Ohhhh That Smell

[Red Beastmaster]

Yesterday I opened a box of cedar shafts that had just arrived from Big Jim. Ahhhhhhh. Smelled like I always remembered it. Nice looking shafts too.

Aluminum has taken over my life for the last 10 years and I recently realized just how much I missed making and shooting wood. I took a little inventory and ordered what I needed.

This weekend is to be snow/freezing rain/cold. I do believe a nice fire in the wood stove and fletching up my cedars is in order.

[David Mitchell]

Sounds like a great way to pass some time during that sort of weather.

[Pine]

Like Snag ( Wilderness Custom Arrows ) says " You wouldn't use a bobber and worms with a split bamboo fly rod , so why shoot anything other than wood from your trad bow . "

[crazynate]

Sounds like a great idea. I might do the same with a few dozen cedar shafts I have laying around. I love the smell too

[M60gunner]

Yes, nothing like the smell of a freshly broken cedar arrow.

Just about the only thing I like about cedar arrows is the neat smell when they get broken!!!!

Bisch

[Slickhead]

Yep
Over the next couple months Im making some wood arrows and a back quiver.
Good way to shake the off season blues

A few years ago I heard a couple of guys putting down my cedar arrows.  One had a short draw like me and was shooting full length carbons, he had a lot of arrow hanging out there.  Much to their pleasure I clipped a branch and shattered an arrow.  I handed them each a piece as a trophy. They were behind us in the order.  I watched them sniffing the cedar and sharing the sniffing with others.  They each bought a dozen cedar shafts from a vendor, Footed Shaft, after the round.

[ghall80]

It is the best smell

I get a little crazy over the smell of the feather burner as well i know that is weird guys but its true

Not as nice as the cedar !!

[Deno]

I keep the cedar shavings and throw them on the fire.   Gotta love that smell.

Deno

[huskyarcher]

Ive really took a liking to wood arrows for some reason. Just adds another element to the whole deal. Sounds like a great weekend!

[knobby]

It's odd that you should bring this up. I lost my sense of smell about a decade ago, yet just last night a guy snapped a cedar arrow near be and I caught a brief whiff of cedar scent. It smelled as awesome as I remembered it and I appreciated it more than I ever had. One of life's simple pleasures!

[Tim Finley]

I hope you guys aren't sniffing the glue too !!!

[Red Beastmaster]

Originally posted by Tim Finley:
I hope you guys aren't sniffing the glue too !!!

Staining, sealing, and fletching in an unventilated basement bow room hasn't hurt me yet. I mean, I don't think it has. Or maybe it did??? Heck I don't remember. What was the question?

There are three things that go together well: Fletching arrows, Metallica, and PBR.

I use stained Watco oil, to finish and seal shafts.  It dries slow and does not have much smell, but you got to watch what you do with the rags.  a couple of years ago i tossed them in a pile in the drive way intending to hang them on the line to dry before throwing them away.  The pile was smoldering when I went to hang them up.   Duco makes my eyes water and nose run.

[keng]

I have a mono-fletcher. Used to be Glue a feather, drink a beer, glue the next feather drink a beer. repeat till the arrows or I was done. I started using fletching tape, took a lot of fun out of it

[Red Beastmaster]

Yeah, tape took all the fun out of making arrows.

[Roy from Pa]

Keng, LMAO....

Originally posted by keng:
Used to be Glue a feather, drink a beer, glue the next feather drink a beer. repeat till the arrows or I was done.

Yep....I remember those days well!
   

[Red Beastmaster]

Well, I spent a nice evening with a wood fire, Alice Cooper, The Who, Aerosmith, and several PBR's. I got my cedars tapered and stained. I also fletched up some oak dowels and fixed a bunch of broken stumpers.

It was a good night.