even better, no? LOL…just the math-whiz/curious george in me. Anyway, again, awesome job on those arrows. Someday, maybe I can make some arrows that are as pretty as those. Just not set up for it at the moment, equipment-wise or money-wise.

                    Michael.

                  • SteveMcD
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                      July 4, 2010 at 11:08 am
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                      #42691

                      Michael, Geoge.. thanks guys. However, Picazzo I am NOT! I am so bad my wife won’t let me paint! I have a few short cuts. For one thing I brush or wipe on, I do not use dip tubes… mainly because I cannnot handle the fumes. I made my own cresting motor as you probably remember from an earlier post, I use a single jig and fletch tape so fletching goes relatively quickly, Doesn’t take much except time, really. Thank you though.

                      I hope we see some other 2010 Arrows posted!!!

                    • Fletcher
                        July 7, 2010 at 3:32 am
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                        #45805

                        I haven’t quite figured out my hunting arrows for this year, yet and most of my pics are on another computer.

                        TTF, Fir has long been one of my favorite arrow woods and IMO is the best shooting of any of them. It is a very snappy wood that recovers quckly, it has nice weight for hunting and is pretty tough. The Surewoods I’ve been getting are pretty good shafts. I normally buy in bulk and will cull out 25-30%. Their premium matched dozens are just that and quite good.

                        I have also been working with Sitka Spruce from Hildebrand. It is also very good quality and straighter grained than the fir or cedar. Shoots about like cedar and is considerably more durable but is rather light in weight. That works well tho, if you are wanting to try a high FOC wood arrow. I have a post on here someplace about my pig arrow; a Sitka spruce arrow with a 190 gr broadhead plus an extra 50 grains of lead wire up the nose. 21+% FOC and 620 gr total. Shot very well and did a great job on the pig.

                      • David Petersen
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                          July 7, 2010 at 3:22 pm
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                          #46375

                          Hi Rick — always good to see you here informing these arrow threads. Last time we talked you were looking at gearing up to make your lead-footed shafts commercially available. I haven’t checked your website for a while (been doing cabin improvements 12×7 this summer). Are we there yet? For elk, if I could get 21% foc in a 650+ shaft at 30″ I’d be a happy camper and hang up the carbons. As you recall I tried titanium and found it too expensive, and the little drilling jigs that 3Rivers and others sell simply do not work to cent the wire hole. So I had to give that one up. Hoping you can make it work for us. Dve

                        • norbau
                            July 10, 2010 at 5:57 am
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                            #49281

                            Here are my hunting arrows for 2010.
                            The footing is ebony, their weight is 650 gr and they
                            have 25% FOC.

                          • Patrick
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                              July 10, 2010 at 9:48 am
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                              #49458

                              norbau wrote: Here are my hunting arrows for 2010.
                              The footing is ebony, their weight is 650 gr and they
                              have 25% FOC.

                              I’m sure I speak for many when I say…”I could do SO much better!” 😉
                              Joking of course! They are incredibly beautiful! Are the nocks footed self nocks? From what I can tell (viewing from my iPhone), they seem to be. If so, the nock-end footing is a different wood all together, right?

                            • norbau
                                July 10, 2010 at 12:35 pm
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                                #49578

                                Hi Patrick
                                Thanks for the commendation.
                                The nocks are footed self nocks in triple splice.
                                The wood is service tree. (Sorbus torminalis)
                                Norbert

                              • Robin Conrads
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                                  July 10, 2010 at 3:42 pm
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                                  #49720

                                  Norbert, these are beautiful.

                                  Where will you be hunting this year? What animals?

                                • norbau
                                    July 11, 2010 at 5:13 am
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                                    #50314

                                    Robin, we will go to Hungary this year and hunt roedeer.

                                  • SteveMcD
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                                      July 12, 2010 at 1:21 am
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                                      #51245

                                      Norbert.. Those arrows are Awesome! The self nocks and Fletch Splicing are works of art! 8)

                                    • Chris Shelton
                                        July 12, 2010 at 9:35 pm
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                                        #52151

                                        Alright hard for me to compete mainly because wood vs carbon as far as looks always win!! There is only so much you can do with black carbon shafts to make them your own, but I think I did alright as far as originality, lol

                                      • SteveMcD
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                                          July 13, 2010 at 1:02 am
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                                          #52304

                                          Chris.. nice touch on the splicing! Is splicing fletch difficult? Any tricks to it?

                                        • Chris Shelton
                                            July 13, 2010 at 1:09 pm
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                                            #52875

                                            Well I wouldnt say its difficult. The only problem I have is that the green feathers somehow are cut shorter than the pink ones in my chopper??? Same chopper . . . it must have something to do with the feathers themselves because the gree ones seem to be thicker? A trick to it would be matching up the angle of the boit part, because not all of the feathers have the same angle of slant towards the back! Hope that makes sense, didnt quite know how to explain what I ment there, lol

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