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loefflerchuck:
Has anyone had any luck using elderberry shafts for arrows? I cut various red berried  variety from the bay area and they are all way to brittle.

markinengland:
If people can make elderberry bows then it should be good enough for arrows. Over here in England there is a world of difference between the wood of the trunk and shoots though. The heartwood is the densist native timber, the pith the lightest!
Mark in England

Hillbilly:
I have some drying, haven't tried making shafts yet. This is the eastern black Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis/nigra.)

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