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BigWapiti:
Curious,
Do you season, then sand down your shoots to meet a certain spine, or

Do you just season and test for spine (keeping certain spines in bundles)

I have shoots, but finding them a bear to whittle down to a given size (let alone spine).

?? ???

Coo-wah-chobee:
          I season, make up. I get spine I want by shootin...............bob

huntertrapper:
as bob said i find a good spine by shooting first.

Pat B:
I spine and reduce physical weight on shoot arrows with an inexpensive thumb plane from Tru-Value Hardware.  There is a lot of work in shoot arrows but they are well worth it.
   I just read an article in an old PA that explained about building shoot arrows. "Sorta" Primitive Arrows the Easy Way", by Larry Meyer, Vol 5, Issue 3, Dec. 1997       Pat

BigWapiti:
Ah, now thats what I was hoping to hear - I'd much rather make them up and start shooting. :) -- thanks.

Right now, I'm just using a pen knife and scraper to get the knots down close to the size of the wood, then sanding them up.

Curious then too, what end do you typically use for the tip vs the nock.  I suppose the more dense, root side of the shoot, for the tip??

Pat, whenever I use my thumb plane, the "knots" seem to be a real pain.  Is this common?  Thats some hard wood there (I'm using multiflora rose and ocean spray).  Is there a better way?

Thanks fellers.

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