Hi all,
I thought my ears were supposed to burn if somebody was talking about me!
I can make the footings of any hardwood, but I have found walnut and cherry to have very good all around characteristics for footings: they are stronger than POC or spruce, machine well and are readily available.
I have made Reparrows in purpleheart(Murder on cutting edges), Osage and other hardwoods. But walnut and cherry will be the standard offering.
The footings measure about 3-15/16 long, but some of that is taken up by the internal taper and the taper you put on the front end to accept the point, so the length gained is about 2".
As noted above, the main reason for the existence of Reparrow footings is to fix broken arrows. I dreamed them up because I make my own shafts and arrows and hated to ruin one by breaking it right at the point.
I am my own best customer!