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Amazing arrow material
Digital Caveman:
However much I dislike the absence of Osage up here, I am always thankful for the white pines. Last April we had some fresh fallen 2'-3' pines cleared up and I got two good lengths of the cleanest arrow wood I have ever seen. I have used a fair bit by now, but I still have about 15-20 pieces this size, plus a half log I never got around to splitting. Hopefully I can get these split down further and planed into shafts by the end of the week. Did I mention this stuff is amazing to work?
Todd Mathis:
I would love to see some finished shafts with lots of photos! This is helpful to me to see stuff other than bamboo! Thanks.
Digital Caveman:
Will do!
They aren't always picture perfect, I use a hand plane and sometimes settle for an octagon with rounded corners for utility arrows, but I hope to make a set of nice target arrows from this slab.
Digital Caveman:
I got sidetracked, but I got a dozen shafts out of that block, there was relatively little waste because it split so well. These stay remarkably straight compared to some other materials I've tried. I think this is because they follow the grain well.
11 are about 3/8", the last came out at 5/16". 5 of the large ones are between 430 and 460 grains, 6 are between 400 and 430 grains. Good enough at close range, but I'll be making more so I can get a really well matched set. Let me know if there are any other angles you'd like to see.
Russ:
man... i really wanna make my own arrow shafts lol! I tried making a shooting board but it failed horribly...
those shafts look really good!
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