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I love collecting arrow shafts
aznboi3644:
I'm sorry but I dont know what salt ceder looks like. The only known shoots I know I have are viburnum and bamboo...the big bundle thats tied up and a bush I have no name on.
aero86:
--- Quote from: broken arrow on December 31, 2010, 12:13:01 pm ---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
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this sounds interesting, do you have any pictures?
broken arrow:
Will send pics soon .
stringstretcher:
I would love to see those pictures too broken arrow
JackCrafty:
JEB, I use salt cedar for foreshafts on my kid's arrows whenever I can get it. The heart wood is VERY tough. The inner bark is thick so I have to harvest shoots with a larger diameter compared to the other shoots I collect. It can also be a bit wavy. I straighten the shoots in stages.
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