Primitive Arrow Build

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Upper Michigan
I built this primitive arrow. This is the first time I've hafted broadheads and cut self nocks. Head was a homemade mild steel head I posted about a week ago, I made a collar/ferrule out of an old aluminum arrow to hold it in place, cut the self nock and wrapped with deer leg sinew, and used goose feathers for the fletching. I glued the head using hot melt, but next time I'd like to use pine pitch, now that the weather is breaking and sap is getting back up I'll have to make some. Next I'm gonna do a little testing. I wanna see how the hafted ferrule holds up to abuse (I wanna see what it takes to break it) and how well the self nocks stay on the string.
I made a video of the whole build if you're interested Video link here
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