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    • Patrick
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        August 24, 2010 at 4:09 pm
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        #5766

        I couldn’t help myself this morning and just had to try out the two cedars I made up, even though I wasn’t too happy with my attempt at straightening the arrows or putting the tips on straight. This was the first time I’ve EVER shot more than just a single wood arrow at a target…again that was…ever! It was only 10 yards, but what a good way to start that journey!
        :D:D

      • George D. Stout
          August 24, 2010 at 5:13 pm
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          #44393

          They usually go where you are looking, even if they aren’t perfectly straight…..something a tubular arrow won’t do.
          Keep at it Patrick….that’s a great start.

        • David Petersen
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            August 24, 2010 at 7:15 pm
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            #44490

            Patrick — if you’re buying shafts from a good supplier, you shouldn’t have many that need straightening. If you’re buying finished arrows from a good arrowsmith, there should be none that aren’t dead straight (at first, at least). But looks like you have enough feathers on there to cure most all ills, and are doing your best to get a Robin Hood so you have an excuse to make more arrows, or buy more as the case may be. Fun, ain’t it? Dave

          • Patrick
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              August 24, 2010 at 7:34 pm
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              #44506

              I was going to be buying some from Rick at The Feathered Shaft, but he didn’t have any “ready-to-fletch shafts” at the Great Lakes Longbow Invitational. Instead, I found some super cheap shafts from Lost Nation (they’re 2nd’s) there, and I figured they’d give me some practice straightening and tapering. I’d rather ruin these than some pricy shafts, and if they don’t work out, I’ll just turn them into flu-flus. I really do like using wood arrows! It’s very satisfying.

            • Bloodless
                August 24, 2010 at 11:56 pm
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                #44727

                Yes, “satisfying” is as good a word as any to describe it. “Organic” is another. So, while into semantics, we don’t even need to mention that two arrows is a “pair,” not a “group.” I am clearly jealous.

              • Patrick
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                  August 25, 2010 at 12:07 am
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                  #44736

                  Bloodless wrote: two arrows is a “pair,” not a “group.”

                  Don’t rain on my parade Bloodless. :evil::lol:

                • William Warren
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                    August 25, 2010 at 12:22 am
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                    #44745

                    Careful there fellow, that is some tight shooting and awful close to busting a pretty new arrow 😯

                  • bruc
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                      August 25, 2010 at 1:15 am
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                      #44801

                      I like the four fletch and really nice color on the shafts! One-quarter of an inch higher and you would have been less an arrow:) What’s the backstop made of:?:
                      Bruce

                    • Patrick
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                        August 25, 2010 at 2:31 am
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                        #44871

                        BRUC wrote: I like the four fletch and really nice color on the shafts! One-quarter of an inch higher and you would have been less an arrow:) What’s the backstop made of:?:
                        Bruce

                        Thanks. I tapered, fletched, nocked, and installed the points, but Lost Nation Archery stained and sealed shafts.

                        The backstop is called “The Block”. It’s a large block of “foam” like layers. Our local club uses them. Picture’s worth a thousand words:

                      • Fletcher
                          August 25, 2010 at 3:36 am
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                          #44931

                          Well, Congratrulations, Patrick! There is no going back now.

                          Glad to see you making your own. Any archery is satisfying, but when you put more of yourself into it, the personal satisfaction really swells. Just wait until you are standing over a critter that fell to your self made arrow.

                        • LimbLover
                            August 25, 2010 at 2:08 pm
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                            #45483

                            You scratched your shaft Pat.

                            Awesome! I knew you would be hooked. I’ve got 3 1/2 dozen made up right now and there is no going back.

                          • Cottonwood
                              August 25, 2010 at 2:16 pm
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                              #45490

                              Good shooting there!

                            • SteveMcD
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                                August 26, 2010 at 12:12 am
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                                #45970

                                Nice going Patrick! 8)

                                Question… I like the finish on those arrows. What did you use (spur, poly, lacquer?) and how many coats did you apply?

                              • sorno
                                  August 26, 2010 at 2:28 am
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                                  #46075

                                  I am in the process of trying the same thing. Second coat of poly went on the shafts last night. Trying to get up the courage to put on a simple crest. Then feathers…what have I gotten myself into?:?
                                  S.

                                • Buckhorn73
                                    August 28, 2010 at 1:56 pm
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                                    #48850

                                    Patrick

                                    Wood arrows will get you ” hooked”. If the urge to return to carbon or aluminum should persist, try bamboo or cane shafts. There is something truly magical about the feel of wood or arrow materials provided by nature through the entire process of preparation – from the shaping, straightening, sanding and shooting. Enjoy the experience.

                                  • Patrick
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                                      August 28, 2010 at 4:33 pm
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                                      #48953

                                      SteveMcD wrote: Nice going Patrick! 8)

                                      Question… I like the finish on those arrows. What did you use (spur, poly, lacquer?) and how many coats did you apply?

                                      I bought em with the finish already completed. Lost Nation Archery did the finish.

                                    • LimbLover
                                        August 28, 2010 at 8:49 pm
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                                        #49158

                                        I had the exact same finish on mine as well. Kind of a bummer…I wanted to do it myself but I’m not stripping them.

                                      • Patrick
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                                          August 28, 2010 at 9:48 pm
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                                          #49206

                                          LimbLover wrote: I had the exact same finish on mine as well. Kind of a bummer…I wanted to do it myself but I’m not stripping them.

                                          I will eventually do my own finish too, but I didn’t have the cash to get what I needed. Plus the unfinished shafts were not 11/32, and I don’t want to buy different size tips and taper tool.

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