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Title: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: dhaverstick on July 20, 2024, 02:42:56 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/n6eSLWZ.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ow7TDPb.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zLFIgqG.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/d20qNJt.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YBKm20g.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0gJZAyh.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cPG3XXd.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fTscprE.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9t2XlCh.jpeg)

I finished my arrows yesterday evening. As always, a big shout out to my painter, wife, and best friend, Leah Haverstick. It's always fun doing a project with her!

This is a lengthy process for us. I started out with some bare mahogany shafts that I got from the best guy in the business, Kevin Forrester. I put the point and nock tapers on them and then flame crested the shafts with some brass templates and a butane torch. After that, I stained the shafts, let them dry, and then turned them over to Leah. She did her magic with paint, markers, and imagination and then I sealed them with several coats of polyurethane. In the home stretch now, I glued the nocks on and then fletched the shafts. Lastly, I glued on the points. All that's left to do now is see how they shoot out of my new longbow. The average arrow weight is 732.9 grains with 190 grain Meatheads and field points. I like a heavy arrow!

Go Team Haverstick!

Darren

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: M60gunner on July 20, 2024, 02:46:38 PM

Love the artwork. Any Deer would be proud to be shot with one of those arrows.

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: happy1 on July 20, 2024, 02:49:31 PM

Great looking arrows!

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: Jack Denbow on July 20, 2024, 03:00:34 PM

They look great Darren. I am with you I like heavy arrows.
Jack

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: Longtoke on July 21, 2024, 01:25:51 AM

I always enjoy seeing your arrows.  Very cool! Thanks for sharing and I hope you get some blood on them.

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: frank bullitt on July 21, 2024, 07:29:43 AM

Really nice!
I'm color blind, but they seem to gravitate from dark/point to light/ feathers, like a firework!
Now for splash of red!
Good shooting to ya!

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: STICKBENDER98 on July 21, 2024, 06:00:58 PM

Those are simply awesome!!! Kudos to you and your wife, you both have done a great job!!!


Jason

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: Gib on July 23, 2024, 11:10:58 PM

I love them great job , labor of love

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: Bill Leeming on July 24, 2024, 03:28:27 PM

YOU TWO MAKE A SUPER PAIR








You tw0


You two make a super pair ! Arrows are beauties.

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: dhaverstick on July 24, 2024, 07:29:35 PM

Thanks, all!

I missed you at the  Rendezvous, Bill! I hope you and yours are doing well.

Darren

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: abbatoys on July 24, 2024, 08:29:48 PM

Those look great..

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: Undomesticated on July 30, 2024, 10:08:24 AM

Those are the most beautiful arrows I’ve seen.

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: Captain*Kirk on July 30, 2024, 09:25:26 PM

Super job, Darren! Now go do some red highlights.

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: charles m on August 01, 2024, 10:02:38 AM

Very nice artwork right there.  :readit:

Title: Re: Finished my arrows for the 2024-2025 season
Post by: LUMEN on August 01, 2024, 10:39:18 AM

Incredible looking arrows! Each one is a work of art.