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Home grown bamboo shafts
otis.drum:
is it arrow bamboo? does it grow bigger in diameter? there is a specific bamboo variety called arrow bamboo, and for good reason :)
i harvest it when it in semi dry on the plant (changing color from green to yellowish, but not yellow to off-white) this saves time. heat straightening is rather easy too. moderately heat the side you want to compress (the outside of the bend)
aznboi3644:
don't know what type of bamboo it is...We got it over ten years ago. The diameter does not get much bigger than five eighths inch thick I would say. most of them seem perfect for arrows. I'll have to cut some down tomorrow...didn't have time today
otis.drum:
we have a small bamboo variety growing nearby. i harvested some, and whilst it looked like arrow bamboo it wasn't. the spine of this bamboo was very low for the diameter of the shafts. arrow bamboo has thick side walls compared to its diameter.
stickbender:
Arrow bamboo doesn't spread like you are talking about. What the heck, cut some and let dry for a month or so, and clean it up, and try it. You can always sell them at the flea market for child guides...... ;) Uh uh, don't touch that, hey!......swish.....whack. Waaaahhhh, see, I told you not to touch that. Now pick it up and put it back. ::) Hey!, don't do that.....Picture a piece of cane, swishing back and forth, as a great psychological incentive, to behave......sure worked on me when I was a kid, and testing to see what I could get away with. Needless to say, I got more welts, than what I could get away with.....and what I did get away with, wasn't worth the risk, anyway. So I just did what I was told, and the welts went away.....Not that I was a little brat or anything..... ::)O:)
O:) Wayne O:)
Hillbilly:
Otis, that's true of first-year shoots from most bamboos, thin-walled and flimsy. Were these mature shoots, or same-year shoots?
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