Finished some primitive arras

[TroyH]

I finished these arrows today.  Cut the river cane near my parents place in Oklahoma over a year ago.
Shot the goose this winter and saved the feathers for the fletching.
4 are true flu flu types, as I didn't trim the feathers, and they make quite a bit of sound as the "fly" through the air.
The other two aren't trimmed either but are from shorter width feathers.
I made some small game blunts from 1/4" all thread and I forget what the other piece is called.  It is a barbed washer that is treaded and super glued into place.  I cut the all thread at 3" so it will set deep into the shaft, so the heads weigh 250 gr.  Can we say extreme efoc?!  The shaft with a broadhead on it had a hole a little too large for the all thread, besides I wanted to mount a broadhead on one.  I had a broken carbon shaft from last year's kill, and it fit perfectly.
The 5 small game arrows are heavy, weighing in at between 700-800 gr.  That ought to punch a hole in a bunny!
Because the broadhead is lighter, the total weight of that arrow is 630 gr. still plenty heavy.
I took them out and shot them a little and they fly really well.  That barbed washer really grabs the grass and doesn't go anywhere, so no lost arrows under the grass.

 

 

 

[bowmaster12]

nice! great project cant wait to see some kill pics with these arrows

[onewhohasfun]

They are called t-nuts.

[Pat B]

Nice cane arrows. did you make self nocks or use glue ons?

[TroyH]

They are self nocks.  The way I do cane is to glue in a hardwood dowel, usually 1/4".  I glue in about 2", then cut the nock and add artificial sinew for strength.

I did these arrows about a year ago, right after getting the cane.  You can see the ends a little clearer in them.

 

 

Thing is, the stone point is so nice I've never shot it.  I just put it up over some antlers in my office.

[TroyH]

For some reason the nock end didn't come through in my last post.  Try again.

 

[TroyH]

Oh and I forgot, when adding a glue on point or one where you cut a slot, I add a piece of hardwoord dowel to the front as well.  That way you can cut it to a point for glue on's or have added strength for others.

[Irish Archer]

Those look pretty cool. Good job.

[Curtis Roberts]

That's cool.  I didn't know you could use goose feathers for fletching, but I guess I never really thought of it.  Are they as good or superior to turkey feathers?

[SpankyNeal]

Very cool - me likes!

[SCATTERSHOT]

Nice job- I like the allthread points.