Tag Archives: arrow making

Apr 6 2026

Podcast Episode 144 – with special guest Darren Ball of Dal Archery

I’m delighted to be joined in the latest episode by Darren of Dal archery, based here in the UK. Be warned we completely nerd out on all things arrow building, including different wood options for traditional archers, along with everything archery, from how he first started in archery to coaching. but especially building wooden arrows.

We talk for over two and half hours on the podcast about his passion for archery, including what he shoots and the appeal of English longbow. Detailing how his passion for the hobby has developed over years to now encompass Dal Archery, his business which he has been running since 2019 supply quality arrow shafts to the community.

To be completely honest I think we could have probably carried on talking for a couple of more hours but Dal need to get back to spinning his latest batch of arrow shafts.

You can listen to the episode via Amazon music or on Spotify

Check out his social media links

Website – https://dalsarchery.co.uk/            

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/dalsarchery/

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@DalsArchery

As always thanks for listening and enjoy your archery.

Dec 4 2025

Episode 136 – With Special guest of Oliver from Hemlock archery

I have a very special guest in this episode of the podcast. I am delighted to have Oliver Lewis the owner of Hemlock Archery.

For those of you who don’t know of Hemlock Archery, they are a UK based business selling a variety of archery related products but most noticeably Hemlock wooden arrows.

In the episode we talk about topics from, how it all started, to why Hemlock wood as his wood of choice for arrow shafts. With Oliver offering his top tip is for any wooden arrow shooting archery out there.

As always you can listen to the episode on Spotify or Amazon music

I suggest you take some time and check out Hemlock Archery website and see some of the amazing wooden arrows Oliver produces. They really are quite amazing and below you can see a small selection.

As always thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy the episode. I have a couple more guests lined up for future episodes.

Have a great Christmas and New Year.

Oct 28 2024

Removing broken wooden arrow tip

I’m working on a series of short videos on my YouTube channel. Offering some quick tips for archers on different topics. The first of these is the technique I use is to remove glued on wooden arrow points from broken arrow shaft.

I hope you find this of use and if you have any ideas for topics then let me know.

Enjoy your shooting and as always thanks for listening, watching and supporting.