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Tonkin or spruce shafts?

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loon:
Tonkin is hard to heat-straighten. I'm still not sure about the importance of matching the nodes. The Chinese caramelized bamboo shaft sellers don't seem to sell them well weight matched, don't know about spine..

While shafts from TSA come weight+spine matched.

mullet:
I buy raw tonkin in 8-10mm shafts, 4' long in bundles of 500 for less than $100. The raw boo straightens easy and is a lot tougher then the caramelized shafts.

Shipping would kill you, though for that much.

loon:

--- Quote from: mullet on April 19, 2017, 08:59:51 pm ---I buy raw tonkin in 8-10mm shafts, 4' long in bundles of 500 for less than $100. The raw boo straightens easy and is a lot tougher then the caramelized shafts.

Shipping would kill you, though for that much.

--- End quote ---

I got them from the same company (I went nuts and bought a gigantic box of 250 or so), but at their California location. (or their partner?) A lot of the bamboo was rather grey colored, while I think healthier bamboo is a brighter yellow color. I've had a lot of trouble getting them straight enough, it really doesn't seem like straightening is easy. I should try DBar's jig. That you now find it easy is actually encouraging... I do get a bit overwhelmed when straightening though. Should learn to relax.

The great thing of ordering a lot is that you end up with a lot to sort through and match.

I've broken plenty of them. One even split in half. I guess some of them are rather rotten. But others are very tough.

I'm pretty sure that this raw tonkin is imported from China?

It definitely makes great arrows, but I think it's a lot of work to straighten and sort shafts, vs buying matched shafts, which are almost finished arrows by comparison.

Danzn Bar:
I look at it ............... money "vs" time ?  And I've got a lot more time that I do money.  :)
DBar

mullet:
i tell the people here I'm looking for arrow quality and they let me pick through the bundles. I've never seen gray or yellow ones. The ones I buy are a light green color.

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