A professional weaver can never have enough shuttles! Here you can see a selection of my shuttles. I have tried different forms, but these are my favorite.

From the basic form they are similar, but they differ in small details. This kind of shuttle is good for me because I have very slim hands and they lie comfortably in my hands. Some of the vents are small others are wider, appropriate to the yarn I use.

Some are better suited for silk because they are pretty wide, the next one I might prefer for to weave linen trims but it's not so good for working with wool. You have to find out yourself what you like best

Stefan has made all the shuttles by hand with a lot of diligence and sawdust in many after hours.

They are made of finnish birch and practically unbreakable, as this model plywood is glued crosswise in many layers of 0.5 mm thin wood.

I like the grain on the shuttles, every one is different.

Below I provide you the 1:1 - to scale plans of my best weaving shuttles for downloading and free use:

PDF-plans 1:1 to build your own shuttles (Download): Just click on the thumbnails on the left and the download of PDF plans starts automatically. Print pages on A4 paper, draw outlines on 3.5 to 5 mm wood and saw shuttles out finally sand the edges as much as you like. I personally prefer them very sharp. Have fun!

Below I offer you another method , how you can get a actual size plan of some of my shuttles::

copy the image into MS-Word, click on it with the right mouse button and open graphic properties window to enter length and width specified below. Then print out and you are ready for sawing out and again: don't forget to sand! Have fun! The shuttle is 129mm long, 29mm wide and 4mm thick The second shuttle is 120mm long, 33.5mm wide and 5mm thick