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yall have got me determined.

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recurve shooter:
im gonna make some cane arrows. i live in southern louisiana, so i got no prollem findeing the stuff. i need to know basicly how to streighten them, how long to dry them, how to spine them, so on. i know it would take years for yall to tell me compleatly how to do it. i just need some tips to go off of. i really apreciate any thiny any of yall could tell me. peace out,

recurve,
who now shoots longbows. ;D

Hillbilly:
Cut your cane about 3/8" or so at the big end. Leave it long so that you can pick out the best-sized section for your shaft later on. Be picky when you're cutting and try to get at least second-year canes that don't have papery sheathes around the nodes. Watch out for bushy cane-it will have dipped-in sections above the nodes. The rounder the better. Bundle it up with rubber bands and let it cure a couple months or so. Cane straightens easily with heat. Cut your shafts to length and heat the crooked spots over any heat source that isn't too hot, keep turning it constantly so that you don't char it. I like to straighten the sections between the nodes first, then after they are straight, heat and straighten the nodes so that the sections are straight with each other. You only have to heat it until it starts to "sweat", and you start to smell it. After you have them pretty straight, work the nodes down with a knife, file, or whatever. Then go over it again and fine-tune it until it's perfectly straight. Be careful bending the nodes, especially after you've worked them down smooth.

recurve shooter:
wow. that was remarkably helpfull. that should be enough to get me started. anymore input is welcome.

Hillbilly:
When you get started, just post on here and we'll walk you through it. Cane makes great arrows. You can start straightening some of them a week or two after you cut them.

Pat B:
I don't like to sand or file the nodes on cane. That is the canes weakest point. I prefer to heat the nodes and compress them by rolling on a hard surface with a wood block. I use my wood stove to do this generally but have used the floor or a work table top. This will make the nodes the same the diameter, or approximately, as the rest of the cane without violating them.     Pat

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