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Sanding nodes quickly

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Tom Leemans:
I leave the nodes a little proud on my arrows. I sand them just enough to smooth them over. I've only used tonkin so far but I've seen cane arrows with the nodes sanded way down and I cringe too. :-\

aero86:
ive sanded with tonkin too, but didnt know about river cane.  i may make a few two different ways, and see what i like..

osage outlaw:
I would like to see some pictures if you get the time.  thanks.

chamookman:
I learned a neat trick from a Fellow down in Kentucky a few years ago regarding River Cane. Using a torch in the straightening prosess, He would gently apply heat to the nodes till pliable and GENTLY compress the node with a pair of pliers. Works great and no sanding. Bob

aznboi3644:
I've only made one arrow out of my home grown bamboo...filed the nodes...shot the arrow at a tree and it just bounced off with no damage at all.

I'll try compressing them though.

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