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WillMac:
Hello again,

First off, thank you to everyone that replied to my pervious posts! I finally got one of my shafts relatively straight without over heating or breaking the nodes. =)

I tried to foot the cane with a scrap piece of 5/16th port offered cedar, but when I did a quick test shot at half draw it snapped at the base.  :( I think it was just a design, instead of tapering it into the cane shaped it like the nock, cut it to about half of 5/16th and shaved it down.

Will the cedar be strong enough? Should I foot it will something like Osage?


Thanks again!

Will

Hillbilly:
Unless you just really want a foreshaft for some reason, cane arrows work just fine or even better without them - I hardly ever put foreshafts on mine, more trouble than they're worth IMO. If I do put on a foreshaft, I like to use a tough hardwood and taper the end that goes into the cane, then wrap the cane at the juncture. 99% of the time, though, I don't use 'em.

adb:
I wouldn't use Port Orford cedar foreshafts on cane or bamboo. It's stronger than the cedar. All you're doing is creating a weak point, and the shaft will break there.

david w.:
hillbilly can i hunt with a unforshafted cane arrow?

Hillbilly:
Sure-I don't put foreshafts on any of my cane hunting arrows. Cane is actually a lot stronger than wood.The Cherokee and several other tribes lived for a couple thousand years off stuff they killed with unforeshafted cane arrows.  :)

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