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beech shoots?
youngbowyer:
Ohw okay thanks! Right now i am going to order some ash shafts fro my new bow.
Pat B:
Have you tried Allegheny Arrow Wood for shafts? They are located in Penn I think and have all sorts of shafting.
youngbowyer:
No i haven't tried them yet usually i order from 3riversarchery but now i need ash shafts for this 45 pound bow. Im ordering from richard head longbows as i want medieval heads and i order from historic enterprises to get a couple of handforged type 15's and 16's. But ill have a look at their site.
stevesjem:
Hi Youngbowyer
I would hold off on the ash shafts for your 45lb bow, they will be way too stiff, these would be 3/8" from RH and would spine in the region of 90+lb, you may find they come out of the bow sidewards, I would suggest a diameter of no more than 11/32, see if you can find some dogwood.
Steve
Marc St Louis:
I've used Beech for arrows before. They work quite well but you do need to straighten them once in awhile. I made mine from some Beech I had cut for bows, it also worked well for that. The wood is fairly easy to split so you could split out blanks from a board
White Ash makes a much better arrow.
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