Two nights ago I received my Wilderness Custom Arrows from David Lawson, known to Tradgang as Snag. Other than his test kit I have no experience with wood arrows, but I can already say I'm not going back. The exhilarating shooting experience I was looking for in evermore expensive carbons I have found here, made of wood... Ironic this was counterintuitive as we are traditionalists. I was pleased with my carbons, they bare shafted very well, but turns out I was happy with the shadows on the wall because I had never been outside the cave. A return to carbon, for me, would be a re-burdening of the yoke.
My bows are in the mid-fifties. These arrows are weighing about 575 grains on my scale. They fly like the midnight train that carried Kerouac's immortal Dharma Bum up the Pacific coast; a steel-devouring hell hound in the night. One dozen colorfully crested daisy cutters that leave the bow with purposeful intent.
Of course, they are beautifully done. I went to David's site and commented on his work that struck me, but beyond that just said "do what you do." The candy apple finish is worthy of a Billy Gibbons Cadillac. Colors that remind me of the wool flannel my grandfather would wear into the vintage American winter of Jump River Wisconsin.
Get in touch with David. Shooting your bow will mirror the quiet peace of a silent film.
Topic: Wilderness Custom Arrows = Happiness, Nirvana, etc. (Read 446 times)
