Ok ladies and gents haven't found a post yet for showing off our arrows of 2015 so here goes. Made this set for my youngest son. 5/16 cedar.

made this set for me 11/32 cedars

David Ellenbogen (who used to run Rivendell Archery) made these arrows; I saw them in the online auction and thought they were just elegant. His shafts are old-growth Port Orford cedar cut at over 6,500' elevation many years ago, and these are all spined at 72# and weigh within five grains of each other. The best thing was, for the cost of the arrows I also got a quick education, and an answer to any question about arrows that I could throw at him.

That bright cock feather really lets you see the rotation on the arrow. I'm eagerly awaiting another dozen from him that are spined at 51# and are 5/16" diameter; they should be just the ticket for my target weight bows.

Here's my first batch. 11/32 Rose City cedars.

First batch for 2015 I mean;-)

I look forward to these "Arrows of XXXX" threads - always some very talented people around.

Running a little behind this year. :)

Here's some I'm working on to shoot at the Moses Lake Rock shoot this year.

These have the Scots Robertson 'red tartan' with the family crest. The crest emblem on the sword blade reads Glory Honor Virtue.

Fletching will be red bar feathers with spliced white tracers. Shafts are GT Trad 3355 with the logo washed off with acetone. These will be fun to bounce off the rocks...

Here's some I'm working on to shoot at the Moses Lake Rock shoot this year.

These have the Scots Robertson 'red tartan' with the family crest. The crest emblem on the sword blade reads Glory Honor Virtue.

Fletching will be red bar feathers with spliced white tracers. Shafts are GT Trad 3355 with the logo washed off with acetone. These will be fun to bounce off the rocks...

I cant seem to stop making arrows to much fun.

I love your Arrows Scotsman very nice !!

11/32 barrel tapered poplar in the white. And 11/32 Surewood fir in the orange. Both 70-74 pound spine. God bless

I have a serious question from you guys. Is there anyway to do a competent job of cresting barrel tapered arrows? As you can see, the lines up near the nock are not straight due to being nock tapered 5/16 from 11/32. I tried everything. Holding the brush at an angle, straight, almost parallel with the shaft. But, they still went on crooked. I got so irritated I didn't even do the last one. Any advice? God Bless

OK, I know I am a latr comer to this thread but what crester do you use? I have a Spinrite that I have a little issue with 5/16 shafts Carbons doing the same thing. I am still moving things around looking for the sweet spot.

WV Mountaineer my question is how fine is the brush you use? I use the finest brush I can get my hands on for pinstripes. I will often apply the pinstripes first and then fill in the color second when I'm dealing with a wobble in a shaft. Just from looking it appears you use a thicker brush then I do?

BTW Nice work so far everyone keep them coming I'm always liiking for ideas.

Its one of Bob's from Whispering Wind, It is pretty dang fine. Problem I think I was having was the shaft wasn't wobbling nearly as much as the surface being painted wasn't flat. No way to take that out of it. Thanks for the reply. God Bless

gbow123 - Those Lime Green/Yellow arrows are AWESOME! VERY NICE!!!

"I have a serious question from you guys. Is there anyway to do a competent job of cresting barrel tapered arrows? As you can see, the lines up near the nock are not straight due to being nock tapered 5/16 from 11/32. I tried everything. Holding the brush at an angle, straight, almost parallel with the shaft. But, they still went on crooked. I got so irritated I didn't even do the last one. Any advice? God Bless"

I do like pointy sticks,

Paint the pin stripes first then fill in with main color.

M60 and WV,

Shoo me an email and we can work in this. I have some ideas, but I'm not sure I have the right shafts.

Here's some pretty simple 23/64 cedar I made for my Nephew who is just beginning to shoot a recurve. He goes to Oregon State (black and Orange school colors) and I almost made them green and yellow which are University of Oregon colors. He may have shot them all into rocks on purpose.

Here's a couple others I made as wall hangers only. Just trying my hand at a more primitive look.

11/31 (.349) to 5/16 tapered shaft (.319) Yes, it is slightly oversize on both ends.

Fine lines at the nock end. I know it's not a complete arrow but my curiosity got piqued.

This is one of my favorite threads every year. There are so many talented arrow artist out there.

65/70, 11/32" Premium Surewood Shaft douglas fir, stained dark walnut, tail tapered to 5/16".

60/65, 11/32" Premium Surewood Shaft douglas fir, stained dark walnut, tail tapered to 5/16".

Because I can't correct posts on here I had to relist the above arrows with the CORRECT spine weight.

These are the 65/70, 11/32" Premium Surewood Shaft douglas fir, tail tapered to 5/16". The front end and by the nock is stained dark walnut, the crown area is natural wood.

Y'all have some fine looking arrows!!! Wow

A question for crookedstix & yahooty. I like that fletching cut, it does not look like a traditional cut. Is it a banana cut short? Thanks John

finished up this set just after New Years. Messed up a couple trying something new for sizing them down from square footings and then first night at the indoor range something terrible happened. Cedars 65-70 with 4 finger purpleheart footings

Here is the aftermath, took 3 shots at a 3d deer target turned to put my bow in the rack and the crowd started going OH oh oh Noooooooooooo.......... someone didn't weight the stand for the target and over it went taking out 3 pretty arrows in the process : (

OUTSTANDING ARROWS MORE....( PUH-LEEEZE & Thank You) Batman PS? Anybody heard from Stu Miller? Hope that He's OK.

Here's my second batch of POCs for 2015. 11/32 65-70s. Sedona red stain, poly dipped x3. Crown is dipped Rustoleum and cresting is Testers. Polycrylic over crown/crest.

Omg that's terrible! Have not tried footings, but looks like a lot of work to lose 3 at once:-( I feel for you man. Better make more;-)

gbow123, I love the red and blue arrows. Great complimentary color combinations and patterns. Pointy sticks, ohh. Had to be the footed ones? That's a bummer.

Stoner, I don't know what David calls that cut, but he basically tested every different fletching jig, and various positions of the fletching fore and aft, with a few thousand shots from a heavy shooting stand that he made (mechanical release, the whole nine yards)and settled on this combination... I think he said it was 20º helical fletching, set an inch and a quarter ahead of the nock, with feathers burned to this profile. I'll PM you his contact info if you want to ask him more about it.

Crookedstix,Thanks for the info. I have alot of shafts, footings waiting & feathers to be cut. Been back knapping again too. John

What is the distance from where the string nocks to the front of the fletching? Just curious about a 7" brace height. John

On David's arrows that distance is 6.25" because he uses 4-3/4" feathers. He puts those little pinstripes at the front and back of each feather to remind us that once upon a time strips of sinew were used to help hold the fletches on.

Batch 3. Tapered POCs from Jim Curlee.

Hate these sideways and upside down pics! Uuugh!

50-55 cedars red with red barred

Here's a few I've made up North Carolina ditchbank cane and turkey feathers

German Spruce I'm trying out for the first time.

Nice arrows Paul.

Purple and green looks great and i never would have thought to do this combo

I love taking the photos just as much as making the arrows. Finding a good spot in 3 feet of snow is hard to do and finding the last of a few berries was even harder

Amazing work !!! Great thread.

I'd put all those in a safe place and make a dozen to shoot!

Justin - those arrows look great to me. Can't see any defect. That is a benefit of older eyes. Ha. Actually, they really do look fantastic. I prefer that "old school look". Thanks for sharing.

Best wishes.

Pointy sticks, how long does it take and how difficult is it to do the footings? I have always loved the way a footed wooden arrow looks.

OUSTANDING ARROWS! KEEP IT GOING! Batman

Bad pics. I forgot to take some and remembered as they were going out the door. Donation for church wild game dinner.

Nothing 'bad' about those Dan !

cedars 55-60

Hey tubby just seen your question on the footing process. I can't say for sure as I kind of pick away at them. You can add a couple hours for setting everything up and to router the shafts to accept the footings ( I usually use a couple broken arrows to fine tune everything before using the "good" shafts ). I buy my footing from 3R so that isn't labor intensive. It probably takes me between an hour and a half to two hours to glue the footing onto the shafts. Then maybe an hour plus to two per shaft to hand plane and sand to size. I like the challenge of it but it is a lot of work when sometimes all ya really want to do is fling some arrows lol

Just finished a couple dozen of these douglas fir arrows for a fella...

Amazing work. Never get tired of looking at custom made arrows.

As soon as I see arrows done by Ron or David, I recognize them almost instantly. Very nice.

Beautiful arrows everybody. Jeff F

OregonTK,

Very nice...that's my style. Simple,Clean & Elegant.

My second attempt at making arrows. Doug fir finished weight 620 grains / 160 up front. Built my cresting machine from an old sewing machine. Nothing at all like you guys, they fly nice, and they are home spun! Some awesome pics here guys.

We have some real talent here ! Outstanding

Thanks MikeW!

Those are some nice looking arrows guys.

Nice looking arrows. Especially the spliced one's.

Some new ones I just finished up

got some p.o.c. pretty cheap, after straightening and stain and poly i made a rookie attempt at cresting and here are the results, i am moderately happy for the first time, i have to experiment with different paints and color combos,i did had a good time doing it, rich pyle

Cedars 65-70 ebony stain for a crown with metallic bronze, light cinnamon brown and gold pin stripes. Torched and scorched the length of the shaf

Ooh! Dem's ALL such PURDY arrows! Dey wanna come home with me! Keep this going! Wanna See 'um! Batman

I feel inferior.

I know what you mean, styks n stryings. These threads are always started by those who build the fanciest arrows on the planet. Guys like me, who build plain looking arrows, don't stand a chance here. lol. Maybe a separate thread for us that are artistically challenged.

This guy wanted them red even before he took them hunting.

George don't get discouraged about what you think might be a lack in artistic talent. I tend to make what I have seen before and when I'm in a slump I ask my better half for suggestions. I've learned the hard way that if asked and she responds and I don't follow through correctly the next several weeks can be very stressful ;) so I pay attention. LMAO

George I wish I could build bows as well as you. I started with bows and soon discovered that that stave I could only get one bow out of ( if I was lucky) I could get a couple dozen arrows out of. :D

It's not a contest. It's an idea generator for me.

Ok, I couldn't stand it anymore! LOL I had to learn how to splice and crest arrows. So, THANK you for all the inspiration here! A special thanks to gbow123! He is, in my mind, the best arrowsmith on the planet! I love his color combinations and attention to detail!

The pink/purple arrows were my first effort. As you can see, I had a few cresting issues. I learned that GOOD brushes are crucial to a nice finished product. The green/purple arrows are a much better effort on my part.

One more comment to anybody wanting to learn this art: SIMPLE IS BETTER! If you look at the work of Stu Miller, gbow123, SNAG, etc.. you will notice that their work is clean and simple. Of course the color combinations are well thought out. Just starting out; I wanted to try too much. BAD MOVE on my part! LOL

UnderTheRadar

Well done buddy I think the last set came out awesome !! Keep it up its just to much fun to stop at a few sets if your hooked you will be making many many more

Fantastic job looking forward to see more of your work

Gary D Hall

here are some 3/8" dowels sized down to 11/32", used 4-4" feathers and tried some stain and no stain, rich pyle

Funny, those look like my arrows I posted.

Here's a half dozen I threw together for target arrows. KMC

Just finished up a few of these today

Very nice! Marbling looks great on the white ones. I'll have to give that a try!

Surewood Douglas fir for a fella in N.Y.

OH MY GOSH! I haven't checked this thread in a while. I like the natural turkey feather with white splice & brown with natural & the....Oh crap... I like em all. Great craftsmanship you guy's. Jon

Thanks Stoner!

some more Surewood doug fir ...

My latest batch. I'm not a big fan of red, but I had some feathers that needed "using up", so I put these together. Also, I wanted to try the banana cuts! They fly great.

PS: Nice Yewbender! I like the last set of grey/white!!!

UnderTheRadar, Thanks!

All the arrows look awsome and for you guys that take the time to splice feather my hats off to you's, great job. I don't splice feathers because i break way to many cedars....i think because they smell sooooo goooood lol!!!

MAN !! Everyone I've seen is pure ART work you all are amazing. I can't even get the feathers to stick to any thing but my fletching clamp. Example of First Wood Arrow ever Fletched by me Crested by "Sharpie". I thought I was doing good until I opened up this post. Keep posting great the Inspirational photos. I need to quit playing video games and get busy.

gbow123 the Arrows are Amazing! But that arm guard is the coolest where did you find that? I've never seen one that nice!

BTTT! Gotta keep this thread going and going! Such BEAUTIFUL / MAGNIFICENT / HANDSOME WORK! Batman

I built these for my Dad for Father's Day! He was very surprised when I gave them to him! We will head up to the CTAS shoot this weekend. He will be firing these for the first time at the shoot!

These arrows are amazing. But how could you shoot 'em? You might lose one. That would kill me if I lost one of these beauties if I had made it. Some real talent here.

TTT! MAN! such HANDSOME ARROWS! I'm gonna hate to see this year end for this amazing artwork! Wanna see more in 2016! Y'ALL STAY SAFE / WELL / COOL / COMFORTABLE & BLESSED BE! Batman

Some more for ETAR

kool-aid dyed turkey and goose

Nice arrows everyone!

I'll add these before Ron does - some arrows that OregonTK is making for me !

You beat me to it Scott! :)

Surewood doug fir shafts

Okay, I believe these will be my last arrows this year. It's time to get them hunt ready..........rather, me hunt ready! My daughter picked the colors and feather cut. I will begin with Colorado elk late August, using these arrows, and bow shown! Good luck to everyone this fall. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!

Sorry, picture upside down above!

Some awesome looking arrows on this thread guys. It has inspired me to buy a cresting jig and try this wonderful artform. I have a traditional shoot coming up (woods only) so I thought I would try to get a bit fancy with this lot. The arrows are spined at 60-65 pound and are port orford cedar. I too love the smell of broken cedar shafts:) I'll have to try splicing feathers on of these days. Keep up the awesome work guys, I'm really enjoying this thread.

These for a young man that just started into trad. archery. Surewood Shafts douglas fir that I put a tail taper on and alternating red and trad barred 4-4" fletching. Hope these will help him to hit his mark this hunting season!

A set of douglas fir footed with wenge I just finished for a fella.

VERY NICE Blackfoot! I never would have thought of brown! HMMMMMM!!!!

Just learning. Lots of fun. Randy

Getting ready for a show

I'll play. Here are some of mine.

I'm really likin' those black & chartreuse gbow123. John

Thank you I will take a dozen of each.

I make these for a buddy who retired after 23 yrs. from the Marines. To all others who have served....THANK YOU.

Knocked out a dozen today. Randy

Knocked another dozen today. Randy

MORE ARROWS! MORE ARROWS! WANNA SEE'UM!!! Batman TTT

Drewster, a LW friend, made me this arrow and obsidian point. Awesome work Drewster. Thanx buddy. JF

Switch cane shaft. Jf

sig9, I like that fletching cut. John

Good Stuff!

Here are some cedars Imade for my wife.

and some spruce arrows for myself. They're plain; not as pretty as some on this thread, but they are straight as any carbon, spine matched to 1 lb, and weight matched to +/- 2 grains.

Here are some stump shooting specials -- yellow birch, self nocked, 680 grains. They're already getting a bit ragged from use, but they fly straight (and slow).

cedars 40-45 commissioned by a local archery clue as a give away at there big shoot this month

70-75 ash with 160 grain points. Goose feather fletching with spray paint crown.

The purple are the carbons for my wife. 15-35 with 145 grain points

Getting FRUSTRATED! Got down so far then no more photos? WHAT HAPPENED? WANNA SEE UM! Batman BTTT

BATMAN here you go sir

Gary, these better NOT be going to BATMAN ! LOL

Beautiful arrows Gary wow.JF

No Scott those are yours lol just showing them off

Made a few arrows for my own quiver the other day. One of these will be used to let the air out of a bull elk in about a month.

Ron - for most people I'd say you mean to say "I HOPE one of these will be used to let the air out of a bull elk in about a month.", but I am pretty sure you said it right.

These arrows are what should be shown in museums of fine art! Forget about Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet, DaVinci! Most of those guys are depressing! THESE ARROWS ARE ALIVE! Batman

First arrows I've ever done.

Spruce elk killers this year

One for fun.

More old stock Acme POC shafts. 60-65 parallels. I'm a hack at splicing, but they shoot great;-)

Filling the quiver, ready for the hunt!

These were going to be this years hunting arrows, but they are a hair under spined.

All you guys have great arrow building talent. Great job guys! I could never be this good.

This is one of three sets going to a local archery club as a give away at their annual shoot this coming weekend

this is another set for the same club and shoot

These are for a buddy of mine who didn't want to lose arrows in the woods!!!

These are a donation to help raise money for the Pennsylvania Longbow Assoc. to be raffled off at the Delta-Peachbottom shoot this weekend.

Wish my writing was a little neater.

Yewbender, those green and red arrows look real Christmas like. It is better to give than recieve. I'll PM you my address. John

I couldn't help myself! I built another set (6).

These arrows are inspired by Yewbender!! Thank You! He has a picture of some arrows he built above that are black/grey/white. I love those arrows.....so I used that combination for these!

THANKS Yewbender!!!

another picture!

Stoner, they do have that christmasy feeling and it will be here before we know it.

UnderTheRadar, your welcome! And Your arrows look awsome!!!

WWP ARROWS that i posted in the General section.

Here are mine. First time making arrows, and just in time for hunting season!

Won't be long before the year is out! We gotta have more arrows on this thread! Talk about a version of SHOCK & AWE! WOW! Such talent and all in one spot! It don't get no better than this! Batman

D Rok - Great job. They look like they know what to do, even before you shoot them! LOL

How do you do the "splatter" on them??