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aznboi3644:
I was looking through my bag of Lowes bamboo garden stakes to find some thick enough for arrow blanks.  Then I got to thinking...Hmm...I have hundreds of 6' tall bamboo growing in my yard.  Why not cut some and use them.  They are between 5/16" to 1/2" thick.
 
Good thing my dad is a landscaper and loves his bamboo...this stuffld we have is VERY invasive and grows like wild fire.  I think I finally have SOMETHING to trade now.  I should be able to get about 50 arrow blanks tomorrow..I'll take some crappy pics with my webcam lol.

Anyways...how long does it take for small diameter bamboo to fully dry?

stringstretcher:
You may want to get some pictures and post them before you cut.  Not all bamboo is arrow material.

Hillbilly:
Do you know what kind of boo it is? I usually let green boo season a couple months before I start working it.

aznboi3644:
Why wouldnt it be suitable for arrows??

it is pretty strong.   When I was a little kid I cut a couple down and made a bamboo fishing pole with it

stringstretcher:
Some of the bamboo that we have around here are of bigger diameter first of all.  And there are others that have a stem growing out of them more like a limb.  And the nodes/stems are really too close together to make as good of an arrow as you could out of other types of can.

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