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Mike W:
Thanks for the info Ron, Pat, and Mullet. I think I will leave the outside natural, except for the nodes I filed down. I hope to hunt with some of these cane arrows later when the season arrives.

mullet:
A word of caution, don't file the nodes too much.You can get a major failure there.

Coo-wah-chobee:
                                  As said above about the nodes. Also, the power fibres are are on the outside of the cane so dont sand em' too much..................bob

billy:
Yes, they are right.  Do not file the nodes down too much or it will weaken the joint, making it more susceptible to breakage if the arrow glances off something hard.  I used to scrape the joints down even with the rest of the shaft, but then several of them broke when they were shot, glanced off something and were torqued sideways.  Now I just scrape them to smooth them up a little bit, but there still is a bump there, so they maintain their strength.  I've had much less breakage since then.

 

deerstand:
i dont mess with the nodes until after i have cut my knocks, and then because i shoot off a floppy rest on my knuckle i only dress down the side that contacts my rest. it still leaves plenty of strength around the joint. 

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