Building the wood arrow Pt. 11. Tips on tips
We're just about finished making good wood arrows and if you've followed along from the beginning, you'll be understanding that a good wood arrow will adjust for small form issues and variances in the spine and arrow weight if the shooter's form is properly Hill - like in its fluid, dynamic nature using an unadorned bow. There isn't a need for micro-tuning of arrows, but they indeed can be if the shooter so wishes. We've discussed that if the shooter is not adding a heavy weight to the bow like a bowquiver filled with arrows, or using a heavy mass-weight bow, and if he's not locking his arm straight with a deathgrip on the handle, the bow will perform in a lively manner and will allow itself to be pushed aside for a stiff arrow. The small degrees of this push can be measured in 1/16's of an inch and don't seem like much, but they can be the allowance of arrows 10-15# over the weight of the bow, which give a lot of forgiveness to the longbow...
