Reparrow??

[Jim now in Kentucky]

Hey, you guys snuck up on this subject  while I'm at work and didn't notice!

HO'NEHE JEFF, I'll  send them anywhere now. I think  that was back  when I was thinking  of patenting the idea. If I marketed them in most countries before patenting, I  could not  get a patent.

Now I just rely on the fact that there isn't  a lot  of money to be made with them and  it's too  much trouble to set  up--and  I keep  my mouth shut about  how to  make  them.  

I use  them every  time  I break a an arrow near the point. I dreamed them up for ME! But then  decided other  folks would have fun conquering  the  'broken arrow syndrome" too.

Glad  you guys like them.

[B.O.D.]

Jim,

           Have you thought of doing some very dense-wood models???
thanks.
BD  

[varmint]

I use them and they work perfectly for their intended purpose.......extending the life of a tip broken arrow.I would love to see them offered in some very dense hardwoods and about 8-10" long.

[SlowBowinMO]

I think that would be neat also.  About 8" long and point tapered on the front end.  Then you could just cut the softwood arrow to your desired length and add a real hardwood, pre-tapered footing.

Good stuff though Jim!   :D

[Jim now in Kentucky]

There are  some production  issues with making them longer. Most important is that a slight kink in a shaft  will  not show up at all  in a 4" length, but in eight  inches,  there's a waste factor of shafts that  are just  not  straight  enough.

I can do any wood I can get  in a dowel or square, but I have to leave a couple of  thousanths of an inch over cedar  size for sanding to  a smooth transition. I have  thought it too much work for the customer to sand those exotic  woods. This  is one part of archery whose reason for  being  is that  it's  easier.

[B.O.D.]

I don't mind some sanding, and I would be interested in some heavy woods...

[JEFF B]

well jim thats good to hear so i can tell the guys at the club about them now thank you.