Here’s a short video of Sam shooting around with a bow and arrow he made as a custom order.
This is video number one on Sam’s YouTube channel. More to come!
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So how do you make an arrow that flies? How do you make an arrow without using a dowel? In this post, Sam begins his tutorial on how he makes his completely functional arrows.
It starts with the arrow weed which he harvests from along the San Carlos Lake.
Sam then chooses the right plants to cut. You can barley see San Carlos Lake behind him. The water is very, very low right now.
He cuts the plant off near ground level.
A bundle of arrow weed.
The weeds are then trimmed and carried home. The mountains in the background are known as The Triplets.
In upcoming posts Sam will complete the arrow making process.
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Sam makes his arrows completely by hand and with materials he gathered himself except for glue and sinew.
He knaps the arrowheads, which means he uses stone, antler and copper tools to flake the rock into an arrowhead. It is not carved.
The arrow shafts are from a lake plant he gathers himself, strips, and lets dry. After it is dry he straightens them using heat. Even so, the arrow shafts are not perfectly smooth like a dowel.
The turkey feathers from turkeys he hunted himself must also be stripped and then applied to the arrow shaft. They are then wrapped with sinew.
The arrowheads are attached with sinew as well.
turquoise arrow
Tags: Apache arrow, arrow weed, flint arrow, glass arrow, obsidian arrow
Looking for Apache arrowheads, knives, a bow and arrow? Check out Sam’s Etsy store.
Look at the navigation on the left, find Etsy store and click on the apacheart link.
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