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I spray painted these Graphlex type shafts, then crested with Testors, dipped twice in Minwax Polyacrylic then dipped 3 or 4 times in clear Gasket Laquer. Because on these particular shafts, the inserts don't fit flush with the shaft diameter, I footed the shafts with a 3 inch piece of 2413 aluminum arrow and insert. I made a tough as nail arrow and the three I have been shooting have been seriously abused. Even my old Gold Tips wouldn't have held up. I finally broke one yesterday, dead centering a 4x4 cedar post in my back yard. The insert was driven back into the shaft maybe 1/2 inch, the aluminum 2413 split open but did not break away about 1 1/2 down from the tip. I took the rest of the 2413 off, cut the busted 1/2 inch of Graphlex shaft off, and added another 4 inch piece of 2413 and VOILA ! I have a usable shaft again. I like these, I like them a LOT !

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Stealthy,

You did a beautiful job on the arrows! Where did you find the graphlex arrows? How many grains do they weigh per inch?

Bill

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lamb1647 - These are the shafts that Dan Quillian sells on EBAY. At 29 1/2 inches, they weigh 420 grains (14.23 grains/inch). The added 3 or 4 inches of 2413 doesn't seem to effect arrow flight any either, and might add another 25 grains or so. Tipped with a 125 tip and all, you're looking at a 560-580 grain shaft - thats a good thing ~!

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Nice job Stealthy. Purdy!

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Nice job!

Dianna

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Are those my feathers stealthy? I will have to get some pics of the spiral flu-flu's I did with a couple of your full lengths. Looks very interesting.

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Toxophiliac - Yep, they look good, don't they ? I actually bought another two dozen shafts, these say M.J. Log on them, and are much smaller in diameter, a no.8 or so the shaft says. They came with aluminum inserts and nock-serts, but the inserts are for glue ons. A 2314 shaft fits snugly over them, so I'm going to foot them too I think. They are a pale beige color, and take stain really well :) Almost look like wood from a distance.

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Nice colors Stealthy, & the consistency of the lines arrow to arrow looks great too! A gaw-juss set of arrows IMO!!

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good lookin stuff!

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Nice arrows Stealthy hope mine turn out as good.

Rich

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Stealthy....those are the arrows I got from arrows by Kelly. Mine are 9's and take a 2315. I will foot them soon. I got 2 dozen, I like them. Dark brown Rit Dye worked really well. I wiped it on with a paper towel until it looked like wood grain. I messed em up with the spray polycrylic. Left spots....grrrr. The arrows look tasty and they are heavy.

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Beauties!

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Good lookin' arras, Stealthy! (See, I can fit right in with this trad stuff! <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>)

They really do look good. Mine are finished, but I haven't yet bought any polyacrylic or gasket lacquer. Soon as the money starts flowing again, I'll coat mine and fletch 'em up.

Did you make a template for your crests? Looks like you did a great job of painting them all in the same exact location...

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MQ1shooter - No template. I made several just being creative as I went with patterns and colors. Then when I hit on one I liked, I just used a pencil and kinda made marks where the lines were from the finished arrow to the one that wasn't, and finished them all that way.