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tonkin cane help please

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Swamp Bow:
I was hoping that Mullet would chime in, since he turned me on to this source...  I just bought a bundle of 500 3/8" X 2 1/2' tonkin shafts for $40 from Bamboo Supply in Lakeland FL(there's one in CA also).  I've been very happy with mine.  Since this is my first foray into bamboo shafts I've mangled a bunch of them, but with 500 to go through I'm not real worried when I do something stupid.  Be aware, you will get shafts that span the spectrum as far as spline is concerned which is just fine by me.  Tough to go wrong with the price, but I don't know what shipping would be since I went to the warehouse to buy mine.

Swamp

zeNBowyer:
That's a great idea Tom, I think the nexty batch I buy I will go that route, the remnants make good paint stirrers amongt other tasks:)

mullet:
 Bjorn, The next time you would be better off buying the 4' shafts. It is easier to get an arrow out of it with more wood to work with. 8 to 10mm is what I usually get.

Tom Leemans:
BTW when the spine tester is done (making the one with the weighted bolt and dial indicator) I'll just mark a visual reference line on the big weighted bolt and rotate the arrow shaft around til I find the stiff side! My wife took me to the stitching place she gets her stuff at last week, and I got some nice silk thread to wrap them with!

Swamp Bow:

--- Quote from: mullet on November 18, 2009, 12:43:13 pm --- Bjorn, The next time you would be better off buying the 4' shafts. It is easier to get an arrow out of it with more wood to work with. 8 to 10mm is what I usually get.

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Thanks Eddie, I'll do that.  This was a cheap as possible let's see if I even like working with boo run.  BTW I remembered wrong, I bought the 3' bundle.

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