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Home made arrows

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:29 am
by shikari
For those of you interested in archery,heres a set of arrows I recently made:

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The bow is also one I made myself based on the mongol horsebow design.

Re: Home made arrows

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:14 am
by kasim
hey shikari watsup man..,its really wonderfull job.keep it up.

Re: Home made arrows

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:48 am
by raj
hey ..nice work.i think its a kind of recurve bow.
please tell us how did you made that bow(material & procedure)


Regards
Raj

Re: Home made arrows

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:12 am
by Yaj
Nice arrows. Is the bow a composite one?
Regards,
Yaj.

Re: Home made arrows

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:13 am
by Olly
Nice work there...

Have you fixed the feathers after splitting the cane shaft or are they stuck on ?

The bow looks nice and powerful too...

Re: Home made arrows

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:49 pm
by shikari
Hi
It is a recurve composite and draws 50 #@29 inches.It is a composite of wood and fibreglass,the procedure for making these is on a form in which the materials are glued and clamped and cured at 180*temp for 8 hours,then the bow is shaped to profile.I already have another one planned and will have it done soon.The arrows are glued on the cane and have selfnocks,those are my hunting arrows for this year.

Re: Home made arrows

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:09 pm
by raj
shikari wrote:Hi
It is a recurve composite and draws 50 #@29 inches.It is a composite of wood and fibreglass,the procedure for making these is on a form in which the materials are glued and clamped and cured at 180*temp for 8 hours,then the bow is shaped to profile.I already have another one planned and will have it done soon.The arrows are glued on the cane and have selfnocks,those are my hunting arrows for this year.
Thank you for the information.my dad also made a Bow this year with Bamboo stick.it does not looks as crisp as this one but shoots moderately good.

Regards
Raj

Re: Home made arrows

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:39 pm
by shikari
Bamboo is one of the best materials for bow making,I would love tomake some Bamboo and mulberry bows but bamboo is hard to find here and very expensive,you could make a really good bow using mulberry for the core and bamboo for the back and tempered bamboo for the belly.if you have any pictures of the bow your dad made,I would like to see it and if you have any pictures of bows from the meusems I would love to see them.
Pawan

Re: Home made arrows

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:54 am
by Yaj
shikari wrote:Hi
It is a recurve composite and draws 50 #@29 inches.It is a composite of wood and fibreglass,the procedure for making these is on a form in which the materials are glued and clamped and cured at 180*temp for 8 hours,then the bow is shaped to profile.I already have another one planned and will have it done soon.The arrows are glued on the cane and have selfnocks,those are my hunting arrows for this year.

Thanks for the info shikari!
Regards,
Yaj.