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Texas Pete:
Howdy again folks,

Well, I'm looking for a good source for arrow making supplies.  Here is West Texas Mesquite is king and I'm not really sure how well it would work (Plus I'd rather not mess with all the thorns ;D).

I got a good source for feather as I buy goose feathers by the pound, and I make my own tips.  Guess I'm more or less looking for a good cane supplier or cedar shafts.

Thanks in advance


Texas Pete

Kegan:
Dunno about cane or cedar, but you could use a table or bandsaw and ut 3/8" squares from hickory, oak, good pine, poplar, or any other good straight grained board and plane them down inot an octagon, then take the edges off again and it is virtually round.

scattershot:
If you're not stuck on cedar, American Woodcrafters has birch dowels . They make great arrows. They 3/8" will run around 80#, the 5/16" around 40# or so. There's some variation, of course, but that's the general range.


Good luck!

Texas Pete:

--- Quote from: scattershot on February 14, 2008, 01:13:47 pm ---If you're not stuck on cedar, American Woodcrafters has birch dowels for around $25.00/100. They make great arrows. They 3/8" will run around 80#, the 5/16" around 40# or so. There's some variation, of course, but that's the general range.


Good luck!

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WOOHOO!  Thats perfect!  I got my ash longbow that runs 47#@28".  The 5/16" just might work.

Thanks again


Texas Pete

daniel:
I will recommend sitka spruce shafts from hildebrandarrowshafts.com
these shafts aren't cheap, but quality is superb

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