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Finished arrows Oct 5, 2023 1:41:50 GMT -7 via mobile Black Hand, paranger, and 2 more like this

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Post by brokennock on Oct 5, 2023 1:41:50 GMT -7

Quite some time ago I posted something about some issues I was having with my epoxy finish in some traditional, but non-period, arrow shafts. 1st time I've ever had trouble using the Massey Finish.
They should have been done months ago, but finally I've completed them after having to give the 1st application of finish a long, long time to dry. Disappointingly I have some tiny bumps in the finish from rushing to apply a few more coats once the 1st application finally cured... but I'm probably the only one who would notice.

Tiny bumps or not,,, completion overdue or not,,, they fly great. Not just to point of concentration,, but very clean, no bobble, no noticeable paradox.

I did not thread wrap the feathers as I normally do. Trying to keep weight off the back end of the arrow.

bushfire City-dweller Posts: 215	Finished arrows Oct 8, 2023 2:13:35 GMT -7 via mobile brokennock likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bushfire on Oct 8, 2023 2:13:35 GMT -7 Looks good to me my friend! Someday I may get back into traditional archery but I just love flintlocks too much. Where do you source the shafts?

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Finished arrows Oct 8, 2023 14:49:14 GMT -7 via mobile paranger and bushfire like this

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Post by brokennock on Oct 8, 2023 14:49:14 GMT -7

Oct 8, 2023 2:13:35 GMT -7 bushfire said:

Looks good to me my friend!

Someday I may get back into traditional archery but I just love flintlocks too much.

Where do you source the shafts?

I've used several different sources and several different woods over the years.
I've gotten to really like these tapered Douglas Fir shafts from Surewood Shafts over the last few dozens I've made. I would like a little more mass weight, but it is hard to find tapered shafts of a greater mass weight, and these are really tough, much harder to break than the much touted Port Orford cedar. Sitka Spruce is great but I haven't gotten a source of tapered shafts of that wood yet.

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Finished arrows Oct 8, 2023 17:38:45 GMT -7 via mobile bushfire likes this

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Post by brokennock on Oct 8, 2023 17:38:45 GMT -7

I should have been a little more clear above. I can get heavier shaft material, it can be tapered. I have parallel shafts in rock maple and hickory that finish out quite a bit heavier, obviously someone could tapered the rear 10" of these.
What is hard to find is heavier shifting in the lighter spine weights I need.
As I'm trying to get an arrow that is heavy for the pound pulp bows I'm hunting with, this creates the spine issue. Also I am trying to make these have as much of that weight forward of the center of the arrow as possible. I'm thinking of trying to find some more parallel 11/32" shafts of maple that are overspined just a little and have them tapered over the last 20 inches instead of just the last 10". This should reduce the spine and place more of the mass forward.
Another option would be to taper more of the shaft to reduce spine and also "foot" the shafts with an extremely dense tropical hardwood. This gets expensive and labor intensive.

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