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Mafort:
I use poplar a lot for shafts and it works really well. I’d get as many straight grained and straight prices you can. I have an arrowshaft board and plane by John shrunk And the square stock usually has better grain then the ones that are already dowels. Douglas fir is a good shaft material. It’s heavy but i noticed some consistency issues when I cut it and plane it down and spine them. Sitika spruce is tough stuff as far as I’ve heard but I’ve never used it. I’ve used white pine a lot considering I’ve hit this sinew backed bow making patch. The light weight works well and with a foreshaft of dog wood or Osage it’s a good wood to use with sinew backed bows.

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