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    • Charles Ek
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        February 26, 2015 at 4:42 pm
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        #6484

        A non-archer friend tipped me to this video from Korea. It doesn’t get any more trad than this:

        The Intricate Process Of Making Arrows From Bamboo

      • Stephen Graf
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          February 26, 2015 at 5:19 pm
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          #51782

          Very interesting! There’s a really good build along somewhere or other, maybe I can find for making bamboo arrows. A little easier than what was shown, no fish glue…

          I wonder what they used to get their feathers glued down. It looked like the feathers just wanted to be attached to the shaft.

        • Bruce Smithhammer
            February 26, 2015 at 11:59 pm
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            #52093

            Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

          • Brennan Herr
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              February 27, 2015 at 12:59 am
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              #52143

              Thanks for sharing, They are amazing at their craft!

            • Stephen Graf
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                February 28, 2015 at 10:52 pm
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                #54292

                Here’s the build along for making bamboo arrows from home depot plant stake bamboo…

                http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/48877#.UfS3Qjm4g21

              • Bruce Smithhammer
                  March 1, 2015 at 4:03 am
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                  #54554

                  Steve Graf wrote: Here’s the build along for making bamboo arrows from home depot plant stake bamboo…

                  http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/48877#.UfS3Qjm4g21

                  That was a great build-along, Steve. Thanks for posting it. I particularly liked his ‘spine tester.’

                • David Fudala
                    March 2, 2015 at 1:42 am
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                    #55576

                    Every time I see one of these types of videos with Asian craftsmen, I am simply amazed at the skill and dedication they preserve in their arts! It is inspiring to watch them work. The thing I admire the most about them is how their processes and traditions replace the need for fast results and simpler methods. If it ain’t broke, they don’t fix it! TRULY TRADITIONAL!

                  • Doc Nock
                      March 2, 2015 at 4:13 am
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                      #55689

                      That spine tester was fruity! But I liked it…I could almost afford one of those if I could keep from eating the weights!

                      I used to visit a Primitive site…they did a lot of river cane arrow build alongs on there…the ‘owner’ took ill and I don’t think it’s still up, but one very funny guy, actually took and did the drill out of the nock end and affixed a “lumi-nock” into the cane arrow!

                      He posted a video of shooting that arrow near dark…too funny to see a cane arrow with tied on turkey fletch, flying down range with a modern lumi-nock in it!

                      Lots of work, but natural FOC with the fat end f orward!

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