The ol' nostalgia bug bit the crap outta me and I kinda made up my mind to shoot only cedar arrows this fall. Even though I've toyed around with cedars on my longbows for 3D shootin', maybe doing a dozen every coupla years, I haven't hunted with wood arrows in... gosh... 25 years now?

So, I figure it's time to quit goofing off and start working up a hunting arrow setup. Took a trip to the shop and there just happens to be a dozen 65/70 spine cedar shafts on the rack. Grabbed 'em. Since I'm a big fan of the ol' Easton XX75 Autumn Orange - and will NEVER forgive them for discontinuing them[>:] - I decided I wanted to stain these cedars orange. You ever tried to find orange wood stain?

Lowes said they can mix some up for me, but only a quart at a time. Went to the hobby shop. No deal. Went to Wally World. Nope. Last resort was Ace hardware. Shot down in flames. Then I was looking around and found a little bottle of orange acrylic paint. Hmmmm....

Took it home, squeezed some into a dish, thinned it with water and wiped it on a trial shaft. BINGO! Orange wood stain.

So, a couple coats of poly, red cock feather with 2 orange hens, white nocks (shop was out of orange nocks[X(]), and I had my orange arrows. Let me tell ya, they don't get lost in the grass and leaves.

I made them for my longbow but shot them thru my recurve last night. MAN! What a difference.[:-] My Kings Pawn turned into a totally different bow. Still accurate, but now it's fast as well. I don't know the finished weight on the cedars - yet - but they shoot a LOT flatter than my 2216's. I was extremely impressed by how hard they were hitting. I definitely found out the bow likes wood better than aluminum or carbon (it absolutely hates carbon[:'(]).

Now that I've reminded myself how good wood can be in a recurve, I gotta order some of those 34" magnums from Rogue River.