ARCH - Arrow question

[harry billings]

I shoot nothing but fiberglass with UHMW and have one (1) arrow broken and
that was on deliberat, and I have had arrows stomped on. The cost should be
close to the same, 1/4" fiberglass rod is about 50 to 60 cents per shaft and
the UHMW is not to costly I think about 25 cents per head. You do have to
straight fletch and the UHMW requires more tooling. I would make at least
some fiberglass UHMW arrows say 25% and see how things go. You can use
electrial tape on fiberglass shafts (they do not need the reinforcing of
straping tape) do not have to put a seperate shaft stop or fome behind the
head, more work on the partsbut easyer to put together.

>Greetings and Hi There,
>
>You might not have heard from the announce thing, but the donation breakfast
>at Raven's Fort generated $142.45 for the making of combat arrows for the
>war.  If things go all right, I will have at least 6 more of these donation
>breakfasts before the war which will generate; hopefully about $1100 total.
>
>My question is this, should I  continue to make the Ansteorran War Arrows?
>Or, should I start making UHMW type?  I should be able to do about  1000 -
>1200 new arrows of the AWA type.  I don't know how many of the UHMW type.
>
>While the UHMW type would last longer, it would require me to totally retool
>my operation.
>
>One thought I had was to have both types of arrows.  The Ansteorran War
>Arrows for the field battles, they have greater range and only a small
>number are broken.  And the UHMW type for the castle battles, their
>increased survivablity in those close quarters makes them more desireable..
>
>I would very much like everyones thoughts on this.  I won't be ordering
>parts till probably October. Last time I ordered a big  order from F/S
>Archery they paid the shipping which saved a lot.
>
>So we have some time to talk about it.  Right now my first arrow making
>party is scheduled for 1 - 3 Dec.  However, I may also have it at my first
>scheduled shoot at Camp Finlayson30 June - 2 July.  I have plenty of arrows
>that are in various stages of construction now.
>
>Gilli
>
>
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Plachoya Sobaka a humble archer in Ravens Fort, Kingdom of Ansteorra
Southern Reagional Archery Marshal

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