Woodie Love ... (click HERE for the slide show!)

Absolutely my all-time favorite thread..... still alive!!

[Stumpkiller]

Originally posted by Mike Vines:
     

Those just ooze class and tradition.    Outstanding.      

[K.S.TRAPPER]

My Dougfir arrows for this season made by my buddy Ron French (Treekiller) and can never say enough about his craftsmanship.

 

 

Tracy

[longbow fanatic 1]

Shafts made by Ron French (TreeKiller)

 

[TRAP]

I must admit I'm a bit of a wood arrow "junkie"

Here's a few that I've chosen to be the caretaker of for now. Someday I will pass them on to someone that can appreciate their history but for now I'll share them with you.
 

 

 

[FITTER]

WOW!!!!!! NICE COLLECTION

[TRAP]

Pink arrow fletching is fairly common today but I don't see many examples of pink being used in the 60s.

These Sweetland Forgewood Hunters were ordered March 27, 1968.

 

Note the person ordering the arrows specified "no orange". Apparently he didn't like pink either because they were never used. They came with 1964 Bear Razorheads installed

 

[oz]

wow,
I need to get started, went through almost every page of this thread and and I need to up my game.

oz

[Bud B.]

Originally posted by oz:
wow,
I need to get started, went through almost every page of this thread and and I need to up my game.

oz

Yessir! Some very nice work on here. Functional art, but some are just too purty to shoot. For me anyway. And some awesome history, Trap. I believe those ARTifacts are in good hands.

[Captain*Kirk]

I notice the majority of Bear arrows are completely paint dipped. How do they (or don't they) orient the wood grain after dipping?
I sort of like the look, personally.

[TRAP]

The grain can still be seen through the paint on most dipped arrows.  When I dip full length, I mark the grain orientation on both ends (a sharpie mark parallel to the grain) and I mark the arrow rift with a mark up from that line.

[TRAP]

I mark both ends like this prior to painting full length.

 

[Captain*Kirk]

I had some woodies that my dad bought me back around 1969-1970, there were still a few hanging around in poor condition. I decided to re-fletch and repair them and ordered up enough nocks, points and feathers to do the job, but after really careful inspection decided they were no longer safe to shoot and retired them. Instead, I re-created the vintage look as best I could using new Larch (tamarack) shafting:

One of the original arrows:

   

New nocks and feathers:

   

Reproducing the cresting:

   

Old vs New:

   

   

   

Completed arrows:

   

[Captain*Kirk]

Tony, looks like you fixed my image issue. Thank you!

[Captain*Kirk]

My latest batch:

 

 

 

[Captain*Kirk]

bump

[Captain*Kirk]

Nobody with any new woodies to add?
Planning on making up a few for my son as a Christmas surprise to go with his Kodiak Hunter "greenie". I'll be sure to post them here when I finish them!

[wooddamon1]

Crappy phone pic, but my last batch of German pine, cocks are from a Merriam's my buddy shot in CO while we both lived out there.

[wooddamon1]

 

This one's for the buddy who shot the bird.

[Captain*Kirk]

Very nice, Damon. Is that dark stain or black paint in the center of your shafts? Very unique and sharp-looking!