I love this thread so lets start a new one. I love to see what you guys come up with and I hope you like to see mine

still working on mine, will post later.

Here are some Douglas Fir. Still got to put the points and heads on but finished for the most part.

Lookin' good guys! Here's some Surewood souglas fir shafts that I finished.

Very nice arrows fellows. Thanks for sharing.

Frank

Looks to me like somea these might be arrows of 2012! Nobody is that good and fast. Just kiddin ya. All of em are beauties.

I thought the same thing Harley while some were partying and other sleeping these guys were up making arrows all morning. Hard to imagine.Even for a proffesional they must rest some time. Kidding here also no matter what year they are from they are as beautiful today as they were when they were done.

These splices and the finish is just awsome. I wounder just how many splices it took each guy to do before they got this good at it let alone the crests and finish work that they became pro at it.

Oh, I can see arrows bring built in that time. I've made nine cresters today.

Lol!!!!! guy that's funny but the picture of my 3 at the top are all i have made so far it was just for fun. I need to get on the other 9 before to long

I just finished for a friend today.

Beautiful arrows on the thread so far.

These were finished last week, but photographed today ... hope they qualify for 2013.

All wondrous: Dan I like yours, especially, with the antler burn. Outstanding.

Antler burn? Burn? I never thought of that.

If I wanted to rig a branding iron with my own symbol, does anyone have a suggestion as to how?

Can you shape a piece from a tin can or similar, heat it, and burn with it?

I am fascinated. Thanks.

YO TEAM! HANDSOME ARROWS! I could look at stuff like THAT all day! STAY SAFE / WELL LD

First batch for 2013. The bow I'm having made has black and orange wood in it and also I ride an old 72 Harley so black and orange it is.

Forgot to mention, I started on these around 3 this afternoon. What else would a person do on New Years Day ;)

Hey Mooseman...where is the pre-Sturgis bash in Nebraska...somewhere out north of Valentine? Maybe closer to the South Dakota border. Ever been? Looked like it could be a good time. Rode through there a week early...

Thanks Harley Writer. Thin Man, I bought the wood arrow stencils from either Kustom King or 3Rivers several years ago, but was unable to find them on-line tonight. I'm sure they're still available from someone. They are an aluminum stencil that has different patterns cut-out and basically you just use a torch to burn the pattern into a wood arrow. Great Arrows guys! Dan

Thanks, DCM. I'll look about.

Wow, beauties one and all.

Too pretty to shoot.

Here are some arrows I've been playing around with.

Here's a few more!

Ok I fudged. These were not made at the time of this post were made in 2013. This is the 2nd dozen I made for a good friend. Got them done yesterday. Douglas Fir.

how do you guys splice (im assuming those feathers are spliced) so cleanly? im getting ready to build my first dozen woodies... just waiting on the rest of my shipments... but i made some aluminum flu flus recently and tried splicing two colors... didn't come out nearly that cleanly

Awesome job guys ! Artwork at its Best. Don't Stop!

nothing special but they go where I want them to.

Nice ones, Steve. Are they wood? Hope to see you at Chico.

Man those are some great arrows. Well done.

Man those are some great arrows. Well done.

You guys just do some magnificent work. Regards...Pete

My first time at cresting

nothing fancy but 1st of 2013

My christmas present for the wife. Got the classic Bear cresting pattern from SB.

I can't believe we are 12 days into the year and I have finished any arrows yet! I have three sets "in work" for others and will post them soon. I made a few cheapies for myself along the way....poplar two fletch again. This time I needed some light spined target arrows so I figured I would try some colorful ones.

The first half are shown here.

-Stu

The second half in orange.

-Stu

Finished up some arrows today for a young girl at church who is starting out on a recurve. These are 1/4" poplar which spined at 18#. They almost look full sixe but those shafts really feel miniture! Those tiny little cresting line darn near put my old eyes inthe grave!

-Stu

Here is a good comparison shot of those 1/4" shafts compared to a 11/32" shaft.

-Stu

Oops...fogot the pic!

Stu, Don't think I've ever seen 1/4 inch shafts before! Where You gettum?

Note to ALL....Keep the photos coming! I can look at stuff like this all day! WORKS OF ART! LD

thats neat where can u learn some of that thanks mike

selfnocked rivercane wild turkey fletching hand tied. made 3 shoots well. tough as heck.!!!why use ceder heh.

Hello LD, Those 1/4" shafts started out life as hand selected 1/4" dowels from Menards! Some of the commercial shaft suppliers do sell 1/4" shafts but they are usually called "Kids Shafts" and do not come in specifc spines. From what I have found here locally, 1/4" poplar ends up with a static spine inthe range of 14 ~ 20#. In my case the ones I built were all 18# static and had a GPI range of 6.8 to 7.1 The finished arrow weight averaged 259 grains.

My experience with 5/16" poplar is that they are very tough and durable. I hope the 1/4" will prove to be relatively the same. In any case, I test shot them this evening and they flew very well.

-Stu

Here's my first batch of tonkin bamboo...had a bit of a time cresting the lines but overall I'm pleasee with how they came out and shoot. One shy of a dozen because I accidently broke a shaft at the node.

Some new one I just finished up for stock

I just received an arrow order from Gary (gbow123). He does excellent work. If anyone is looking to get some awesome looking arrows give him a call. Ken

I'm starting to feel inspired.... ;-)

THank you Ken for the kind words its always a pleasure working with you . GDH

Another set finished tonight! These are German Spruce shafts which is similar to Sitka but a bit heavier.

These are some stunning arrows!

Beautiful grain in those Stu!

I can't keep up with this! the feather work (for me ) is spectacular.

Great thread !

tried to post but got a "no room on the disc" message, will try later

Boy, you guys are good! I don't get tired of looking at your arrows Stu! Very, very well done!

Bernie

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Figured it out, if you use the html on photobucket you can post a pic.

gbow123 - I really like the white crown dip, red nock, red feather splice with natural barred feathers. Great combo, nice job. John

Ok, more finished tonight....sometimes you just have to loose the colors and go for some black & white combos!

-Stu

Another B&W set finished this evening......

Last ones off the workbench this evening......

-Stu

Awesome - And they are mine!! Thanks again Stu! Man, I'm gonna hate to shoot those.....for big game only!

Wow!! You fellas make some awewsome looking arrows. I just started cuttind my own feathers and fletched up a few arrows. Not as nice as your guys but they work.

sorry, that was to say cutting.

Some for our NTA annual meeting yankee gift exchange. Dave

Something different

Surewood shafts stained ebony.

More Surewood shafts...

Great arrows all of you!

I commented earlier, but this bears repeating! I just sit and stare at your arrow art guys! Really, really beautiful work!

Bernie

These were a ton of fun to make !!!

Picture was not perfect

Picture was not perfect

First time splicing .not perfect but I like them

Couple guys PMed us about our arrows in the FIRST SHOT pictures. We've made several sets over the winter, and these in the works new are already our favorites. You folks see anything that needs work, please let us know. We're trying really hard to learn what we can. Best; Bill

Now... this set sure ain't traditional, but we can SEE them at the indoor place we shoot. (they need to put some lights in there). First carbons for us.

Here's all of them so far...

Quick Question - what paints do you recommend for carbon shafts and do you seal after capping/cresting?

You guys display your arrows so nice - did not make any wood arrows last year but am back in action for 2013. A dozen ready to go for my 45lb limbs when my new Predator riser comes - yes that puts me back to three Predators

Some more two fletch for fun.....dark brown feather tips with a fimple black crest on unstained shafts.

Stu,

what kind of silver grey feathers did you use for the arrows you've posted on 25-Jan- 13?

Just finished these yesterday. Ebony stained douglas fir from Surewood Shafts.

Hello Fritz,

Those are gray TrueFlight feathers. There are parts of the full length feathers that are kind of shiny and match the silver paint well.

-Stu

Thank you Sir!

I'm planing on some P 51 themed arrows...

Well its snowing hard here today,so I made some up for the wife.

Great looking shafts guys! Since my old eyes aint what they used to be, these are just a step above meat and potatoes, but they will look a lot better with a tint of Blood Red on them.

Love the all pinks...even my yard would have a hard tike eating those.

Stu Miller - do you have a website where you sell your arrows?

Hello npaull,

No, making arrows is not a business for me so no website. It is more a labor of love ans service to others. If you are looking for something unique and custom drop me a email at: [email protected] and I will see if I can help you out.

-Stu

Here are my first ones of 2013, but they look pretty paltry compared to what some of you guys do. Some really beautiful work shown here. I'll keep working on my skills :-)

A request came in for some simple arrows with a "woodsy" look.

Douglas Fir shafts with simple old gold/black crest fletched with olive and trad barred feathers....pretty "woodsy" in my book!

-Stu

Some more. Dave

One more for now. Dave

Waiting on some real Turkey feathers...

Here's mt first attempts at woodies. A little crude, I know, splices are butted and cresting lines aren't perfect, but they look purdy from a distance! My hat's off to the guys that get all their plices lined up and their cresting lines so fine and straight. Westbrook, what is the dark stain on the last black, red and blue?

Another batch.

This is my first splice ever. My daughter thinks I'm the coolest Dad! Thanks STU for the inspiration. One day I hope to have STU arrows and better yet STU talent!

MNCARPHNTR, its minwax Jacobean.

Eric

Stu, I do believe you captured the essence of "woodsy".

Great thread!

I could look at these arrows for hours. You guys got some serious skills.

Snag, those are oh so nice.

tapered douglas fir;

BEAUTIFUL ARROWS!!

I like the BRIGHT arrows best. I can see them easier.

Nalajr

Wow..... these are all stunning arrows, guys. Most impressive. I'd be afraid to shoot any of them, fearing loss or damage.

Here is another set fresh off the workbench. Douglas Fir with a simple red crown and fletch. They were requested by a fellow waller to be similar to G. Fred Asbell’s arrows on the cover of his “Instinctive Shooting II” book.

Total weight at 27" BOP ended up at 545 gr with 190 gr points installed....great FOC%, should make great hunting arrows!

-Stu

Another set done. This time the request was for colorfull Flu-Flu's for some arial fun! These are 5" helical fletched and should be easy to find!

.....and what could be more fun than a dozen flu-flu's.....yup, another matching dozen! This time with spiral wraps.

I think this is a "bouquet of flowers" that any of us trad archers would no be embarassed to recieve!

-Stu

Very nice arrows !

I didn't know of this thread until I read about it in another. I had to bring this one to the top. Some nice arrows on here.

Nice work guys! Here's some cedars from the 50's I just reworked for this fall.

Man, We got some talent here boys! Playin around with a new color scheme. 11/32 acme premiums-these will finish @ 700 grains.

Messin with some purple combos

Here are my Easton 2315's with Mossy Oak Breakup

Here are 6 I just made the other day, first time shooting them I took a hen feather off of one with the flu-flu.

Alot more talent here than I have. Great job!

Ok, these are the last arrows from Stu for quite a while! Unfortunately I am in the middle of selling my house to move to North Carolina. It will be many months before I can get into a house there and get all the arrow tools unpacked and up an running. Plenty of great talent here to keep me inspired until I can build again.....keep the great looking arrows coming!

-Stu

Ok, these are the last arrows from Stu for quite a while! Unfortunately I am in the middle of selling my house to move to North Carolina. It will be many months before I can get into a house there and get all the arrow tools unpacked and up an running. Plenty of great talent here to keep me inspired until I can build again.....keep the great looking arrows coming!

-Stu

Stu, I hope you have a safe trip, and enjoy the new place! Grant

Made from 2x Doug Fir lumber from Home Depot.

More from Doug Fir lumber.

Gorgeous arrows! I need to get ahold of you guys and get some ordered for Christmas!

Finshed splicing up the feathers and fletching new arrows for my son's HH Bear Cub...as you can tell he really likes green.

I made these for a 45# Short Bee recurve. (The yellow is 2 hand-painted coats over 1 hand-painted coat of white.)

Couple batches we did this past month. Ones on the right are some of the old Autum Orange arrows we been getting for a buck each. Stip them down to bare shafts, and they doll up pretty darn nice.

Doug fir using Krylon spray.

I don't have the patients for that quality of work any more. I will endeavour to post some pictures in the future though.Played those games years ago when I had good eye sight and no arthritis .I can still make footed arrows but I no longer make 4 wing foots. Just 2 wing cause they are quick and simple.At one stage in my life I learned to make 4 wing spiral.These are tricky to make as they would either break twisting the spirals or end up being bent and distorted some what.I would like to know how the arrow builders did it in the 50s and 60 s.The way I do it is on a par with steam bending.longer wings and 45 degree twist maxuim eventually got results.The builders back in the day had a jig for keeping shafts straight during the twisting process.lots of mine got severely warped.awesome work there though(eye candy) Thanks for showing it

Bringing this back to the top while (patiently) waiting for my new arrows from 'snag' !

WOW! I'll just keep practicing. Lol

This is some beautiful art/craftsmanship. These arrows are too pretty to shoot. I know that's what they're for but I'd be P/O'd to shoot one and miss my mark (happens to me more often than I'd like to admit). The crafstmen on leatherwall have definitely set a high bar for others.

Jim Compliment

Hi Scott, they are on the bench in the process of coming to life!

Some for a memorial shoot. Dave

Impressive, Wallers! And... a lotta work!! Shoot Straight, rare breed

Impressive, Wallers! And... a lotta work!! Shoot Straight, rare breed

Here's a couple short sets we did this past month from more of the used arrows we've been getting for a buck apiece....and using up odds and ends feathers when we have enough. Getting fast at stipping off plastic vanes and old nocks.

....and this was one of the few full sets that was worth re doing.

These are some Sitka spruce with some wild turkey feathers that I dyed

BACK TO THE TOP! LD

Peacock themed

Some amazing work everyone! I hope one day I'll be able to make arrows even half as nice as any of those lol...

Wooddamon1,

I'm not usually a fan of swirl caps, but those tan,green, black have me thinking....

Very nice

Absolutely beautiful work guys. I am finaly out of temp living and just moved into the house this weekend....I have a lot of unpacking to do but this thread is making me itch to build arrows again! Thanks for the inspiration!

-Stu

Very nice! You guys are amazing!

Here's a few tapered cedars I just got done burning the fletch on. Different shades of Green...

Eric

Getting ready for Denton Hill next week

gbow123, you have entirely too much time on your hands. Those look great. I've put together 10 dozen this year and sold a few. I'm really not in the arrow business anymore; I just enjoy making them so much, i can't stop. Been messin around with display arrows for home and lodge, for those who want decor. Not much success, but fun to make.

Web-Master is gonna get ticked at me! Back To The Top! LD

These are hot off the press...

Retro for longbow :-)

Dan in MI, thanks for the compliment. These really pop now that I have a coat of finish on them. I'm thinking green barred feathers to complete the "camo" effect for turkeys.

And a few Yellar ones....

Looks awesome everybody.....Austin

These are all Ash.....

These are all Ash.....more pics

Westbrook!

How did you did that?

Tutorial is needed!

Hynotizing to look at all these BEAUTIFUL ARROWS

LD

BTTT

Long Shank I love them. Lots of lookers trying to learn the splicing myself.

Cat

Just finished a couple minuature flu flus for the grandson's Little Bear. Salvaged some old 1/4 inch cedar arrows and stripped and cut them down. Full sized 11/32 on top. Need to find some rubber caps to tip them with.

Here's four each of the four sets we finished over the weekend. All re claimed shafts. The wooden ones were ancient..feathers turning to dust. Once stripped and sanded, they are some of the straightest and tightest cedar I've ever seen. Will be going back to get a bunch more....

2013 isn't over!!!! MORE ARROWS PLEASE? STAY SAFE & SHOOT WELL! TTT

Bamboo arrows with leather dye. These are my favourite arrows.

That's weird. I'll try another way.

looking good, keep them coming

I only make small batches so here. Western Red Cedar footed with Walnut.

Some ash stumpers...

...and an ash hunter. Soon to be tipped with a Zwickey Delta. If the turkeys will shed some more LW primaries, I might be able to fletch the rest of them before opening day.

Awesome thread and alot of talent in this room. Most are to nice to shoot.Especially lied Stu's.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God has blessed you all with remarkable talent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some great looking arrows guys !!!

Been busy myself

The one in the snow was a mistake made them over the winter HAHAH wrong picture

You've been busy.

No shortage of talent here. You guys do amazing work.

No shortage of talent here. You guys do amazing work.

AMAZING ARROWs! MORE PLEASE! LD BTTT!

Love to see everyone's craftsmanship. What are you crafting for Christmas?

Absolutely stunning arrows everyone! I'm about to go crazy to give this a shot myself, but am having trouble with what is needed to make my own shafts from wood. A dowel tool?

Could anyone let me know what they use to make the actual shafts?

Thanks, -WooDy

Most guys buy shafts.

How do you guys have double colors on a single feather? Do you dye them or something?

PEOPLES! This is GOOD stuff to look at! MORE PLEASE! Batman BTTT

Hard to believe we are almost through this year. Has not been good to me. But these arrows are beauties. Looking forward to 2014. Be makin some of my own again for that thread.

"How do you guys have double colors on a single feather? Do you dye them or something?"

Those are sections spliced together. More work, but they do look nice !

A few sets I've made for fella's lately...

I made these this past spring, the first arrows I crested. Unfortunately no photos of the fletched product, but I put 2 traditional cut white feathers with a grey barred indicator feather with a white nock.

My first set. More to come in 2014!

Couple sets we just finished up for Christmas presents.