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Grooving Red Osier

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hillbilly61:

--- Quote from: lowell on April 25, 2010, 11:10:22 am ---
--- Quote from: sailordad on April 25, 2010, 10:40:41 am ---never tried grooving my osier

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   I think this should be the phrase of the day!! ;D

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Now that's funny :D

Wife just asked what I was giggeling at. Told her nothing important ;D ::)

Pat B:
I made a shaft groover but only use it a few times. If cured properly and tempered after straightening I find grooving shoot shafts not necessary. I did groove a set of red osier plains type arrows I donated to the Classic last year to make them a little more authentic.
  Here is my grooving tool. It is a split hickory pole with a groove(for the shaft) and a drywall nail with the point made into a blade. Works pretty well with practice and constant pressure as you draw it along the shaft.





If you look close in the bottom pic you can see the groove in one or two arrows.

Jake Levi:
Hi Pat

Thats pretty much how I was planning on doing it.

I have only seen a very few really old red osier shafts and they were all grooved, supposed to stay straight longer. The ones I have seen bear this out, except for some in museums that are standing upright and are now bent.

Thanks for the pics Pat, very nice looking arrows.

Pat B:
I have a red osier arrow I made years ago and tempered but did not groove. It is as straight as any of my arrows so I don't believe grooving is necessary. It surely won't hurt anything though.  ;)

Jake Levi:
I have several I have had about ten years that arnt grooved but straight, from what i have read grooving them is as much to keep them straight during working on them as for later. I dont know.

These are for Plains style arrows and the oldest ones of those I have seen are grooved.

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