some cedar arrows made for a fellow forum member.

mtnfolk mike

mtnfolk mike

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i just finished these up for a fellow foum member... hopefully he likes them... they're Port Orford Cedar shafts.. 45-50 lb. spine weight, 31 in. long.. stained with a dark mahogony stain...

i added a a few small game/stumpshooting points on 2 of them.. a Zwickey Judo and an Ace Hex blunt... these things rock...:D

i think they turned out okay.. what do you all think...

mike

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the judo on the left and the hex blunt on the right...

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very nice, for years I shot cedar but alas due to not having a steady supply of properly spined arrows I went to graphite out of my recurve's but I surely due apreciate a nice set of cedar arrows
 
Mike..can I shoot cedar shaft arrows outta an 72lb Grizzly recurve? How much do arrows like this cost? I am really hurting on the Bow and Arrow supply...around here the shops are anything but helpful. Gene
 
Noice!! Capital work there Mike.:thumbup::thumbup:

I love the Ace Hex heads as well, even more than judos. They pack a wallop with that concave dish-out.
 
mtnfolk mike said:
i just finished these up for a fellow foum member... hopefully he likes them... they're Port Orford Cedar shafts.. 45-50 lb. spine weight, 31 in. long.. stained with a dark mahogony stain...

i added a a few small game/stumpshooting points on 2 of them.. a Zwickey Judo and an Ace Hex blunt... these things rock...:D

i think they turned out okay.. what do you all think...

mike
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Mike, beautiful job. BTW, you never did tell me what those plastic things are on the end? :rolleyes:

Since this is the W&SS forum, I thought I would add this. When Black Walnuts (Juglan nigra) fall on the ground, and that season is just about here, they start to turn black and juicy. If you split them open and wipe them up and down the shaft, they will stain dark brown, quite often in a mottled pattern as you can see here. You can control how dark they get by how much rubbing you do.
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Oh darn, where are my plastic thingies? :(


JK mike.

Doc
 
gunknifenut said:
Mike..can I shoot cedar shaft arrows outta an 72lb Grizzly recurve? How much do arrows like this cost? I am really hurting on the Bow and Arrow supply...around here the shops are anything but helpful. Gene
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gene-- you can definately shoot wood arrows out of your bow... the spine weight of your arrows needs to be matched to weight of your bow... arrows come in 5 lb. weight incraments.... so depending your draw length, you would probably want some a little stouter than 11/32 diameter.. maybe 23/64 in either 65-70 lb. or 70-75 lb. spine weight..

the price usually varies.. cedar has gotten expensive as of late.. but there are other woods out there that can be used... but cedar is still the best...

they usually start out at about $75 a doz..:)

Talfuchre said:
Mike - do you make arrows quite a bit? If so - I know who to come to when I need to refill my quiver.

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i do make arrows regularly... thought i don't stock pile many different spine weights in shafts... mainly in the weight that i shoot.... so i usually have an extra doz. or so, in 45-50 lb. and 50-55 lb. spine weight... so i guess it also depends on what you shoot...

feel free to drop me a line if you need some in the future... i am going to try and buy a hundred shafts soon... the price on cedar shafts has recently gone up once again...:thumbdn:

mike
 
DOC-CANADA said:
Mike, beautiful job. BTW, you never did tell me what those plastic things are on the end? :rolleyes:

Since this is the W&SS forum, I thought I would add this. When Black Walnuts (Juglan nigra) fall on the ground, and that season is just about here, they start to turn black and juicy. If you split them open and wipe them up and down the shaft, they will stain dark brown, quite often in a mottled pattern as you can see here. You can control how dark they get by how much rubbing you do.
Myarrows3.jpg


Oh darn, where are my plastic thingies? :(


JK mike.

Doc
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great looking arrows doc...:thumbup:

i love useing walnuts for stain.. you ca soak them too... it stinks to high hell, but it's worth it.. and the color does vary...
 
:eek: awesome. Those things look great bro. Cant wait to fling em!!

Great job man, thanks again!!:thumbup:
 
Fun to see those. My arrow making supplies are scattered and collecting dust I'm afraid.

Doc, those self-knocks look good. And true walnut stain -- nice.

I'd not seen the Ace hex head blunts before.
 
Gorgeous work Mike. For those of us uninitiated in your fine art, could you tutor us on the function of the Judo and Hex heads? Curiosity has gotten the best of me I'm afraid :)
 
kgd said:
Gorgeous work Mike. For those of us uninitiated in your fine art, could you tutor us on the function of the Judo and Hex heads? Curiosity has gotten the best of me I'm afraid :)
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kgd-- here is some info taken from www.3riversarchery.com

Ace Hex Blunt

The Ace Hex Blunt is tough to beat. Bob at Ace Archery was really thinking when he designed this head. The center is concaved and the sides are flattened resulting in six sharp "points" that help keep your arrow from skipping away or slipping under the grass. That's not all! That concave face-scalloped edge combination delivers a deathblow to any small game animal. They're available in glue-on or screw-in, 125 grains, so they can be used on any wood, carbon, or aluminum arrow.

An ingenious design makes the Ace Hex Blunt a deadly small game head
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the zwickey judo..

Jack Zwickey and his dad Cliff designed the amazing Judo. It took real "out of the box" thinking to envision such an amazing arrowhead. They truly are perfect for realistic bowhunting practice. You can shoot into stumps, trees, cut-banks, and even open fields without fear of losing your arrows. The small spring arms that encircle the head prevent deep penetration in the stumps and ground and they grab tall grass and flip your arrows up so you can find them in grassy fields. Judos are the ultimate stump shooting head. Zwickey even calls it, "The Unloseable Point". You'd be hard pressed to find a longbow or recurve toting traditional bowhunter who doesn't have a Judo or two in his or her quiver. For that very reason they are often called to perform as small game heads and have many small game species to their credit. Zwickey Judos are available in several sizes and in both screw-in and glue-on versions. We do recommend that you have over 50 pounds of bow force if you intend to use them for small game.

i love these things..
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Great info Mike, just the kind of think I was hoping to learn. Kind of like reading a pop. mechanics summary on what is hot in Archery....
 
The hex heads are deadly for small game and I prefered them over the judo for stumpin as well as hunting.
 
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