Main Discussion Area > Arrows

Native wild plum shafts

(1/2) > >>

BowEd:
Just cut some what I'm gonna call wild indian plum shafts.They produce an oblong shaped plum with a large pit in it.We've made delicious jam from it already.Mature out late summer/early fall.Leaves almost look like dogwood leaves.They get 10' feet tall when mature and maybe 1.25" thick but getting new shoots from the under growth can produce I hope some worthy shafts.Got em here in Iowa.Anybody make shafts from this plant?
To add here these shoots do not all come up from one root as a dogwood as shoots.They are individual trees looking to be void of a pith also.Time will tell here as to their usefullness and qualities.I will let them season.

BowEd:
I'm finding out already these shafts from this wild plum is very much doable for arrow shafts.Dense and heavy/spine worthy with a thinner shaft/with a 30" arrow shaft.

bjrogg:
That's great Ed. Looking forward to seeing the final product.
Bjrogg

BowEd:
I only have one shaft from the plum ready to be fletched.With all things equal in length/thickness/taper/tips/and spine this plum is 3 to 4 grains per inch heavier then dogwoods density wise.In other words on a  like 30" arrow shaft of each wood the dogwood would weight 600 grains and the plum would weigh 675 to 700 grains.Plenty dense and heavy!!!
Having made arrow shafts from osage before that really are not suitable for me[Too much weight for the spine I liked].This plum is an inbetween type between dogwoods and osage but still very usable.

ksnow:
Can you post images of this plant/tree/shrub?  Sounds like something that I'd like to look into.

Kyle

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page