As far as arrow building goes, I have tried a lot of the stuff mentioned above. I have made some good arrows and some of the uglest sticks to ever fly.
I am shooting carbons now because of the heavy bow I have been trying to shoot into. They don't have the same personality, but it was that or rebar.
I tried to burn some patterns with a torch, that was kind of interesting.
One afternoon at K. Bass's house we tried to make some shafts by running wood through holes in plate steel, with only marginal success.
My friend George Clark, whose picture graces the LSBA home page, taught me to name my arrows. I was putting a number on each, but the name is so much better. When I went to Africa in 98, I named each arrow after one of my hunting buddies, when I retured I told them the story of their arrow.
Hey, walking eagle, I am interested in buying some knapped spear points for a project. Would that be something your son could do and would be interested in? Or does anyone know where I could get my hands on some. I need 10 about the same size.
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