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What do you use as arrows?

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Hartung:
I live in central Europe and have only bought pine arrow shafts once in my life. I don’t’ have the money to buy them any more but also like to make them myself with traditional arrow wood. I use the plants that are growing nearby. I preferably use dogwood, viburnum and Phragmites australis.

Dogwood because of its strength and availability and because it’s an historical arrow wood. Viburnum for the raison of it’s histories in Neolithic archery and because it’s light and strong. With viburnum it is however not easy to find straight shoots. In autumn I enjoy collecting thick walled Phragmites australis. I like it because it is super light and super fast and stays straight once straightened.

But as bootboy put it: one could use any shoots that grow straight enough and thick enough for an arrow. I just don’t have the time to try all of them  ;)

1/2primitive:

--- Quote from: mullet on November 16, 2007, 07:46:41 pm ---  It's Bamboo and Cane for me.That's about all I've been using.

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Amen!   ;D
    Sean

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