Some finished footed arrows...

[Al Kidner]

G'day all,

Well I ended up finishing off these footed shafts I had in "War Stocks" for a close mate of mine, Mark Kimber. I did not foot these shafts I've had them for a while, but I do foot my own now when ever I get the chance. I did put the twist in 'em and the rest of the work though. I just hope they shoot as good as they look.


_________________________________________________________________________________





_________________________________________________________________________________





_________________________________________________________________________________





_________________________________________________________________________________


Seeing Mark would just have to be the leading bowyer here in Oz, I thought he'd better start shooting some fine looking arrows at Traditional shoots about the place.

He has not seen 'em yet so I'd like to see his face when he gets home from the post office .



ak.

[outbackarcher]

awesome job mate but those are probablly the nicest set of arrows ive ever seen!

lewis

[piggy]

Mate they are fantastic a great job!

[Jeffro]

bloody beautiful!!!

[Benny Nganabbarru]

They're something else, Al!

[jape]

Stunning work. I'd never shoot them, too scared to hurt them!

[Coach]

As you all know ,, I aint into "pretty arrows" , BUT ,, I do like the footings and tips , I like the way they match up and love the grain in the footings
Well done AL . Now pick yourself up from the floor after reading my reply
I promise I wont say that again
What wood are the footings made of ?

[Gringa Bows]

very nice ,i can see a lot of time went into them........Rod

[buzz]

awesome job mate but those are probablly the nicest set of arrows ive ever seen!

lewis

Big call.... but they would have to be pretty darn close.

Very nice work.

What are the points?

[Al Kidner]

Thanks for all the kind words fellas... and Coach, the footings are Wenge and the main shafting is Sitka Spruce. As for he points, I think I got 'em from 3Rivers or maybe here in Oz, not sure, I've had 'em a while.


ak.

[ichiban]

they are darn nice arrows, i tip the fletchers cap to u sir hehe.

Dave

[stringnstik]

Beautiful that they are. Fine work, fit for robin Hoods showroom.

[UPTHETOP]

Al simply nice mate. I will endevour to try harder with my next set of woods, the bench mark is pretty high when I look at your work.

Cheers Wayno

[Mububban]

Those are amazing. How do you cut a twisted footing???

if they shoot as well as they look, then they'd be the best shooting arrows I've ever laid eyes on

[ichiban]

not that i have tryed it but i guess you would foot them as normal befor reducing the footing, steam them and add the twist befor finishing. am i close??

cheers
Dave

[Glenn]

That's right, heat is use to trwist the footings once they are glued to the shaft. The are just a normal footing to start with, you can leave the twisting to almost the last process of finishing. If you place the end of the shaft in a drill and use sandpaper to reduce the footings down to the shaft size the heat generated from the sandpaper is enought to twist the footings...Glenn...

[gundy]

Al, they are horrible! Send them to me and Ill break them for you, put em in the trash....



Brilliant!

[gt1cm2]

those are some very sexy arrows!!

[staghunter]

swish mate, curious can i buy a set

[The borderdog]

nothings that i've seen compares to those Al...love em'
would also be interested in buying some to put on show
(you thought i was going to shoot didn't you)