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hillbilly61:
Heard this past weelend that privet sprouts make good shafts. Is this right? Our pasture is surrounded by privet and honeysuckle

ricktrojanowski:
I've made a few from privet.  Just leave the bark on when drying, and leave them extra long when drying.   I found they check really easily with the bark off.  Jackcrafty did a stone age arrow buildalong with privet.  Check it out it's in the How to section.  It is a great build along.

Hillbilly:
Privet makes good shafts, heavy and tough. I've made quite a few from it over the years. If you can get back in the middle of a dense thicket of it, you can get some straight shafts without a bunch of knots and twigs. Those knots are heck to plane through without them tearing on privet. as Rick said, they check easily, I usually cut and bundle them and let them dry a couple months with the bark on.

Pat B:
I concur with Hillbilly and Rick.

hillbilly61:
 Thanks Hillbilly. OHHH I can get waaayy back in these...lol  Do you seal the ends while they dry?

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