Originally posted by John Krause:
Weasel,
Very nice! Tell us more
Thanks! I'm glad you like them.
I made them in the medieval manner so I could take them to an annual Ren faire next month. Port Orford Cedar, 50-52# spine. This was my first attempt at self-nocks. I used scraps of fiberglass lamination material for the nock reinforcement.
The cresting is automotive lacquer (touch up paints) in black & gold. The pattern is just a piece of sea sponge dabbed in the gold and lightly dabbed in random patterns over the black. Gasket Lacquer finish. What you can't see in the photo is that I used three different shades of brown leather dye to go from dark brown at the point to a light brown at the crest. Fiebing's alcohol based leather dye.
The fletches were cut with a Lil' Chopper, RH Traditional, then carefully trimmed to equal lengths and tapered at the ends with a dremmel tool to accept the wraps. Fletch tape held them in place while I wrapped them with a heavy thread. Clear nail polish over the wraps.
The reason I said IF they shoot out of my Strunk 50# BBY is that I can't shoot a bow right now. I just recently had major abdominal surgery and can't string up a bow for a couple more weeks. I'm sure anxious to see how they fly!
Jerry
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