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Title: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: Stone Knife on March 12, 2008, 08:06:00 PM

I talked to local guy that is one of the best knappers out there, and he said he will make me some hunting points. Do you folks that hunt with them put them on cedar shafts or something else, he said he would teach me how to haft them.

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: Killdeer on March 12, 2008, 08:28:00 PM

I use ash.
Here are some just fitted.

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Points/Img_4807B600.jpg)

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Points/Img_4812600.jpg)

Lining up on a knife point, I spin them to get them aligned. (See hi-tech spinner jig above.)

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Points/Img_4825600.jpg)

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Points/Img_4818B600.jpg)

Killdeer  :bigsmyl:

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: Lewis Brookshire III on March 12, 2008, 08:29:00 PM

got mine on some Arrow Dynamic carbons!   :readit:

 (http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n217/reviveourhomes/Knapped%20Stuff/Dscn2866.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: JEFF B on March 12, 2008, 08:32:00 PM

i put mine on rivercane shafts real easy to do. get ya shaft cut it to length make it straight by heating and rubbing sand the nodes cut a slot for the nock wrap with sinew and use hide glue then on the sharp end put a plug in that end then cut a slot the width of ya arrow head put that in then sinew and hide glue then fletch with turkey feathers. there ya go. have fun james  :clapper:    (http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh305/jeffburg/CIMG2018.jpg)  (http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh305/jeffburg/CIMG2019.jpg)  (http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh305/jeffburg/CIMG2020.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: ishiwannabe on March 12, 2008, 08:46:00 PM

Nice work everyone. Love those points Killy! I have so much to learn about knapping still...

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: Mike Gerardi on March 12, 2008, 09:13:00 PM

Very nice heads Ma'am. A talent I do not think I could even try to attain.  They are beautiful!!!!

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: brent d. on March 12, 2008, 09:37:00 PM

love that teardrop shape. they look really sharp too! They kind of make steel look so industrial
and lifeless...

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: Keith Deters on March 12, 2008, 11:13:00 PM

I use red osier.

Top is raw shoots bundled for drying.

Next is bark stripped and straightened, bundled for more drying.

Right under is the end result.

I cut these shoots this winter.  Completed arrow is from one of last years shoots.


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  (http://mysite.verizon.net/vzep2hbr/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/DCP01160.JPG)

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: Pat B on March 12, 2008, 11:35:00 PM

I use stone on hardwood shoot shafts(I prefer sourwood), cane and cedars.   Pat

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: varmint on March 13, 2008, 06:52:00 AM

Cane here so far.........just need to find a good place to get MORE stone heads of some good quality.

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: bbassi on March 13, 2008, 06:53:00 AM

Jim, If you want you can bring them up hear some time and I'll help you get them hafted. I've even saved some sinew you can use.

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: snakewood3 on March 13, 2008, 07:23:00 AM

Tonkin cane some with hickory foreshafts.
 (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/snakewood3/arrows037.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: Binabik on March 13, 2008, 10:22:00 AM

Wow those are great points. I'd really like to learn how to knap one of these days. I heard the bottom of bottles is an inexpensive and good place to start, is this correct? Can points made from glass like this be used to hunt?

Killdeer those are just beautiful!

Thanks all for the pics.

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: adeeden on March 13, 2008, 04:23:00 PM

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l87/adeeden/IN2007011.jpg)

The last set I made up were on douglas fir.

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: snag on March 13, 2008, 05:25:00 PM

They are all great! Along with the sinew what kind of glue/epoxy/??? do you use to attach them to the shaft?

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: BryanB on March 13, 2008, 09:39:00 PM

A pitch/charcoal/bees wax mixture works well.
I use epoxy when hunting the coast range.  It can be very wet durring hunting season.
Bryan
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/BryanB/CA-1.jpg)
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/BryanB/CaneArrows.jpg)

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: varmint on March 14, 2008, 06:54:00 AM

Does anyone know of a reliable source to get some knapped heads??

I have some,that I've been luck enough to come accross,but would really like to be able to try to get about another 1/2 dozen..............

Please PM if you'd rather not discuss since it seems I may be hijacking this thread.........

BTW all,beautiful heads and arrows.

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: horatio1226 on March 14, 2008, 04:52:00 PM

Do you adjust the shaft to the point or have the heads knapped to a specific weight?Thanks
Brian

Title: Re: What are you putting your stone points on?
Post by: Binabik on March 14, 2008, 05:21:00 PM

Those are beautiful Brian, can you tell me what kind of stone each of those is?

Thanks