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Badger:
   I like jacks tip on fire hardening. I think it might help it to stay straighter. I think I will try that. I haven't been too happy with hickory staying straight and swithced to ash and maple. Steve

huntertrapper:
alright thanks guys. i was actually gonna buy a batch from a company just 100 or so miles north of here so they will already be spined and straightened. all i gotta do is add fletching and points. but i plan to cut some myself sometime. :)

Trapper:
This is too answer Jackcraftys reply, Dogwood is heavier than hickory and tougher also, and another one that is even harder is pomagranite. Oh and if you are having problems with the grain raising on your hickory shafts , I just sand and wipe with a wet cloth and then just keep doin this till it doesnt raise anymore. it Might take ten times but can be accomplished.  Trapper

JackCrafty:
Trapper.....hmmmm....dogwood is heavier than hickory?  ???  Maybe instead of smokin' that red osier, you should weigh it?   ;D

You're right:  flowering dogwood has a specific gravity of .80 and the true hickories have a range of .69 to .75.....but who makes arrows from the trunks of flowering dogwood trees?  Dogwood shoots have a pithy center as well....often making them lighter than a hickory dowel of the same diameter.

Keep wipin' and sandin' them hickory dowels...I'll just use alcohol or oil based stains and paints, thank you very much.   ;D

Kegan:
I'm gonna try to make hickory arrows from a hickory board (if I can get my paws on one). It's my favorite shafting so far, and was also the favorite of Will and Maurice Thompson, and liked by Pope and Young as well.

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