Favorite Arrows--colors?
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Boone & Crockett
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mississippi USA
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Favorite Arrows--colors?
I' m getting ready to build some arrows after laying off for quite a while, and need some suggestions. What do you like? Cap colors, feather colors, stains, cresting colors, etc. I have quite a few feathers on hand and lots of paint just screaming to be made into something nice, however my sense of color coordination is about as good as Mr T' s sense of fashion! [X(] HELP!
Chad
Chad
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Toledo Ohio USA
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RE: Favorite Arrows--colors?
Hey, Chad, take your cue from thins that catch your eye and color combinations used on othe things. To me the point of a crest is to contrast the colour of the shaft. So if the shaft is stained a dark colour, you' d pick your crest from a light colour that compliments it. If the shaft is light in stain/colour, pick a crest that' s dark in colour. And to me, unless you' re splicing feathers, it just looks stupid to have a crest in different coloring than the feathers. The way I did my ramin shafts was staining the colonial cherry, painted them yellow and used yellow shield cuts on them. I was going to use a barred shield cut yellow for the cock feathers, but they didn' t have them when I was there for the feathers. That' s just the way I like to do things and what looks good to me. A tip I picked up from the guy I bought ramin shafts off of, instead of using paints, use another stain for the crest.
Brandan
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RE: Favorite Arrows--colors?
I use a white crown and red/gold bands with maybe a thin line of silver and fletch with natural barred feathers. Look great. Personally I think the less cresting the better - just enough to define the arrow but not overkill.
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