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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: Dave Worden on April 23, 2004, 07:36:00 AM
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I need some advice. I recently picked up a set of 12 Whiffen arrows in the box at a garage sale. They are hollow fiberglass. 6 with Browning serpentine broadheads and six with field points. One of them with field points is broken, but I've glued it back together and it displays just fine. It goes without saying that it shouldn't be shot. My question is, what should I do with them? Should I keep the set together, break it up, trade broadheads, what? I don't what to wreck something that someone may really find neat, but I don't especially want them for myself. If breaking up the set is the right thing to do, I certainly like to keep one of the broadheads just because they're cool. Anyhow, I'd sure appreciate some advice before I screw this up. Thanks,
Dave
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Since they have the Serpintine head it would mean they are from the 1970s. Not rare. What size are the shafts? #8-#9 ????
A # 7 is about 50lbs, #8-55lbs, #9 about 60lbs.
If the spine is useable than use the arrows. May find out that you like fiberglass shafts. Bob Swinehart did.
Pull the broadheads and trade them. Don't use these heads to hunt with. They were a disaster!
Or just keep the box and arrows and enjoy a piece of history.
Or sell the whole caboodle as a set.
You could also email Larry Wiffen and perhaps and he can tell you more about these arrows:
[email protected]
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Ron,
Thanks for the help. I hadn't noticed before, but they have the number 10 on them. I guess that means they're for a lot heavier bow than my 57# Shakespeare. Don't worry about not hunting with them. They aren't nearly sharp enough to satisfy me and it's obvious how much work it would be sharpen them properly. I guess if there's no real reason to keep the set together, I'll keep one of each for myself and sell the rest. A buddy has already said he wants one of the broadheads if I break the set up. I just didn't want to jump right in and break up the set and then find out that I shouldn't have. Sounds like it's no big deal one way or the other.
Thanks again,
Dave