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Diligence:
Well - been lurking for a while, thought I would make my first post a question:

Looking at making myself some arrows via the thumb plane method.  I purchased some nice tight poplar and found some very straight grain hemlock in the "trim section" of Home Depot.  Already 3/8" thick by 1.5" wide.

I cannot find any web references to people using Hemlock for self made arrows.  The grain is not very dense, but it is super straight.

These will be primitive arrows to be shot from my first selfbow (which is almost finished) as such, I'm not too concerned with spine or technical considerations.  I just want to be able to say "my bow works"....at least for now.

Any concerns, tips, considerations regarding hemlock for arrows?

Thanks in advance for your comments,
D

Pat B:
If it has straight grain you should have no problems. I've never used hemlock for arrows but if it ain't too expensive you could do a test and let us know how it works.   Pat

DanaM:
Hemlock should work fine, I know from experience when it gets dry it gets harder than heck and makes one helluva hot fire :)

Pat B:
All of our hemlocks are dying. An invasive wholly adelgid(aphid) is sucking the life out of them. If it makes good fire wood I need to start cutting it. I'm so used to good old red oak I don't hardly think of other woods, especially the softwoods.

DanaM:
Pat we have the same problem up here, seems like every tree in the woods has a disease of bug killing them.
Emerald ash borer, oak wilt, spruce bud worm, dutch elm, the beeches got something, the pine borer and so on >:(
Pat hemlock is a soft wood so it will generate more cresote than hard wood, careful ya don't burn da house down eh :o

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