TRADITIONAL ARROW MAKING

Saturday,  May 18, 10 a.m., TRADITIONAL ARROW MAKING

$65  ($45 for seniors and students)

BUSHCRAFT SKILLS

This is one of the fundamental bushcraft skills that all hunter-gatherers needed to know.  You might make a new bow every year, but you had to make arrows all the time.

In this class, you will learn the basic parts of the arrow, and how an arrow can be very simple, or more complex.

You will learn at least two common methods that arrows were made in the past. You will learn each step of making the traditional arrow, and then each student will make one. You will learn all the steps along the way, from selection of wood, shaft straightening, to adding the nocks, points, and feathers.

Bring your knife, and fine files if you have them. Otherwise, tools will be provided.

What’s more important?  The bow, or the arrow?  Obviously, the arrow, since it is the projectile that flies through the air.  It must be straight, and properly aligned.

Location given after registration.

Nearly every society of the past used archery for hunting, and that meant LOTS of arrows.  You’ll learn that there are several ways to make an arrow that will shoot straight, and you will make at least two.

Again, bring whatever tools you might have.

Cost is $65, with a senior and student rate of $45.

Copies of books by Nyerges and Paul Campbell will be available.