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Offline zeNBowyer

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Obtaining Bamboo shafts
« on: August 24, 2009, 09:15:55 pm »
Anybody  have a  source  for bamboo  shafts,  I'm  sure  this  has  been  brought  up  before  but  I  haven't seen  any  definitive sources, seems  to  be  a  good starting  point  until I harvest  some  in  the  wild and get  equipped  for  sorting spines  and  what  not,  thanx:)
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Offline zeNBowyer

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Re: Obtaining Bamboo shafts
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2009, 09:34:52 pm »
Working  on  a  quiver  for my GC, while  I'm getting  material  for the  above  project, I'll  post  buld  along pictures as  I  add  features  to  it:)


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Offline ZanderPommo

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Re: Obtaining Bamboo shafts
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2009, 10:17:45 pm »
David Knight (handle on here is knightd) has a ton of great tonkin arrowshafts last i heard
great guy to deal with shoot him a PM
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Offline zeNBowyer

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Re: Obtaining Bamboo shafts
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2009, 10:29:33 pm »
Great  thanx  Zander:)
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Offline mullet

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Re: Obtaining Bamboo shafts
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2009, 11:05:19 pm »
 Nice quiver, looking at your tools, you a nurse?
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Offline El Destructo

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Re: Obtaining Bamboo shafts
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2009, 11:08:12 pm »
I used to have a bunch of them there Hemostats too....but I had em fer a different use................ >:D
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Offline zeNBowyer

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Re: Obtaining Bamboo shafts
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2009, 11:16:54 pm »
They  make  great  tools,  you  can  get 'em  at army  surplus  around  here:)

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Offline CraigMBeckett

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Re: Obtaining Bamboo shafts
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2009, 08:01:05 pm »
Hi, you can always look on Ebay. There is a seller from China who supplies spined, ground and tempered shafts. I bought some and they were fine.

Craig.
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Offline sailordad

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Re: Obtaining Bamboo shafts
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2009, 09:05:50 pm »
oh yes the trusty ol' hemostat
i have a few,all have burn marks on the jaws ;)
i use them for soldering it tight areas under dashes
thats my story and i'm sticking to it >:D
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Offline markinengland

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Re: Obtaining Bamboo shafts
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2009, 04:00:25 pm »
I can suplly tonkin shafts, spine sorted, quality checked and in small or large quantity.
I am in the UK.
Mark
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Offline zeNBowyer

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Re: Obtaining Bamboo shafts
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2009, 02:24:48 am »
Thanx  for the  info,
    Finished  up  this  little  birthday  quiver  and  a  few  arrows  from  dowels, not  gonna  win  any  contests with this  setup  but  it  was a  hoot  and  a learning  experience  building  arrows  from dowels,  did  come  up  with  a  useful blunt  tip  using goop  and  rubber  dip, wanted  to  make a  'safety'  arrow  for  starters
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Offline zeNBowyer

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Re: Obtaining Bamboo shafts
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2009, 02:29:44 am »
Blunts

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Offline El Destructo

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Re: Obtaining Bamboo shafts
« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2009, 03:26:29 am »
Cool Idea for the Blunts....should work fine on a Low Weight Kids Bow alright!!
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