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I love collecting arrow shafts
Pat B:
Charlie, That is just half of them. I'm thinking about sending you a box load of shoots when I get to sending the feathers. With the weather we've been having I can't work so getting the feathers ready to ship is in order.
aero86:
dang pat! that wide bamboo doesnt fit in. just send it to me because it doesnt belong! lol
stringstretcher:
Thanks Pat. I will be looking for them. :o :o :o
broken arrow:
I love collecting shoot shafts too. I have one area where the Ocean Spray ( Ironwood) is located in 20 ft firs and makes them reach for the sunlight and are really straight . I cut them about 36 in long and seal the ends with glue and bring them into the house . Over a few weeks they dry slowly through the bark . I leave them on my work table where I must walk by them regularly and straighten them when they are still green. Daily or weekly tweeking will give a really straight shaft . The bark dries very hard and does not have to be removed . I push the round part of a screwdriver up and down the shaft , when the shaft is drying. This does two things, it polishes the bark and flattens out the nodes. With a piece of sandstone I lightly sand out nodes that will not compress. The bark is dark brown when it's dry and requires no finishing material to water proof it.
Winston
JEB:
I see some salt cedar in one photo. How does that work for arrowshaft material. I am in an area where i can get plenty of shoots.
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