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Bamboo shafting (straightened and spined)
Little John:
Sorry to hear that they might not be as good as they seem, might still try a few any way. Thanks for the responses. Kenneth
DC:
I made some arrows from bamboo from China. I don't know if it's the same stuff but on the website it mentions the spine. It says spined a 28". If that's the same site take the spine with a grain of salt. You can see in the picture that they are spined 45-50#. All of them were in the 50-65# range. Top Predator noticed the same thing. Other than that they are beautiful shafts. Very straight and finished nicely. If you order maybe order a little on the light side, maybe 10#
PS because they are too heavy for my bows I haven't shot them much so I can't speak to the brittleness concern. I was waiting to bulk up ;D ;D ;D
osage outlaw:
I made 2 dozen of them last summer. I haven't shot them very much but they seem to be OK. It was very nice to not have to straighten them. I agree with Mullet and Danznbar about them being a little more brittle but I haven't broke any yet.
Little John:
Thanks for the replies everyone, DC at least it seems like stiff bamboo still shoots good and seems to be pretty spine tolerant. and probably brittle bamboo is still tougher than most wood shafting. Nice to know that they are real straight and nice looking, wonder how they are for weight uniformity. I don't mind having a few culls. I notice there are a lot of venders, wonder if some offer the premium stuff?
Urufu_Shinjiro:
Get the stuff from the company with tiger in the name, that's the premium stuff. Most of the others don't even sell them spined but some do. I've heard nothing but good things about the tiger company.
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