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    • SteveMcD
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        May 23, 2011 at 5:16 pm
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        #2908

        These are Surewood Doug Fir Shafts crown stained in dark walnut, simple crest w/ testors paint, 4 coats of clear poly, 145 points, and natural turkey feathers that I inherited from an elderly bowhunter now in the happy hunting grounds. The feathers were prepared and cut by me. I hope he is looking down in approval.

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      • pettigrew86
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          May 23, 2011 at 7:07 pm
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          #14310

          very nice

        • Jeremy Holden
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            May 23, 2011 at 10:09 pm
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            #14478

            Nicely done!

            -Jeremy

          • Homer
              May 23, 2011 at 11:32 pm
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              #14534

              Steve — Whatever you do (so far as I know :P) is good by me. I too just made up a dozen Surewoods (got mine from Dave Doran, Archery Past, very straight, super service and good price). Not being a big fan of painted shafts I really like the way you’ve set these off with dark stain behind the minimal cresting. I “footed” mine with 2.5″ sections of aluminum shaft to convert them to screw-ins, which makes them ugly and me be perceived as “unartistic.” And fair enough. But I now have EFOC you’ll never get otherwise with woods, and a broader array of points to choose from. Would be even better if someone marketed alum external footings with a realistic wood-grain pattern (2413 fits 11/32 perfectly) and brass inserts for strength and added weight. But I apologize and don’t mean to pirate your thread … the Surewoods just got me going, which I consider a great improvement over P.O. cedar, for their lightness and strength. May you slay many Bambis with these simple yet handsome arrows. Ho-ho-Homer

            • SteveMcD
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                May 24, 2011 at 1:04 am
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                #14604

                Homer.. thanks. That sounds pretty cool. Definitely gets your arrow where you want them to be. Which I think is why we make our own in the first place. That way we KNOW what we got.. we made them ourselves. Good going!

              • Stephen Graf
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                  May 24, 2011 at 10:23 am
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                  #15061

                  Don’t tell me you ruint all them nice arries you made last year already?! dagnabit!

                • SteveMcD
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                    May 24, 2011 at 11:58 am
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                    #15149

                    Hi Steve G!!! Absolutely Not. Those footed shafts are in a case where they belong! I only take them out for hunting.

                  • Patrick
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                      June 14, 2011 at 5:59 pm
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                      #39355

                      Very nice Steve!

                    • SteveMcD
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                        June 14, 2011 at 11:13 pm
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                        #39674

                        Hi, Patrick! Good to hear from you! Thanks!

                      • Steve Sr.
                          June 18, 2011 at 10:32 pm
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                          #44350

                          Those are flat out gorgeous!

                          Mine are/wont be as pretty nor will there be a “matched set” lol. I go wild and crazy building one at a time, changing this changing that. All of em work as “good as I do”.

                          Slapping some “swift” cut LW helical on some skinny little tonkin cane and next week some skinny little Sweetland shafts for pre-season prep!

                          I’ve got some 5/16 shafts I found “in my pile” that Im assuming are Ramin wood because they weigh over 500 grains WITHOUT the head on yet!

                          Might cut back on the big bold feathers with em but boy does it make em EASY FOR OLD FARTS TO SEE the highbacks! 😯

                          Nice stuff! Thanks for sharing!

                          God Bless

                        • SteveMcD
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                            June 19, 2011 at 12:03 am
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                            #44426

                            Hi, Steve Sr. Post pics when you’re are done. I have never tired Bamboo shafts but interested in hearing about them.

                          • Steve Sr.
                              June 19, 2011 at 12:17 am
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                              #44434

                              Ill post photos of all three types for this years hunts so you can see em all, but it will be awhile.

                              Let me tell ya though……..those TONKIN CANE ARE DANG TOUGH! I assume there exists some that are NOT but good ones from David Knight are CERTAINLY THAT!

                              I’ve got to test em against those Sweetlands! Big difference will probably be I CAN get tonkin cane and it IS a bit, lighter…..but not as much as one would think.

                              Ive no clue YET what Sweetlands a guy is sending me are other than the spine but do know they are VERY small diameter and assume will be heavy since they all were, just dont know HOW heavy.

                              On tonkin cane, picture a FULL LENGTH TAPER to 1/4 inch nocks that the BIGGEST diameter is 5/16….maybe, and weighs in at 15 grains per inch, average. Skinny, tough, fairly heavy shafts to say the least.

                              They wont be pretty but I bet it’s gonna be a race to see which outlasts the other,most often. Half scares me to shoot those Sweetland Battle Shafts…..but (sigh) what they were made for!

                              Fun and games!

                              God Bless
                              Steve Sr.

                            • Robert Gilbert
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                                June 30, 2011 at 11:21 am
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                                #57253

                                SteveMcD wrote: These are Surewood Doug Fir Shafts crown stained in dark walnut, simple crest w/ testors paint, 4 coats of clear poly, 145 points, and natural turkey feathers that I inherited from an elderly bowhunter now in the happy hunting grounds. The feathers were prepared and cut by me. I hope he is looking down in approval.

                                Great looking arrows , Steve . GOOD JOB !! Next time you post them , lets’ see some blood .

                              • Alexandre Bugnon
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                                  July 2, 2011 at 1:56 am
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                                  #59012

                                  My God, Steve, you are such an artist! These are my favorites of all the ones I’ve seen online or in your quiver! I think I will order a dozen of shafts from Cedarsmith of Colorado and make arrows for the upcoming season.

                                • hrhodes
                                    July 9, 2011 at 8:42 am
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                                    #10825

                                    Those are fine looking arrows. I love natural color turkey feathers. Looks great with the dark stain. Beautiful.

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