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Taiwanese High Mountain Dwarf Bamboo arrow shafts

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dylanholderman:
i have noticed the checking problem in the past so far best solution that i have found is to seal the ends and chop away one side down to the pith.

Limbit:
I dug through half the pile of shafts over at the aboriginal's guild and unfortunately many of them had small beetles in them and the guys didn't store them carefully!Ｉthink I should have collected them sooner. At any rate, I separated out the usable shafts and took pictures of them. I'll try and post them tomorrow. The majority of them are what I'd call C grade shafts. This type of bamboo is so strong, it hardly matters what grade it is, but the shafts have a bit of mold in some areas and have off shoots and will be a bit of a challenge to straighten ...which is normal. They will be durable as all hell though. The ones listed above are what I would call A-. Concerned about those beetles! I will pick up the rest and sort through them as well. Pictures soon!

Limbit:
I dug through the second pile and many of the shafts are much better. Post some pics in a bit.

Limbit:
Here are the shafts after sorting. The first picture is the shafts sorted into 'grades'. From top to bottom: A grade. A- grade, B Grade Heavy, B Grade Medium, B Grade Light, C grade. What I mean by grading is that an A grade would be naturally straight already, have no major defects or off-shoot and most importantly, make a nice TING sound like glass when dropped. The B grade are good shafts, but will have minor defects and are not as dense. The C grade will make arrows just fine with patience, but many of them have some big off-shoots or make a rattling sound when dropped, indicating a much less dense structure. The picture at the very bottom is of bug damage I found in about a quarter of the shafts I checked. I removed all shafts of this sort and if any shaft was in question, I cut it to the nearest knuckle to see if the insects moved between node. All the shafts have some staining due to a mold that was growing on them, but this shouldn't effect the shafts performance and will give in a camouflage look. 

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