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privet is my new favorite arrow wood here in Pennsylvania.

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Sockrablur:
Thank you... I enjoy looking around and collecting materials.

nsherve:
Is there any issue with the small knots where the branches come off the sprouts? There's privet all the place here in AL, of course... It's pretty good for the honeybees, even though I really hate it. You can bushhog it, spray it, uproot it, etc. every day for years, and it still grows.

ntvbowyer1969:
yes it will grow tiny bumps on the arrows to be cut that new little branches will start to grow. once dried out and i strip the bark (with a knife) i hold it againt the shaft and swiftly swipe those bumps and cut them as close as i can to the main shaft, then when sanding shaft i use 60gr/80gr on those bumps first and make them flat to shaft. I do this before sanding the whole shaft.

Hawkdancer:
Might have to try to work a trade for some shafts!  I don't think it has gotten loose in Colorado yet, it may not be very cold hardy!  -20 degrees will kill a lot of plants, and flash freezes will get many as well!
Hawkdancer

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