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Update! I made 4 more!

Genuinely impressed with how well these fly compared to premades,

With a little tuning and a little correction of the feathers to keep things even, I think these might be my new best!

Plus, in my giddy excitement to loose these at anything vaguely like a target, I completely missed one of my first shots, chipping the wood behind the target and making this sickening "CRICK" sound,

Somehow, call it devine intervention, the arrow didn't have so much as a scratch to tell the story,

It however does have a nice dark streak down the side to remind me to take care when I practice,

That being said, make your own arrows if you can! It's incredibly fun, surprisingly easy to start and I can only assume with my very limited experience that as I give it more practice, the flight will only get better,

Enjoy your bank holiday Monday everyone!

Made my first ever arrow yesterday and tried it for the first time today, this is incredible!

I have 11 more to make, this was just a pilot on whether I could actually do it or not and with the right tools (or even without), it's surprisingly doable!

Weirdly enough, because I picked out the parts, the weights, the feathers and all that, it actually turned out to fly better than any of my premades!

All I can say is that I recommend making your own arrows to anyone who even loosely has the time to do so as it isn't all too time consuming, especially if you're looking to wind down in the evenings

For anyone wondering, most of this gear came from TheLongbowShop.com, I am not sponsored in any way but I have had a brilliant time with them and the team, if you're in the UK and do any sort of traditional archery (I do English Longbow), it's an absolutely brilliant resource, I can't recommend it enough!

And finally, just in case it means anything and also because I would talk about this for hours if I could, it is a 30lb bow, I draw at 29.5in, the head is weighted at 100g with 6in feathers. The spine was helpfully pre-weighed and tensed by the guys at the longbow shop as that was the main bit I really struggled with figuring out.

I'm well chuffed!