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Dirkthearcher:
I am in a bit of a dilemma :-\. I live in South Africa so traditional archery supplies are kinda rare, but there is a local supplier. The only shafting he sells are tonkin bamboo  and spruce. The tonkin shafts are only R10/$0.7 more expensive than the spruce so naturally I wanted them instead. However the local supplier tells me he is having trouble with his tonkin supplier and will have to find a new one, which may take a lot of time. I don't have any arrows to shoot and am also going to order backing with the shafts, so I am a bit impatient. Getting to the point, I want to order everything together because of the distance between me and the local supplier. Should I wait a few months :( for the tonkin shafts or should I just buy the spruce shafts? Is tonkin really that much stronger than wood shafts? Any advice would be appreciated

AndrewS:
If you want to shoot, you need arrows.
If you always hit the target,every arrow will last a long time 8)

I would take the spruce shafts.

Pat B:
I'd go with whatever you can get now. I'd be willing to bet there are other shafting options in South Africa. Have you done a local search for raw shafting.

Dirkthearcher:
Thanks for the replies ;D, I ordered the spruce shafts, will see how they turn out.

wayne nicol:
who are you getting from Dirk.- sounds like derek norse

you will be happy with the spruce!

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