There are two major factors involved:
- How many arrows dou yo use per year?
- do you enjoy making your own?
Ofcourse you have your starting-up investments, they are all summed up here.
I live in The Netherlands. When I make a premium arrow, my costs are € 4,15 per arrow. That is for the shaft, feathers, nock and fieldpoint. Ofcourse you need glue and stuff to make the arrow look pretty. When I want to buyt the same arrow I have to pay over the € 10,-. That is a difference of € 6,- per arrow, or € 72,- per dozen!
But what I didn't read yet here: when I break an arrow, I re-use everything. The end whith the fletching goes in the micro-wave. The glue melts and the feathers and nock come of easy. Sandpaper the arrows to remove the glue and you can re-use them! Heating the point will melt the glue. You can take it easily off then. I always collect all parts that come off from broken arrows. It goes in a special bag, ready for re-use.
The only costs for making a new arrow is the price for a new shaft then!
Another point is that all my starting costs were payed back, because I started to make arrows for friends. They were amazed how good my arrows looked and shot nd asked me if I was willing to make some for them. So you can actually earn some money with it too.
But you must enjoy it, otherwise you can better buy them.
I started making my owm arrows 3 years ago and I never looked back!